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Islophile
14-11-11, 19:31
Putting together a nice pork and chick pea curry this evening. In the kitchen I glanced at the Radio Times and was pleased to see that 'Composer of the Week' is bebop. I switched on the radio just before half past six,to find 'In Tune' half way through the Count's aria from the Marriage of Figaro.

It was a really good performance, so when the back announcement came along I turned up the radio to be informed that it was an aria from Don Giovanni. :erm:

What's the point of Radio 3 if presenters and producers don't listen to what they are broadcasting - or if they do, can't tell one world-famous Mozart opera from another?

french frank
14-11-11, 22:27
I never believe what I'm told but, yep, Count Almaviva's aria from Don Giovanni... No wonder they want to get rid of us: they assume their target audience would neither know nor care about such trifling details. (I see the playlist doesn't commit itself one way or the other - just says it's by Mozart - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)