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Is today’s Music Choice programmer being wicked funny?
Music Choice is the (TV) channel on which I listen to serious music. (Not always serious; sometimes silly, sometimes no better than background, but always entertaining.) Music Choice broadcasts 24 hours every day without ads or explanatory voices. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, The Facts of Life
Tagged "Phantom of the Opera", Andrew Lloyd Webber, Arthur Sullivan, Music Choice, Puccini, Ralph Vaughan Williams, TS Eliot
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Have you ever heard of a composer named Gotovac?
Well, now you have. I’ve told you of my delight in the TV music channels run by a company called Music Choice. The classical music channel (either 1848 or 1948, depending on whether you have Spectrum or Verizon) seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Lark Ascending", Bach, Dvorak, Jacov Gotovac, Mozart, Music Choice, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sibelius, Spectrum, Sviatoslav Richter, TV music channels, Verizon
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Berlioz’s hair, and other startles
Much of the day, I have a TV music channel on, playing the stuff I love, what most people call “classical” music. I used to listen to QXR until the reception became poor. That’s when I discovered the music channel … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged Christian rock, Hector Berlioz, Music Choice, QXR, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Symphonie Fantastique, Telemann
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