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Post by the Administration on Feb 14, 2013 5:59:44 GMT -5
Learned persons are advised that an opportunity for the delivery of wireless talks and indeed of whole series of such has arisen. Further details may be obtained upon application to the Administrators.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2013 1:50:38 GMT -5
According to Wikipedia, Sydney Grew, talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live conversations between the host and listeners who "call in" (usually via telephone) to the show. Listener contributions are usually screened by a show's producer(s) in order to maximize audience interest and, in the case of commercial talk radio, attract advertisers. Generally, the shows are organized into segments, each separated by a pause for advertisements; however, in public or non-commercial radio, music is sometimes played in place of commercials to separate the program segments. Variations of talk radio include conservative talk, hot talk, liberal talk and sports talk. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_radioOn BBC radio, there is currently a music category. Everything else can be considered to be talk radio, for example, comedy, documentaries, drama, entertainment, factual, learning, news, performance & events and sport. www.bbc.co.uk/radio/In terms of lectures, the most well known series of lectures on BBC radio is called the Reith Lectures. The Reith Lectures were inaugurated in 1948 by the BBC to mark the historic contribution made to public service broadcasting by Sir John (later Lord) Reith, the corporation's first director-general. John Reith maintained that broadcasting should be a public service which enriches the intellectual and cultural life of the nation. It is in this spirit that the BBC each year invites a leading figure to deliver a series of lectures on radio. The aim is to advance public understanding and debate about significant issues of contemporary interest. The very first Reith lecturer was the philosopher, Bertrand Russell who spoke on "Authority and the Individual". Among his successors were Arnold Toynbee (The World and the West, 1952), Robert Oppenheimer (Science and the Common Understanding, 1953) and J.K. Galbraith (The New Industrial State, 1966). More recently, the Reith lectures have been delivered by the Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks (The Persistence of Faith, 1990) and Dr Steve Jones (The Language of the Genes, 1991). Since 2002, the Reith Lectures have been presented by Sue Lawley. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d9BBC Radio 3’s current contribution to talk radio includes a series of Free Thinking Festivals between 2006 and 2012, seven packed weekends of debate, talks and drama.  www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0144txn |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2013 6:07:05 GMT -5
Good morning to you all! I should like to volunteer to give a spoken talk, or series of talks, on some serious subject, rather in the style of the Reith Lectures. As for the subject, I am currently open to suggestions! The Reith Lectures is a series of annual radio lectures given by leading figures of the day, commissioned by the BBC and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. The lectures were inaugurated in 1948 by the BBC to mark the historic contribution made to public service broadcasting by Sir John Reith, the corporation's first director-general. Wikipedia - Reith LecturesLord Reith maintained that broadcasting should be a public service which enriches the intellectual and cultural life of the nation. It is in this spirit that the BBC each year invites a leading figure to deliver a series of lectures on radio. The aim is to advance public understanding and debate about significant issues of contemporary interest. The very first Reith lecturer was the philosopher and Nobel laureate, Bertrand Russell. He delivered a series entitled ' Authority and the Individual' (1948).  The first female lecturer was Dame Margery Perham in 1961, who spoke on the impact of colonialism in her series of talks entitled ' The Colonial Reckoning'. The youngest Reith Lecturer was Colin Blakemore, who was 30 years old in 1976 when he broadcast six lectures on the brain and consciousness, entitled ' Mechanics of the Mind'. BBC Radio 4 - About The Reith LecturesThe bigger truth, Mark Damazer argued in the FT in 2012, is that for much of radio, content is king, queen and joker. FT - Still making wavesI thought, perhaps, that I might therefore give a series of three lectures entitled King, Queen and Joker! In order to make kleines c's lectures more interactive, however, everyone reading The Third is more than welcome to play any one of these three characters: king, queen or joker. The choice is yours! Out of interest, Sydney Grew, what subject do you feel would be most appropriate for such a series of lectures on The Third Programme? |
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Post by Gerard on Mar 29, 2013 7:48:09 GMT -5
A fine plan! I am sure you have the requisite qualities and that they will be a big draw. Will you tack them on - either before or after - to some of the future musical items?
And that photograph - an astounding discovery!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2013 8:28:30 GMT -5
This is a good idea, Gerard. I shall wait until a particular musical item on The Third stimulates my imagination, and then develop a series of lectures based on that piece of music. As I am no musician, please do not expect me to make any serious analysis of the music in question, although I should naturally welcome any help in this regard from you, Gerard, and any other Members who can perhaps shed further light on the music itself. During the twentieth century, I recall, there used to be Proms Lectures, but these were dropped in favour of more informal discussions, currently called ' Proms Plus' events.  BBC - PromsWhen the 2013 Season is launched on Thursday 18 April, I shall see whether I can tie in The Third's Lectures into this summer's Proms, too. |
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Post by Gerard on Mar 29, 2013 9:13:09 GMT -5
This is a good idea, Gerard. I shall wait until a particular musical item on The Third stimulates my imagination, and then develop a series of lectures based on that piece of music. . . . Sorry, no, that's not what I meant. I was just asking whether you think your talks should be uploaded as a separate file, or whether they would be better as one part of a varied programme. When the concert finishes, time for a talk about something else entirely. Or perhaps prior to a concert, one of your "thoughts for to-day" - nothing to do with music! I did not mean at all that they might be in some way related to a musical item. In fact did you not already announce that they would be "King, Queen, and Joker"? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2013 12:40:05 GMT -5
If I may address your final question directly, Gerard: ' ... In fact did you not already announce that they would be "King, Queen, and Joker"?' I thought that a series of three lectures would be a good idea, Gerard. Lecture 1: King Lecture 2: Queen Lecture 3 Joker Like the Reith Lectures, I originally imagined that they would be totally separate from any musical items, although Daniel Barenboim, for example, gave his Reith Lectures on the very subject of Music.  "Music," argues Barenboim, "lies at the heart of what it is to be human". In his lecture, recorded in front of an audience at the Cadogan Hall in London, he draws on a lifetime of musical experience to point a way forward for us all through music. "Music is a way to make sense of the world: our history, our politics, our future . . . our very essence."  BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures - Daniel Barenboim: In the Beginning Was Sound: 2006To be honest, I was not really convinced by the strength of Daniel Barenboim's arguments. Perhaps you could give a better lecture on the subject of Music, Gerard? Why not have a go for The Third? For myself, I am still looking for inspiration! Any ideas? I am certainly more than happy to attempt to link a series of lectures to a piece of music. Matthäuspassion, for example, springs to mind this Easter weekend at Tyddewi! Why not act as Joker, Gerard?  |
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