A listener writes
BBC Radio 3 is currently broadcasting all of Mozart's works over a 12 day period.
I felt that for once they should be congratulated:
Mr Daedalus Parrot Rose Cottage Lower Numpty Numptshire Whoever is in charge of Radio 3 Broadcasting House London W1A 1AA 3rd Jan 2011 Dear Sir/Madam, This is not a complaint! Far from it. I wish to congratulate you and your colleagues at Radio 3 for the excellent Mozart season you are broadcasting. I know I am not alone in thanking you for giving us listeners so much wonderful, sublime music that appeals directly to one's soul. I can quite honestly say that switching from Radio 4 to Radio 3 for the past few days has made me so happy and content that I have even stopped shouting at the dog and casting curses at the (far too) many labour supporters on the BBC such as Marcus Brigstocke and James Naughty and that scottish lady who can't read the news properly. This is a very welcome departure from Radio 3's previous policy of only broadcasting unintelligible marxist atonal "music", appalling screechy string quartets by mediocre composers and Benjamin Britten songs. I can quite honestly say that for the first time in many years, my justifiable and deep anger at being forced to pay the TV licence fee to fund the biased socialist programming at the BBC has been tempered a bit. In fact I shall make a point of not attaching my thesis on political biasedness when I post you my TV licence cheque this year. After all, it is only fair that good deeds be rewarded. May your change in broadcasting policy never end and many respects to the humanity, genius and hard work of Mozart. Yours ever so gratefully, Daedalus Parrot. |
Mr Daedalus Parrot Rose Cottage Lower Numpty Numptshire Whoever is in charge of Radio 3 Broadcasting House London W1A 1AA 5th Jan 2011 Dear Sir/Madam, Further to my letter of 3rd Jan, I wish to say what a fantastic job you and your people are doing in broadcasting every single piece of manuscript penned by Mozart. You have of course, in the interests of academic completeness, decided to include the rather tedious pieces he wrote when he was about two years old and, of course, you insist on reading out the crude letters he apparently wrote without removing the obnoxious lavatory humour you claim he exhibited. Never mind, all great people have feet of clay and a true exposition of Mozart shouldn't be too obsequious. I also wish to make the following important point: much that I love Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik , I feel that broadcasting it four times on the same day is verging on trying to induce an aversion reaction in people. Surley that isn't your intention. Please could you widen the choice and maybe also broadcast some of his beautiful piano works as well. Many thanks for broadcasting so much wonderful music, for once. Yours fathfully, Daedalus Parrot |
Mr Daedalus Parrot Rose Cottage Lower Numpty Numptshire Whoever is in charge of Radio 3 Broadcasting House London W1A 1AA 6th Jan 2011 Dear Sir/Madam, I notice with humble appreciation that you decided to implement my recommendation for broadcasting Mozart's piano works today and you have even named today as Piano Day. Bravo. Some of his piano pieces are works of perfection that would tap into the innards of anyone, even souless socialists, and render them into a a state of good humoured serenity. This is precisely the beneift to humanity that people like you should continue to strive for and for which, I wish to remind you, Lord Reith created the BBC. Please continue in this vein and try to avoid those nasty atonal Schoenberg and Stockhasen "works" which are of no use to humanity apart from inducing suicide. Just to remind you; now that you acknowledge what an excellent idea my piano day was, please take heed of my other advice and try to decrease the number of times you brioadcasrt Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, I think I heard it for the fifth time today. Yours faithfully, Daedalus Parrot. |
Mr Daedalus Parrot Rose Cottage Lower Numpty Numptshire Director of Radio 3 Broadcasting House London W1A 1AA 8th Jan 2011 Sir, I wish to demonstrate my continuing good will towards Radio 3 by reiterating my heartfelt gratitude for your excellent Mozart series on Radio3. It is quite amazing how widely appreciated Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is across our planet, even after more than 200 years. I wonder if someone such as yourself will leave such a bequest to humanity? Doubtless you are another too well paid left leaning quangocrat with a pension that would be the envy of the greediest banker, I also suspect you would leave no lasting non-financial bequest after your demise, especially if you continue your policy of broadcasting Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik over and over AND OVER again! I have written to you before about this and, much that I love that work by Mozart, it is becoming seriously annoying to hear it on Radio 3 so many times every day. Please try to vary your content a bit. Many thanks for your time. Yours, Daedalus Parrot. |
Mr Daedalus Parrot Rose Cottage Lower Numpty Numptshire Director of Radio 3 Broadcasting House London W1A 1AA 9th Jan 2011 Dear Sir/Madam, Once again thanks for broadcasting Mozart's operas, wonderful stuff. His soprano arias are as near to perfection as one can get. However, I think you know why I have written so soon after my last letter: Eine Blimming Kleine Nachtmusik AGAIN last night! Please get a grip and try to play other Mozart works. Yours, Daedalus Parrot. |
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