Helicopters and Stockhausen
The Culture Show chopper has been a feature of the show since 2007, its last appearance being on our land art items a couple of weeks ago. Andrew Graham-Dixon has swooped over the Uffington White Horse, soared above the Liverpool skyline and circled the Angel of the North. But what's this? Andrew Marr seems to have hi-jacked the Culture Show chopper for a massive new pan-BBC series, Britain From Above. Even closer to home is the suggestion from Prom blogger Jon Jacob that Radio 3 commission a group of musicians to perform Stockhausen's Helicopter String Quartet above the Albert Hall. Perhaps a BBC Two / Radio 3 collaboration - with Verity rather than Andrew appearing in the chopper - would make for a startling event at next year's Prom. I would suggest it, but Stockhausen gives me a headache. Perhaps what I need is to immerse myself in the composer's music, to spend the day devoted to his work in the RAH. It might result in the musical equivalent of Stockholm syndrome...
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I didn't go in the end, I was ill and spent most of Saturday asleep. Very annoying, I was actually up for it!
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