lebrecht.live

27 November 2005

Sunday 27 November 2005 17:45-18:30 (Radio 3)

On lebrecht live this month the issue is defeatism Why are we downhearted in the arts? Why so defensive? Depressed by the endless fight for sufficient funding, the decline of public education and the idiocy of mass media, the arts are withdrawing into a stockade, engaged in the management of decline. 'To hold what we have' is the last line of defence. But are things really so bad? Isn't it possible that the tide has turned, that new media are creating a new audience, that arts are on the threshold of a renaissance? Leading players will give their views on lebrecht.live. Send yours to lebrecht.live@bbc.co.uk or call in from 1630 on Sunday on 08700 100 444.

Listen in to Radio 3 at 1745 on Sunday November 27

Duration:

45 minutes

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Episode and Playlist Information

• 25 Jun 06 Is sport art?
• 28 May 06 State funding
• 30 Apr 06 Must Genius be Mad?
• 26 March 2006
• 26 Feb 06
• 27 November 2005
• 30 October 2005
• 25 Sep 05 Elitism
• 26 June 2005