Monday, November 21, 2005

It's safe to listen again

That stupid Saturday matinee show with movie music is still on, but at least the nonstop diet of obscure and atonal unheard-of Scandinavian composers is gone from the dinner hour. It appears that the KMFA 89.5-FM radio station has indeed dropped the Symphony at Seven show. It was not the sort of music that people with headaches or bad digestion should ever hear. The host was sincere, but he appears to be gone as well as his show. Film Score Focus was fine for those who enjoy bombastic purpose-written music, one supposes; at least it was educational in a way. It will have a new host. The story of the departure is probably a story behind a story. Enquiring minds would like to know. We wish you well in your new endeavors, Stephen Aechternacht, whatever they may be, but we're glad for a change at that hour when the body and soul long for peace, not vague disquiet.

1 Comments:

At 6:21 PM, May 20, 2007, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Symphony at Seven was a great show for those who enjoy the larger works of orchestral musics, and the new host of Film Score Focus' tastes are questionable. The woodwind quartets of Banquet Music cannot compare to the finest of ALL composer's best symphonies, and it is unfortunate that the show was replaced.

 

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