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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: Fight for Your Right to Partitas and Fugues</title>
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<title>Andrew</title>
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Who cares? You can get classical music elsewhere. The CBC is in desperate need of privatization.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:29:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Rajio</title>
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I hear you steve and yes the tech-savy of R3 and R2's respective demographic is another important factor in this as Danielle points out, but I don't see why we should continue to maintain a classical-only FM radio station nationally when there are so few FM bands available and there is evidently relatively little demand for it. I like classical music and listen to it all the time but if it wasn't online I'm sure I could find other outlets for it. Is there any particular reason why we should be 'protecting' any form of music? Why don't we just broadcast whats most popular/relevant/produced amongst canadian musicians? Why does classical music get this special treatment? I feel like it ought to have to justify it's spot on the playlist just as any other music form. Segregating music by genre is so 1985 anyhow.]]>
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<category>Toronto, Music</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:37:58 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Michelle</title>
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Moses Znaimer is not picking up the mantel for any Canadian music. If we need another station to promote Mozert, Beethoven and Liszt then he's done a great job, but I don't know when or if you'll EVER hear a Canadian on that channel. Which is exactly why we need the CBC - to protect the identity of CANADIAN Classical music. ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/music/2008/04/fight_for_your_right_to_partitas_and_fugues/#c274682</link>
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<category>Toronto, Music</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:19:56 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Tanja</title>
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And for those want to express their support the change:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10781634634
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/music/2008/04/fight_for_your_right_to_partitas_and_fugues/#c274640</link>
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<category>Toronto, Music</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:18:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Danielle</title>
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Though the tech-savvy organizing above sort of belies my point, I would think keeping R3 online has a lot to do with the people who listen to it, ie. the tech-savvy youth.  Putting R2 online doesn't make sense since, well, I think they are an older demographic.

That being said, while I hear the need for spaces that encourage the development of -western- classical music, it doesn't represent the diversity of Canada, and moving towards music programming that does is a good idea.  This likely doesn't apply outside of Toronto, but with people like Moses Znaimer taking over and promoting classical music  on private radio, maybe the CBC decided they could drop the mantel of protector/promoter of classical music because other people were there to pick it up.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/music/2008/04/fight_for_your_right_to_partitas_and_fugues/#c274633</link>
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<category>Toronto, Music</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:06:20 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jerrold</title>
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Best blog post title in a while! lol.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/music/2008/04/fight_for_your_right_to_partitas_and_fugues/#c274624</link>
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<category>Toronto, Music</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:22:53 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Steve</title>
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Rajio: I think one of the major bones of contention is that the Canadian portion of the classical programming will suffer. In the past, the CBC has invested a lot in exposing the works of new composers, a service that will be lost with the scheduling change and not likely to be picked up by commercial radio. "Two New Hours" just wouldn't fly on the Mix.

I hear you about Radio 3. I wish it were on FM so I could enjoy it in the car.

Carlos: Thanks. Four years of music school finally pays off.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/music/2008/04/fight_for_your_right_to_partitas_and_fugues/#c274622</link>
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<category>Toronto, Music</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:13:51 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Rajio</title>
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theres nothing particularly canadian about (most of) the classical music played on radio 2. I'd rather see R3 and R2 switch spots, allowing radio 3 to have the FM station while radio 2 can be relegated to online and satelite radio. R3 is much more 'canadian' and (in my opinion) would serve the cbc much better via FM. the bonus is that this wouldnt cost more really, they'd just have to swap the R3 wire with the R2 wire, i'm sure.

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<link>http://www.blogto.com/music/2008/04/fight_for_your_right_to_partitas_and_fugues/#c274619</link>
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<category>Toronto, Music</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:04:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Carlos</title>
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Hahaha, awesome post title! :P]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/music/2008/04/fight_for_your_right_to_partitas_and_fugues/#c274616</link>
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<category>Toronto, Music</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:55:14 PDT</pubDate>
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