Robert Cooper, executive producer of opera and choral music will leave the CBC at the end of the summer. The program Choral Concert will continue. No replacement for Cooper has been named.
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| Email this | Posted at 10:19 am (13 May 2008) |
Another sign. I’ve heard a rumour that Choral Concert is getting perilously close to the chopping block. Will Howard Dyck be staying on as host of this hugely popular program?
Tod, I’d like you to do an exit interview with him to see why he’s leaving!
Yes - the Cultural Taliban in CBC Management is at it again. It is disgraceful what they are doing. And yes - myself and my family are raving mad about it! It is as though they went through my city’s public art gallery and started trashing the paintings there because they were “not hip enough”. I believe Hubert Lacroix should be fired and I would invite the Minister and the Heritage Committee to step in here and do the deed. It is one thing to fulfill a policy mandate - it is quite another to destroy culture like the CBC Radio Orchestra which is based in my city of Vancouver. The money is not the reason as the advertisements they are running to convince me that I am not “hip or “with it” (and I am in my early 30’s!) because I disagree with the changes must cost as much as the orchestra and the programming cuts themselves. Frankly, it appears as though they have a real hatred for classical music and their listeners (anyone who has a 9-5 job will not have a chance to listen to good classical music). The only bright spot is that for once the politicians are on the ball with this and I was pleased to see that MP’s from all parties are cooperating on the Heritage Committee to oppose the changes. Kudos to Mr. Siksay (NDP) and Mr. Fast (Cons.) especially!