Music on TV
Sir: I am puzzled by Richard Ingrams' last but one bit of Burton-bashing (11 November). He complains that almost all our televised concerts are American although the programme to which , he refers, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, was conducted by an Italian and included the English tenor Robert Tear among the soloists.
In his next breath Richard Ingrams tells us of his apparently preferable experience of hearing Yehudi Menuhin conducting the R.P.O. 'live' in London, presumably unaware that Yehudi Menuhin is an American citizen. Music is an international world and in his misplaced burst of chauvinism, Mr Ingrams, has perhaps forgotten that Beethoven's Ninth is dedicated to the brotherhood of S man. Incidentally, the production wa'atilt the hands of KCET Los Angeles and residual costs for the BBC were exorbitant. three For the record we have televised ro. concerts from America this year. 13e0 tein's 60th Birthday Concert from reTrap, Washington; Giulini's interPo tation of Beethoven's Ninth fr°,111„ifig Angeles and Horowitz Rachmaninov's Third Piano Collect' 3 New York, Russian music played hY byo Russian-born pianist and conducted Indian, Zubin IvIehta. In the same Pefror the BBC televised a dozen concerts the Proms and the Edinburgh Festiva '05 I am sorry Richard Ingratils,00 November) did not like Colin Nears, Ni about Schubert, 'A Winter's JourheY '0,35 at least he might get its title right: ch." not called `Schubertiad', that waarhaiv day night's programme. AnywaY, Mr Ingrams is feeling better now, Humphrey Burton British Broadcasting Corporation, Richmond Way, London W14
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