Classic Fm

[Chris38]

I am trying to vote in the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2017. All the relevant websites give incomprehensible instructions and nowhere is there any information about how to contact Classic FM themselves. Can anyone help, please?

[dannyk13]

WWW.classicfm.com

[gingejbee]

Why bother? There'll be the same tedious populist "tunes" shuffled about a bit...then played to death.....

[Baldric]

Scroll down here

http://www.classicfm.com/

There are contact options below Composers Pictures.

[dannyk13]

Scroll down'New on classic fm' until you see 'Classic Fm hall of fame' and click on it,

[gingejbee]

...that's if you can endure the same half dozen ads repeated over and over again and being told that you're listening to Classic FM at the end of every other sentence.....

[dannyk13]

gingerbee, you could always switch off.

[TheChair]

Go here:
http://halloffame.classicfm.com/2017/
Click on vote now
Under 01, click choose, choose a composer, then a work.
Click Add to selection (which is only visible after you've selected a work).
Repeat for 02 and 03

[Chris38]

Many thanks for the replies- but I rather think that I have tried the web sites mentioned and found them incomprehensible - however, once more unto the breach...
I do sympathise with you, gingejbee - I know Classic FM has to make a living
but the intolerable repetitiveness of their advertisements and announcements crosses one`s pain threshold. A partial solution is to listen with a remote control mute button near at hand. One gets quite good at guessing the duration of advertising breaks! I wonder why advertisers do not realise that excessive repetition of their advertisements produces a loathing for their products in the listener. Another problem (for which I have no answer) is the tendency for some Classic FM presenters - particularly Anne-Marie Minhall- to beat certain pieces of music to death? Within its very considerable limitations, Classic FM does a reasonable job but it really needs to sharpen up its act and do better. While rambling on, I wonder what became of Jamie Crick - a sudden disappearance made one wonder about defenestration.

[EDDIE51]

Just done my vote by using the link Thechair posted , it was easy.

[dannyk13]

Did mine through info I provided. No problem

[EDDIE51]

Only problem was my actual favorite composer Thomas Tallis is not on the list of possibles !

[Chris38]

Thank you EDDIESI and (again) dannyk13. I too could not find out how to vote for one of the works I had in mind (Tolga Kashif - The Queen Symphony - try it - it`s quite something!). As an alternative to Classic FM, BBC Radio3 is worth a try. They ought to be able to beat Classic FM out of sight but they still have a tendency to be too arty-farty!

[Chris38]

Success! I managed to vote in the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2017 by using the details kindly provided in response to my request. It was like drawing teeth - to mix metaphors, I had to jump through various hoops (registration etc.) and provide far more personal information than I wanted to. Also, the voting process was a pain and seemed designed to channel voting in particular directions. I do not believe that this vote is being conducted impartially and I shall not join in again.
A note for EDDIES! - it is possible to vote for the composer of your choice (Tallis) but you have to go through an extended routine to do so - and that is one of the reasons why the voting process is neither easy nor impartial.