[Liberty Valance]

Don't shoot me. I loved Five Easy Pieces.

[neb52]

I work at night including a second job. I don’t have the time or money to go to a concert. But what would be great would be to view the concert online for a fee($5-$10 per viewing). That way I can view it anytime. Maybe one day I will be back to one job working during the day and can attend more concerts.

[Publius]

Classical music ping.

[Borges]

It is now widely acknowledged that classical music in America is in dire, even desperate straits. Critics, commentators, and managers have noted with alarm that concert audiences are aging steadily and that people under fifty seem disinclined either to attend classical-music events or to support the organizations that present them.

They have been saying this for 50 years. I go to concerts all the time and see young people there all the time. If anything Classical is more popular now that there is no singular pop music monolith dominating the culture. This is an outdoor concert by the Helena Symphony, in Montana. The population of Helena is 30,000; it would appear that about half that number were in attendance.

[MinuteGal]

Ah, so many of those old 20's and 30's recordings I want to hear....so little time to do so.

I really must put my mind to it and start writing down a liszt of what I want to buy. I'm chopin' at the bit to get started.

Thanks for this article of critique....it triggered my little grieg cells to begin planning for a musical shopping expedition.

Leni

[jammer]

I just read After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance last month and it is an eye-opener. Highly recommended.

[garyhope]

The entire world culture is being dumbed down and coarsened down to please and appease illiterate morons and idiots.

Nobody wants to work and think about much of anything that takes time and concentration.

Thank you rap music.

[Liberty Valance]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN4af-wzjak
Chopin Prelude No 4 via Five Easy Pieces

[ThomasThomas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odyz0xWAWEU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/user/showmanlee

This guy tried to get everyone to listen to classical music. He got so strange that I forgot how good he really was.