tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post2602043306192181861..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Why was Marin Alsop's London concert half empty?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1726970950647839752013-11-12T20:48:02.627+00:002013-11-12T20:48:02.627+00:00Professional concerts are simply out of the questi...Professional concerts are simply out of the question for us because of the cost. Since in my opinion no digitized music can ever compare to live, acoustic instruments, we attend local amateur concerts. Affordable and the enthusiasm of the players makes up for the technical flaws that I probably am failing to notice. <br />The Dabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05580045304758732499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-66686560936538480272013-11-12T12:39:11.905+00:002013-11-12T12:39:11.905+00:00I like that "glass of time" typo, Scott!...I like that "glass of time" typo, Scott!Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-11099542149761638272013-11-11T23:09:43.357+00:002013-11-11T23:09:43.357+00:00The RFH wasn't selling tickets for all section...The RFH wasn't selling tickets for all sections of the hall for MA's concert. Shame people missed out. It was a great evening.Jane Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15465638930368667777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-32288840373076974342013-11-11T21:31:02.338+00:002013-11-11T21:31:02.338+00:00"I am part of the much despised ageing audien..."I am part of the much despised ageing audience..."<br /><br />As am I, and I wonder if there are a couple of other factors for this particular audience. Example - as I become less young ... all right, older ... I find that I'm becoming more jealous of my time. I'm an hour or so (depending on traffic) from Roy Thomson Hall and the Toronto Symphony. For a concert of 2 hours playing time, that's an investment of 5 hours. When I recently went through the TSO 2013-14 season, there were few concerts that appealed to me in total, and a few others which had one piece of particular interest. I don't seem to be in the target demographic any longer. <br /><br />I don't mean to sound snobbish, but most concert series present a pretty small fraction of the music to which I listen (and much gets repeated fairly frequently). If I want to hear the Beethoven 4th, I'd just as soon pour a glass of time and put on a CD. Takes less time, and I can have a second glass of wine without worrying about driving. Yes, I could have dinner out and make it a more special occasion, but cost begins to be a factor as well as time. Consider the low cost of adding repertoire to play at home, and the picture becomes mpre bleak.<br /><br />Another factor - by now, I have a reasonably formidable selection of LP's and CD's, not to mention the Naxos Music Library. Thanks to advice from my audiophile brother, I have a system which he refers to as "at the low end of the high end." Now, we have close friends who go to more concerts than we do. The difference is that they have not developed an interest in getting set up for good quality reproduction at home (sound reproduction, that is ... they have had some very good quality children). In other words, a night at the TSO is more special for them than it is for us. Our loss? I'm not sure.<br /><br />Does this add up to anything? I don't know. However, there's more recorded repertoire available today at a lower cost than ever before, and good quality sound reproduction is less expensive than ever. It seems to me that those who count on the gray-haired demographic as some sort of reliable bulwark had better pray that most of them resemble the friends I mentioned rather than me.<br /><br />From a selfish perspective, I've never had it so good. However, I don't have to look very far to see some serious storm clouds gathering.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-2342093232574082242013-11-11T11:59:18.695+00:002013-11-11T11:59:18.695+00:00It is not just the Southbank Centre that is suffer...It is not just the Southbank Centre that is suffering - http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/classical/article3918231.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_11_10Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com