tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post971167523285368160..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Classic Rock reinventedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-2618685941293848992020-05-06T13:28:08.464+01:002020-05-06T13:28:08.464+01:00a major classic rock show was planned for a month ...a major classic rock show was planned for a month ago - one hopes it will be rescheduled<br /><br />https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/126025/Procol-Harum-announce-London-Palladium-show-with-orchestra-and-choir<br /><br />with regard to the comments here - they have a time stamp, but no date stamp - you may or may not be able and willing to alter this<br /><br />your thoughtful and informative blog is one i have only recently discovered, by the way - thanks for what you domistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-35035567645030402652019-06-05T12:07:16.462+01:002019-06-05T12:07:16.462+01:00Chris, when I said Ibiza Classics "failed to ...Chris, when I said Ibiza Classics "failed to gain traction with a new audience" I meant it failed to gain traction with a new <i>classical</i> audience. Although the project is a box office success I cannot see any evidence that it has brought a new audience to classical music in the way that the Classic Rock series did. But in the absence of any hard research data that is a subjective personal view. Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-43344461133385570182019-06-05T11:59:24.398+01:002019-06-05T11:59:24.398+01:00I’m not sure why you say that the Ibiza Classics p...I’m not sure why you say that the Ibiza Classics project failed to gain traction. It has toured regularly since the Proms debut in 2015 - including repeated appearances at the 20,000 capacity O2 in London - and there are currently 13 concerts on sale listed at the Heritage Orchestra website. I am sure it must have taken a seven figure sum at the box office.Chris Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822026463390790696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-17477841320728286442019-06-03T17:38:53.748+01:002019-06-03T17:38:53.748+01:00Might I mention a gentler contribution to this gen...Might I mention a gentler contribution to this genre, "Eine kleine Beatlemusik" by Fritz Spiegl's Baroque 'n' Roll Ensemble?Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.com