(July 27, 2018 at 9:24 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You hit a nerve. The Phoenix Symphony has something they call the Classics Series yet they insist on shoving some 20th or 21st century piece of shit in every program. They think they are exposing people to new "music." What they are actually doing is pissing me the fuck off.
Right... sorry to hear that for your sake... but I would think that probably works the other way round as well; as in the newer music might introduce people to the classical. Dare I say it... and pardon the unintended pun... but a bit of classical conditioning
That sort of thing worked for me; as I said I'm a bit of a philistine and most of the classical music I know I got interested in in this sort of way, eg I got interested in Mozart from watching Amadeus, and Rachmaninov from a film called... I think it was called Shine. So just saying there's a flip side to that coin... but sorry it ruins your enjoyment.
