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As a former live (as opposed to
formerly-living) stage performer, there's a simple answer for the necessity I
feel for attending live CONCERT events:
The excitement, the energy, the palpable
anticipation and constant shared experience of a few hundred to a couple
thousand fellow attendees sitting with you -- that community of (not to
completely bludgeon the point) like-minded hungry humanity being fed along side
you.
And mind you, of course, there are always
annoying exceptions: the coughing, the matinee crowds who might be there simply
in the hopes that a loud noise will reassure them that they're still alive,
those that have attended not because they wish to but because they feel they
'have' to...yeah, sure, exceptions. But given the choice of sitting
in my comfortable living room with my great sound system to hear a canned (or
even 'live' canned) CD recording versus dressing up to sit in a somewhat-less
body-rewarding situation but: BUT: to have that communal experience with a great
orchestra under a great conductor in a great hall with great
acoustics:
Yeah. Easy choice.
I'm somewhat less energetic in my preference
for live theatrical experiences over a great DVD at home with sound cranked; I
really draw a distinction between the forms. A play is not
a film is not tv is not a musical is not the same.
Apples/orangutans. I find seeing a filmed play -- a strictly
filmed play -- on TV a terrific bore. A good film adaptation of the
same play would be fine at home; perhaps preferable in a big-screen theatre
if the jerks around me stop talking and unwrapping the candies
and....
But music?
Hands-down: Live. Exciting.
Best,
Les
Les Marsden
Founding Music Director and Conductor, The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra Music and Mariposa? Ahhhhh, Paradise!!!
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