I haven't followed this whole thread, so forgive me if I'm reinventing the wheel ...
I think it's a shame when folk prefer recordings to live performances. Sometimes it is only because they have not experienced live music, or not often enough. Some young people have huge expectations of live performances, expecting them to sound the same as a CD. And, as a music teacher in schools for 18 years, and of piano students for 36 years [many of those concurrent, may I hasten to add!] I find kids hate classical music because their experience of it is of 10 seconds on TV or radio, or on a CD in a music classroom. I think many more would be hooked, if we could get 'em to concerts. I always loved Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis, but on hearing it live, discovered it was performed by 2 string orchestras, facing one another. It was a completely different experience to listening to a CD. Also enjoyed William Tell Overture, though recordings often feature only the Lone Ranger bit! But in a live concert, to see the choir of cellos in the front of the orchestra for the beginning section, gives a whole different feeling than listening on a CD. David McKay www.davidmckay.info __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
