On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 10:39, Adam Woolley wrote: > The problem with all the classical and compositional works is that it's > plain boring to the younger generation.
I fear you are over generalising. I have a growing amount of experience with young people who would totally disagree with your allegation of 'boring'! Furthermore, there are quite a number of hit 'pop' songs that are 100% based on the classical music you so deride as boring - including a version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 40th Symphony that went to #1 in the hit parade sometime in the 70's or 80's. If you want to jazz it up, I suggest you might like to listen to verions of Johann Sebastian Bach's music by such people Jacques Loussier. But then, much classical music does not need 'jazzing up'. I would happily provide you with a suggested list of music you might listen to that would change your mind. (I have visions of a number of scenes from Stanley Kubrick's "Clockwork Orange here ;-) Simply because music is several hundred years (or more) old does not make it boring. It's continued survival in today's repertoire attests to its quality. Just how much of today's pop music will survive even 10 years? (I realise that this is getting way off topic, but having just returned from a holiday that included two weeks total immersion at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville, I cannot let such remarks pass without comment). -- Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 (0)438 385 533 Brisbane, Australia http://www.hart.wattle.id.au _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
