If you really want to celebrate Mozart's world, Mozart's culture, Mozart's life, you would ignore the man himself and listen to music by a living composer. If you're not in the habit of doing so, I'd urge you to pay a little heed to contemporary music over the next few days or weeks. Buy a CD of a modern classic.... Better, get out of the technobubble and patronize a live concert..... . And, oh yeah, happy birthday, Wolfie. You don't look a day over 175.
— Alex Ross
I really like Alex Ross, but sometimes he's annoying.
Mr. Ross offers wonderful advice, but I don't make his salary. Most concerts here in the New York City are, forget about it. They're out of my price range. Yes, I know about the few free concerts here, I attend them as often as possible. And most CDs aren't cheap either. I have limited discretionary income, so I'm sure as hell not taking a chance on a dud.
Amazing to me, Mr. Ross whined constantly when the BBC offered FREE downloads of Beethoven's symphonies. Obviously he's never had to live on a tight budget.
Mr. Ross' post on Mozart strikes me like those people we all seem to know: come Christmas Day, they proclaim with erudite phrases that indeed "every day is Christmas", so they won't bother celebrating it. But no matter how nicely they phrase it, they always seem to be kill joys.
Thanks.
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