Previously: outline of my book riff 1: The rebirth of classical music riff 2: Why is the rebirth happening? riff 3:  Resistance to change: the value of classical music And now, riff four: Resistance to change: reasons for resistance. (Feel free, if you like, to copy and paste all of this and keep it for reference, or send it to anyone you like. Just don't violate the Creative Common license at the end.) Greg Sandow Rebirth: The Future of Classical Music fourth riff from chapter one      Resistance to change: reasons for … [Read more...]

An important reminder: I don't just critique the present state of the classical music world. I love classical music, and sometimes I stilli get lost in it, just as I did in the old days, when I loved it without any footnotes, and lived in the classical music world fulltime.This happened over Thanksgiving, when I had the gift of some quiet time in the country. I found myself listening to Mozart operas, first Don Giovanni, in the René Jacobs recording, surely one of the most astounding alt-classical performances ever done of a standard classical … [Read more...]