http://www.aigarius.com/blog/2007/12/13/vanessa-mae-in-riga/ Mindblogging the world to itself Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:57:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.aigarius.com/blog/2007/12/13/vanessa-mae-in-riga/comment-page-1/#comment-76543 Kevin Mark Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:44:57 +0000 http://www.aigarius.com/blog/2007/12/13/vanessa-mae-in-riga/#comment-76543 As someone who has played classical music (not professionally) something about these hyped classical soloists/groups rubs me the wrong way from the start and your observations reinforce what I would expect. It sounds like the spotlight was not on the others because they are not the 'stars' but for me the music should be that and that would mean that I should hear all the players equally. But I guess you have to give up something to translate 'that old music' to make the facebook crowd watch? As someone who has played classical music (not professionally) something about these hyped classical soloists/groups rubs me the wrong way from the start and your observations reinforce what I would expect. It sounds like the spotlight was not on the others because they are not the ‘stars’ but for me the music should be that and that would mean that I should hear all the players equally. But I guess you have to give up something to translate ‘that old music’ to make the facebook crowd watch?

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