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From: wjm@lcuxc.UUCP (B. Mitchell)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: RE: Live performances
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Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 21:14:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 22 21:14:42 1985
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Frankly, despite having a reasonable hi-fi system, I still feel there is no
substitute for a live performance.  Fortunately, I live fairly close to NYC
so I can hear most of the world's great orchestras when they are on tour
in one of the world's top concert halls (Carnegie Hall).  (Yes, I agree with
the opinion that Boston's Symphony Hall is in the same league - I spent many
pleasant evenings at the BSO and the Pops when I was living in Boston - it
was a pleasant escape from my graduate EE studies at MIT.)  There is
something about a live performance that even the finest recording cannot
reproduce - you are THERE and can devote all your attention to the musicians
and the music they are making-no distractions or temptation to walk across the
room and read, computer hack, etc. (also no phone calls or other distractions)
There is also a certain energy in a live performance, which only direct-to-disk
recordings capture.  Somehow the knowledge that bloopers can be removed in the
editing does something to one's perfomance.
Regards,
Bill Mitchell (ihnp4!lcuxc!wjm)