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Re: Enjoying Contests (long)

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Subject: Re: Enjoying Contests (long)
From: Cameron Mabon <cmabon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 01:55:28 +0100 (BST)
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On Sun, 10 May 1998, Alec Gallagher wrote:

> 1. Don't make the mistake of equating 'new challenges' with 'something
> musically incomprehensible to the general public'.
> 2. I strongly suspect that little Jimmy and all the others mentioned above
> don't really *know*  what they are listening to, and are subconsciously
> content to be gently steered towards something a little different.

This is probably true. They might be steered towards an overture like 
Nabucco or even something a bit more "heavyweight". However, there is a 
huge 
jump from what an ordinary punter would consider "serious" music to 
something like Wilby or Graham. A park-going listener would love the 
Floral Dance, would probably cope with the overture from Prince Igor, 
but would have a lot of trouble dealing with anything more demanding. 
Even my mum (who is a singer and pianist) has to leave the room when a 
brass band test-piece comes on...

Cameron

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