Classic Arts Showcase (http://www.classicartsshowcase.org) Is an
educational program which is what so many other cable networks hint
they might be.  It provides, commercial free, exerpts from performances
of classical music, opera and ballet.  Many of these performances are
historical, and some are current.  While many are from relatively unknown
performers, we've seen in the first week of it being available here on
massachusetts media one Daniel Barenboim, the Kirov Ballet and The Chamber
orchestra of Europe, Naxos is represented by some of their artists.

With the frequent round of complaints of the loss of classical radio and
programming, this network is a bright spot, and it might well be worth a
few hundred dollars a year in video tape rentals from Tower (don't go
there...) to see if your local cable company can be persuaded that at
least one channel needs to be made available for this.  At this moment
performance of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra, though only the
first three secions- in very good sound reproduction - is the fare.  Unlike
NPR - no Yanni, no filler, no fundraising.  And what other network will
bring you Schubert songs?

Truly - rouse thyself, to bring this one corner of light.

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