Len Fehskens, commenting on Stirling Newberrys elaborate restructuring:

>I do not go to the BSO to hear music I have never heard before or do not
>yet like in an attempt to come to terms with it.  I can do that far more
>productively with CDs.  I go to the BSO to hear music I know and love in
>live performance, which is a qualitatively different experience from
>hearing it in my home.

Which is why I believe that one should program works together which appeal
largely to the same taste.  Looking back over history, this changes, and
so programming choices should change.  However I also feel that all of the
groups who participate in the world of classical music need to have care
and attention given to their works.  If works do not have enduring appeal,
then they will be forgotten - perhaps later to be revived when the wheel of
taste turns again.

Stirling S Newberry
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