Laurence Sherwood's post of 13 Feb included these thoughts from a young
acquaintance:

>It is also interesting that concert-goers get quite irritated
>nowadays when you talk during a performance (of course, this only
>applies to "classical music" concerts),

This post stirred, among others things, these two thoughts:

1.  Classical music listeners are not the only ones who get irritated.
I am immediately reminded of a Bela Fleck concert last year in Cleveland
at which there were, in my vicinity (we sat on blankets in the grass on
a beautiful night) a handful of talkative attendees who had to be tsked
to task by the more musically attentive.  And at one point a cell phone
rudely intruded.  As the nearby listeners cast their disapproving glances
toward the culprit an audible gasp arose as instead of the turning off
the device, the imbecile answered the phone, "Hello?"

2.  A number of Baroque-style pieces find their way into modern "electric"
concerts.  I can only say this with authority because 1 is a number ---
I actually only know of one instance!  Perhaps listmembers will mention
others.  I'd be very interested to hear a review of this one piece by
list members, so even if that is unlikely to happen, I'll provide details
in case someone knows of it.  The tune is "Go for Baroque" by Steve
Morse, on the album "Unsung Heroes" by the band "The Dregs" (1981, Arista
ARCD-8120).  Despite the humorous title, I think it sounds very authentically
Baroque, but I am not by no means well versed in such things.  The playing
is that of acoustic guitar, violin, piano and bass.  I like it very much,
in any case, and perhaps listmembers would tend to look favorably on it,
at least because it exposes rock/jazz fans to classical music.  In fact,
Steve Morse (who writes all the Dregs' music) nearly always includes a
classical piece on each of his albums.  Some of you might even know of
the Dregs, the nucleus of which is a few relatively young musicians
 (egad, strike that, as they are approaching 50 years of age) that sprang
up in the mid '70's out of the University of Miami, and clearly with a
diverse, but largely classical training.  The albums are rock-oriented
but are fusions of rock, jazz, bluegrass, classical and other flavors.

There are a few reviews (not by classical listeners, I suspect), with
mention of the piece in question, here:

   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000006YCX/classicalnetA/

I think this is on-topic, as there were recent discussions on the list
about how younger listeners can be exposed and favorably disposed to
classical music, and bands like the Dregs are certainly one way that
happens.  Do listmembers have favorable impressions of this or other
such groups?  Or do some of you feel that rather than providing sound
connections between the musical generations, such ties are instead
 (ahem) Baroquen?

Rick Mabry
Shreveport, LA