Denis Fodor:

>It's one thing for God to command audiences to attend equably and without
>bias all kinds of music cleansed by Him.  It's another, I would hope, for
>the Adornos of this world to attempt to play God.

You are overreacting.  I know a lot of those "Adornos of this world", and
in most cases they play Moses rather than God.

>As for attending an evening's performance that included both Haydn and von
>Webern, I think big-house audiences would sit still for that.  ...

You would get surprised of the success of some concert programs.  A couple
years ago, there was an evening program at Teatro Colon (here in Buenos
Aires) by the Experimental Center of Opera and Ballet.  They offered
Monteverdi's "Il Combattimento..." and Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" in
the same concert.  There wasn't a single ticket available a week before
the event.  And, believe me, people didn't leave after Monteverdi.

Pablo Massa
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