Andrys Basten wrote:

>By the way, I saw on tv the most horrendous ad for the one-remaining
>classical music station we have left in the San Francisco Bay Area.
>
>It promises that music you tune into any hour of the day/night will
>be "soothing and comfortable."

Hearing this does not leave me feeling more comfortable.  Earlier today,
I was listening to classical music stations on the net.  The percentage
of times I heard only ads was disgusting.  Even worse was the general
programming: very light classical syrup.  One station actually welcomed me
to its "romantic" hour - what it played made Tchaikovsky look golden to me.
It's a bleak landscape.  The most challenging work, by far, was a Chopin
piano concerto.

Don Satz
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