Kevin Sutton wrote:

>You are welcome to your opinion, but please tell me how you could
>possibly concentrate on and fully appreciate say, something as
>profound as the slow movement from Bruckner's 7th whilst munching
>on a tuna fish sandwich and slurping a beer.

Come on Kevin, it doesn't have to be ordinary tuna fish - only the best
(solid white albacore); I'm not going to any concert where they dish out
that "chunk light" stuff.  AND I never slurp my beverages; everything about
me denotes "class" (maybe of the low variety).

Off the top of my head, I can think of a few ways to resolve the Bruckner
problem:

A "quiet" session during the concert.
A "quiet" concert - not every concert has to be a social gathering.
Headphones at each table.
Electric shock equipment attached to every seat and controlled by those
sitting next to you.  We could designate these as S&M concerts.  Audience
members would really be rocking in their seats.  You see, this one was
easy.

Moving on to recordings, I'm listening at the moment to Mozart string
quartets performed by the Endellion String Quartet on Virgin Classics.
Although I prefer this music on period instruments, a nice "cool"
performance also hits the spot, and the Endellion are certainly cool.
They are also very fine in Haydn.  Gotta go.  That tuna fish sandwich
sounds good.

Don Satz
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