Helen Duggan ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >... Can a performance of 18th century music ever be right if the >audience is a 20th/21st century one? You make a good point, although I'm not sure that "right" is an entirely appropriate word. But you are correct, it is impossible to hear 18th century music throught 18th century ears today. I saw this point persuasvely argued in an interview by one of the founders of the movement: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]