Written By: David Roden on
August 4th, 2009
Concerts used to be much more of a free-for-all … Somewhere along the line, we have forgotten that great music can be rude and visceral; we have put conductors on pedestals, and turned our audiences into passive subjects.
| – Charles Hazlewood, The Guardian |
Further reading:
Why classical concerts need a breath of fresh air in The Guardian
Play the Field, "a new breed of orchestral festival"





