Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2010-11-10 13:43
I think these broadcasts are an excellent idea, especially for (potential and present) music-lovers who live outside the major metropolitan areas. A movie theater showing is a good way to enjoy classical music. Most theaters these days have good sound systems. Also, these broadcasts can charge typical movie prices and bring in extra revenue for cash-strapped orchestras without breaking fans' budgets.
Though I love going to concerts, I'd rather see a performance on a screen in a theater with an excellent sound system than sit in the concert hall's cheapest seats, up in the bat-roosts or in obstructed view seats. Though I grew up near big-city venues with opera companies, orchestras and a wealth of other classical programing, my only choices as a starving student were a lousy seat, standing room or staying home. How I'd have loved to go to a good theater and be able to watch the whole orchestra as I listened -- even see some closeups of the soloists -- for the price of a first-run movie.
Movie theaters also welcome a wider audience that feels pressured by "concert manners." I don't have a problem complying with the usual behavior (wear dressy clothes, sit still, shut up), but for families with kids, especially, the theater may be a better choice. The audience can wear whatever, relax, duck out to the restroom, even eat and drink something.
The writer expressed concern that musicians might start acting for the camera. So what? If they ham it up enough to spoil their playing, the conductor will soon scare some sense into them; and if they sound all right but make themselves look ridiculous, their colleagues, families and friends will mock them. It's a self-resolving problem.
Lelia
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