The state of things

thumper1
Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:42:47 +0000

Live music takes audiences to support it. There has to be a “blend” of audience attraction. When we were in London, we went to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. It seats 5000 (no that is not a misprint) people and the house was standing room only. It was the last performance of a MONTH LONG show which featured a symphony orchestra, dancers, singers, a sing along (actually a couple of them) and pyrotechinics at the end. To be honest, it was a LOT of fun and the music and dancing were terrific. Ours was, I think, the 20th perforrmance and most had been sold out. AND to top it off, we were there on a Friday and there were several other orchestral concerts at other venues that night…also sold out (we had originally wanted to see the London Symphony but couldn’ get tickets).

DD quipped “if our symphony did a program like this once a year, maybe their subscribership would increase”.

Gotta wonder.