Comments on: No, Thank You. http://insidetheclassics.myminnesotaorchestra.org/2010/07/no-thank-you/ The Minnesota Orchestra Blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:41:30 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: gml4 http://insidetheclassics.myminnesotaorchestra.org/2010/07/no-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5505 gml4 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:06:38 +0000 http://insidetheclassics.myminnesotaorchestra.org/?p=6496#comment-5505 Well written again Sam! And now you've given me ammunition to back up my feelings about Beethoven's 7th... my personal favorite, though I've always shied away from expressing it because people usually give me a look like 'huh'? Well written again Sam! And now you’ve given me ammunition to back up my feelings about Beethoven’s 7th… my personal favorite, though I’ve always shied away from expressing it because people usually give me a look like ‘huh’?

]]> By: Anita http://insidetheclassics.myminnesotaorchestra.org/2010/07/no-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5496 Anita Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:49:01 +0000 http://insidetheclassics.myminnesotaorchestra.org/?p=6496#comment-5496 It was a remarkable review, and to be on the receiving end of it, no doubt heady. I do want to comment on something you wrote, though: "...and a wider American public that doesn’t really see any need for Expert Opinion on anything anymore," I think the problem isn't the lack of need or desire for an Expert Opinion. Rather, the Internet has made any uninformed idiot with a keyboard and a connection (which is about every idiot) willing to pronounce him/herself as an Expert, and render an opinion, which then get mixed in with the opinions of the vaguely informed, the somewhat informed and the real Expert. To me this combination of nearly unlimited access combined with a nearly unlimited platform leads to doubt as to the worth of any opinion out there. At least with the Experts of yore, you knew who they were, their credentials, and quite often their biases, so you could take them into consideration. I would rather go back to the day where quite knowledgable people didn't say much for fear of coming across less than informed, rather than the anonymous opinion overload that is out there now. It was a remarkable review, and to be on the receiving end of it, no doubt heady. I do want to comment on something you wrote, though:

“…and a wider American public that doesn’t really see any need for Expert Opinion on anything anymore,”

I think the problem isn’t the lack of need or desire for an Expert Opinion. Rather, the Internet has made any uninformed idiot with a keyboard and a connection (which is about every idiot) willing to pronounce him/herself as an Expert, and render an opinion, which then get mixed in with the opinions of the vaguely informed, the somewhat informed and the real Expert. To me this combination of nearly unlimited access combined with a nearly unlimited platform leads to doubt as to the worth of any opinion out there. At least with the Experts of yore, you knew who they were, their credentials, and quite often their biases, so you could take them into consideration.

I would rather go back to the day where quite knowledgable people didn’t say much for fear of coming across less than informed, rather than the anonymous opinion overload that is out there now.

]]> By: WBS http://insidetheclassics.myminnesotaorchestra.org/2010/07/no-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5480 WBS Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:58:38 +0000 http://insidetheclassics.myminnesotaorchestra.org/?p=6496#comment-5480 Thanks for posting this. A remarkable review, indeed. Readers should see the entire document that you linked. I attended the Saturday night performance of the same program at Orchestra Hall, and it was also quite special and memorable for all the reasons she gave. I can't think of a Beethoven concert I've been to in 35 years that made such an impression. Thanks for posting this. A remarkable review, indeed. Readers should see the entire document that you linked. I attended the Saturday night performance of the same program at Orchestra Hall, and it was also quite special and memorable for all the reasons she gave. I can’t think of a Beethoven concert I’ve been to in 35 years that made such an impression.

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