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Ravel’s Bolero is a composition that rose from the depths of nonchalant dismissal by Ravel’s contemporaries to being one of the few truly recognizable melodies in classical music. Sadly, you rarely seem to see it on the concert bill these days. Perhaps it’s too disciplined for today’s classical conductors who struggle to maintain their freedom of self-expression while they pander to a diminishing audience of aging donors.
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One of the few! What on Earth do you mean? Classical music is full of memorable melody after memorable melody. There is a such a huge repertoir of riches in music spanning a thousand years plus. Actually because of the endless supply of beautiful music, only very few works get repeated with any frequency.
Opera in addition has memorable melodies one after the other, along with as a rule intense dramatic theater, especially of the composer is Verdi. There is nothing like a good opera CD for getting the best out of a good HT system by the way.
Here in Minnesota we are able to support two professional orchestras, and there are plenty of young listeners.
http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/new_home/index.cfm
http://www.thespco.org/load_screen.asp?screen=purchase
MPR do a wonderful job of broadcasting both seasons. The engineering is superb, so we are all able to hear the concerts state wide.
The BBC Proms present several concerts every day from mid July to mid September. The crowd is predominantly young and the Royal Albert Hall is filled to capacity daily. When Gustavo Dudamel came last season he had everybody out of their chairs. He will succeed Esa-Pekka Solanen in LA. I bet they won't have trouble filling their concert Hall.
http://www.laphil.com/behind/dudamel.cfm
I know some American Orchestra's are struggling, but on the whole things are healthy. The management just have to make smart decisions and be imaginative in their hires.
Ravel's Greatest Hit - The Ultimate Bolero
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