![]() ![]() And the truth is that the vast majority of young people in the West have no interest in classical music whatsoever. While I cannot subscribe to the doom-laden scenario of Norman Lebrecht’s book When the Music Stops, the truth has to be faced by everybody involved with Western classical music before it is too late. It is in stark contrast to music-making in the Far East where there are still huge numbers of children learning instruments, healthy classical CD sales, a media that takes real interest in classical music and – above all – concert halls that are packed with young people as a direct result of that media interest. This is the reality of classical music in the West today. What classical or choral music reminds you of the Minnesota State Fair? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.(delivered to the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, Monday 3rd February 1998)ĭeclining audiences, government cuts, disastrous CD sales, sponsors pulling out of the arts, fewer children learning instruments, and a total lack of interest from the general media – unless semi-naked bimbo violinists or something like the David Helfgott circus are involved. Stay up to date on all the musical offerings at the Minnesota State Fair by subscribing to our free State Fair music newsletter. Sometime later we were at the Fair strolling through the Midway and Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" was blaring from inside one of the rides - my son instantly identified it and even got the German right! Should I disclose it was the disco version by Deodato? No matter my son still prefers the orchestra. When my son was very young, for reasons I now can't recall, I let him watch Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. I no longer can go to the Fair without this song running through my mind. It's so sweet, fulfilling, and within a few minutes I started singing (quietly) along. It was the first time I heard Ysaye Barnwell's "Wanting Memories," which has become a kind of Cantus signature tune. How cool to hear classical music is in the air at the great Minnesota Get together!įour years ago, I hosted Cantus on the "big stage" at the Fair to kick off their year as Artists in Residence. Grand Canyon Suite (ferde Grofe) - It just sounds like the Fair!īach: Toccata and Fugue - Last year as I was entering the fairgrounds, I heard Bach's Toccata and Fugue luring victims to the Haunted House. Ride in the Balloon from the movie score The Witches of Eastwick (John Williams) - my wife Naomi and I always take a ride on the … "thingy" that glides across the fair. Short Ride in a fast Machine (John Adams) - is there any other music that describes the Mighty Midway? The Scrambler is my favorite, followed by the Tilt-a-Whirl ! The State Fair audience loved the story, and the happy ending: Oue and Bernstein nevertheless became good friends. Oue, with his back to the door, didn't realize who this noisy newcomer was, disrupting the class, but was sufficiently irritated to yell "Shut Up!!" Little did Oue know that he was unwittingly talking to his idol! Bernstein came through the door talking loudly. In between bites, he treated the crowd to the story of his first meeting with Leonard Bernstein: Oue was playing piano for a conducting class at Tanglewood. Here are some of Classical MPR's hosts' music picks: John Birgeīernstein Candide Overture with Eiji Oue conducting the Minnesota Orchestra - At my very first State Fair broadcast in 1998, Minnesota Orchestra conductor Eiji Oue stopped by the booth, holding not one baton but two Pronto Pups in his hands. The Minnesota State Fair is filled with music, including classical and choral tunes. ![]()
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