{"id":9743,"date":"2012-11-15T17:39:43","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T22:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=7684"},"modified":"2012-11-15T17:39:43","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T22:39:43","slug":"too-many-people-worry-too-much-about-preparing-for-a-classical-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2012\/11\/15\/too-many-people-worry-too-much-about-preparing-for-a-classical-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Too many people worry too much about preparing for a classical concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7686\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/11\/notredame.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7686\" title=\"notredame\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/11\/notredame.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/11\/notredame.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/11\/notredame-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No matter what you call it, this old Parisian building will be just as beautiful.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been following the Facebook updates from two friends who, thanks to a conference, are in Paris for the first time. Their adventures have provided me with an apt metaphor of how we should treat art music.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Without the benefit of reading or research, these two people are simply wandering from quarter to quarter, taking pictures that include &#8220;a beautiful old church&#8221; as well as some creative graffiti in forgotten little alcoves.<\/p>\n<p>They don&#8217;t actually care about the history of a building or a street, but they are thoroughly enjoying their hours of walking.<\/p>\n<p>This is the same way a lot of people experience art music for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Like more diligent tourists, many first-time classical concert goers worry whether or not they know enough about what they&#8217;re going to hear to be able to enjoy it properly.<\/p>\n<p>Those of us who could act as guides should, I think, encourage newcomers to chill and, instead of worrying about preparation, behave like my two acquaintances and enjoy the experience.<\/p>\n<p>Like most people who give Paris a chance, my guess is that this couple will return for more in their own time, in their own way.<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t that what we we wish for art music, as well?<\/p>\n<p><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been following the Facebook updates from two friends who, thanks to a conference, are in Paris for the first time. Their adventures have provided me with an apt metaphor of how we should treat art music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[76,12,19,31,36,1],"tags":[159,805],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/11\/notredame.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-2x9","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9743"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=9743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}