I loved this post from my site. It actually came from the brilliant reworked music from War of the World by Jeff Wayne which can be heard here:
I just read that classical music is starting to go down, and Sony has shut down its classical department.
Are they completely barking?
Going off the War of the Worlds you will find the reviews in Youtube great. Over 170 ratings (for one clip), all clips 4 stars and this "Nothing short of electrifying!! Wow!", "sooper!!! bravo!!! great!!!i love it :)"
People want to hear something cool, not stuffy (the perceived image of classical)- also highlighted with Vanessa Mae and her version of Tocatta. Also they want a show, something they can relate the music to.
If classical is dying then unfortunately it is their own fault. Jeff Wayne and Vanessa Mae has proved that just by reworking music you can capture an audience with ease.
Just try. See what William Orbit did with Barbers Adagio For Strings:
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