That Damned Chamber Music Series

[Nick Armstrong]

A friend of mine is a member of a string quartet bringing Beethoven, Shostakovich and other music to pub-goers in Vancouver.

http://thatdamnedquartet.weebly.com/index.html

Love the motto:

Hoot, holler, and be sloppy at Logan's Pub while enjoying string music...

Also the "We encourage..... We discourage..." section

I imagine some here would love it, some run a mile!

Thoughts?

(Is Flay still over there, up in the North-West? He can't still be on holiday, surely....?!)

[verismissimo]

OAE has gone that way too in building a new younger audience (in addition to their main concert and opera audience) with The Night Shift. It's been very successful. and I'm rather puzzled as to why others have not followed.

http://www.oae.co.uk/thenightshift/

Jurowski kicked it off and has supported throughout.

[Nick Armstrong]

That's interesting, veris ! Thanks, I'm ashamed to say I didn't know about that. I'll mention it. Don't know if it was an inspiration to our Canadian friends...

[french frank]

I imagine some here would love it, some run a mile!

I quite approve of it, but I wouldn't go myself:

We Encourage...

Drinking beer
Eating poutine
Talking loudly
Mingling with others
Singing along
Cheering gregariously to the point of being obnoxious
Dancing with strangers


We Discourage...

Sitting still
Shushing others
Contributing to other classical stereotypes
Throwing heavy objects, such as beer bottles, at the musicians
Forgetting to tip

Bold = I would discourage what they encourage, encourage what they discourage.

But if they showed it on BBC One every Friday evening

[verismissimo]

I quite approve of it, but I wouldn't go myself...

Don't think it's aimed at us, frenchie (though I did help OAE develop theirs).

[verismissimo]

Don't think it's aimed at us, frenchie (though I did help OAE develop theirs).

It's interesting that the development of The Night Shift has had no discernible negative effect on OAE's regular concert audiences.

[Flosshilde]

I quite approve of it, but I wouldn't go myself:

We Encourage...

Drinking beer
Eating poutine
Talking loudly
Mingling with others
Singing along
Cheering gregariously to the point of being obnoxious
Dancing with strangers


We Discourage...

Sitting still
Shushing others
Contributing to other classical stereotypes
Throwing heavy objects, such as beer bottles, at the musicians
Forgetting to tip

Bold = I would discourage what they encourage, encourage what they discourage.

But if they showed it on BBC One every Friday evening

I think dancing with strangers should always be encouraged.

[Nick Armstrong]

I think dancing with strangers should always be encouraged.

I have just refreshed my memory about poutine. This should probably be in The Refreshment Room but anyway:

Poutine is a common Canadian dish (originally from Quebec), made with french fries, topped with brown gravy and cheese curds. Poutine may also contain other ingredients such as bacon, beef, pulled pork, lamb, lobster meat, shrimp, rabbit confit, caviar, and truffles.

[teamsaint]

Folk music in pubs is S*** ****ing disaster usually. Classical will surely be worse.
People + Booze+ pub environment= self absorbed banter at excess volume.

Take the music out of the concert hall , but put it somewhere respectful.
Bus stations. Macdonalds. Eastleigh.

[Beef Oven]

Folk music in pubs is S*** ****ing disaster usually. Classical will surely be worse.
People + Booze+ pub environment= self absorbed banter at excess volume.

Take the music out of the concert hall , but put it somewhere respectful.
Bus stations. Macdonalds. Eastleigh.

Damned chamber music? Neat

[teamsaint]

Damned chamber music? Neat

ROFL.

The audience might sit in New Rose.

actually, sounds Sensible to me.

[Beef Oven]

ROFL.

The audience might sit in New Rose.

actually, sounds Sensible to me.

[EdgeleyRob]

Surely rock/pop music IS chamber music.
Except for Mahavishnu Orchestra and ELO maybe.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Surely rock/pop music IS chamber music.

Only in the same way that the O2 Arena is a "chamber"?

[Nick Armstrong]

Only in the same way that the O2 Arena is a "chamber"?