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In the Thread: Better solution for being late?

Post Subject: Cafe BenaroyaPosted by Klausner on: 6/28/2012

Well, I thought there might be an audio solution, but it sort of turned into a musing about how much of the money we spend benefits us, whether the expensive music deliver system (fancy hall with bad acoustics? 400 lb krell space heaters?) enhances the music delivery. I sort of feel like them completely dismissing my misfortune is like buying an expensive amplifier that blows up as soon as you turn it on, and the manufacturer saying "that's too bad". A while ago I watched a friend of mine (with probably more musicality than say, Seiji Ozawa) conduct Beethoven 1 in a coffee shop (!), with a full orchestra. It was a sort of ridiculous and wonderful experience, and it cost nothing. Him and the entire orchestra did it for free, and they did stuff like this all over town.
I like the idea of a classical cafe, and I wish something like that could be implemented here. Some select performances are broadcast by King FM. King FM does do regular FM, HD and internet performances of chamber music, etc. I do think they should broadcast for free, but I was also kind of thinking it would be nice if Benaroya ran their own cafe where they ran audio from the live performances going on in the hall, with some basic degree of sound quality. That way late people can go until they let you in, and people can come in from the street and eat, drink, listen, if they don't want to buy or can't afford tickets.

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