In Reply to: R. Strauss' "An Alpine Symphony" as "Bloated and Bombastic"--please discuss! posted by John Marks on May 9, 2017 at 04:35:20:
Newspaper ad revenue is down. There's too much competition for 'eyeballs'. Writers and reviewers 'hack' away in any way they can hoping do draw a bit of attention to the ever-shrinking printed page.
Some inmates here ventured out to see Dutiot conduct the Berlioz Requiem last Thursday. $120 a pop in Row 'T' of Orchestra. I loved it!
Local reviewer panned it. OK, so what do I know about music? My wife picks up a $20 'rush'(day of performance) ticket (row 'Z' Orchestra a few rows back but still not under the overhanging Dress Circle) and sees it Friday evening. She raves about it.
I haven't used newspaper reviews as a guide as to what to see or not see for decades. They have a job to do, like just about all current forms of so-called 'Journalism', and that's to entertain.
It appears your reviewer in the Providence Journal at least provided you with a bit of that. :-)
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- Print Journalism is dying.. - Ivan303 08:12:46 05/09/17 (0)