Quote Originally Posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
It's not what they sing, so much as the utterly negative attitude about really great classical music that has infected our society.
I find the same attitudes applied to "really great" Jazz, Rock music etc etc
if one conflates taste with value then the folks who drone on about how wonderful Beethoven is simply because it IS BEETHOVEN are doing exactly the same thing that you are complaining about.
What is encouraging IMV is that amongst young people music is far less "tribal" than it was when I was a teenager
I'm sure "great classical music" (whatever your version of this is ?) can cope