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Oh dear Mamy, and after you had gone to so much trouble ! ! !
Well, it was OK until about the 59 second mark and then something dreadful happened ! But many thanks all the same. It was interesting though. I did try, I promise !
( do you really prefer post 59 seconds to pre 59 seconds though ? )
I sat in the Royal Circle at Covent Garden and heard this, at full pelt, in 1989, my first Ring Cycle.....an unforgettable experience. Those Wagner Tubas nearly blew me away !
By the way, to enjoy Wagner, or Puccini or Verdi its not essential to be over 60 ! I attend at the Coliseum, although rarely these days, and I would say that the average age in the audience is below 30. I am sure you knew this but many people seem to have the opinion that to enjoy Classical music, you really need to be old and wrinkled, which just isn't the case.
The Proms are starting any day now, and when the BBC cameras pan around the Albert Hall, its quite plain that there is a wealth of different ages present each night, with youth much in evidence.
The Proms...thank God for the Beeb !