Neil McCauley
15-05-2011, 21:04
"The Telegraph's music critic Ivan Hewett sat with Stephen Fry on the winning side of a debate about whether classical music is irrelevant to today's youth."
"Five minutes before walking into the historic, brown-leathered chamber of the Cambridge Union, I told myself very firmly that I wasn't nervous. Five minutes later, as I processed in alongside my fellow-debators to a great storm of applause, I realised I was lying. My heart had that peculiar deep thumping I remember from the days when I used to do live radio shows. I looked across the chamber, and saw that one of the opposing team, DJ Kissy Sell Out – resplendent in brand new white t-shirt and box-fresh trainers – looked even more nervous than I felt. Which immediately made me feel better."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/8513018/Cambridge-Union-declares-classical-music-not-irrelevant-after-all.html
"Five minutes before walking into the historic, brown-leathered chamber of the Cambridge Union, I told myself very firmly that I wasn't nervous. Five minutes later, as I processed in alongside my fellow-debators to a great storm of applause, I realised I was lying. My heart had that peculiar deep thumping I remember from the days when I used to do live radio shows. I looked across the chamber, and saw that one of the opposing team, DJ Kissy Sell Out – resplendent in brand new white t-shirt and box-fresh trainers – looked even more nervous than I felt. Which immediately made me feel better."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/8513018/Cambridge-Union-declares-classical-music-not-irrelevant-after-all.html