Composer Jonathan Harvey calls for amplified classical music to attract young audiences

Professor of music pushes 'blasphemous' idea of concerts where people can talk or walk out in middle of a movementOne of Britain's leading composers is calling on fellow classical musicians to abandon the stuffy conventions that surround the concert hall and to adopt new and "blasphemous" ideas, such as amplifying the sound.Jonathan Harvey, whose piece Dum transisset sabbatum was featured in yesterday's BBC Proms matinée performance, is concerned that British youth are alienated by the traditio...

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