I fantasize that someday In C will be programmed on regular orchestra concerts.
I don't particularly fantasize about the classical music business (although as I kid, I did wonder how cool it would be to be Sonny Rollins). So I don't know if I share this same fantasy or not. Still, It's an interesting idea and anything that gets In C in front of more people is probably good.
But in my mind anyway, "regular orchestra concerts" is the deal breaker as it implies uninteresting, stodgy, large 18th 19th century music. Maybe that's why I no longer care about the San Francisco Symphony despite MTT arguably being a more progressive conductor than most. Is he the equivalent of being a liberal Republican?
rdio's default member presentation when you go to the streaming subscription site is a grid of albums in current heavy rotation "in your network." In my network anyway, that tends to be populated with cool indie acts, jazz, and Lady Gaga. The Philip Glass Nonesuch retrospective happens to be in today's version. Yesterday, it had a baroque collection. I don't remember if a traditional orchestral recording has ever shown up.
Update: If you look to the right in the "Your Network Top Artists list", Natalie Dessay does appear. Score one for opera.
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