uTube has gone Millenial

Every 2-3 years, I check out uTube

  to see what they are doing with classical music.

I just did it again recently,

   now that I have some “At-Home” time.

This area has gone through a Sea-Change.

It was (years ago) simply capturing of an event;

   Later (until ??) doing a professional job of recording an event;

      and, NOW, staging an event for the uTube camera,

        where TV sites numerous cameras at critical locations,

          TV captures the performer’s face in full HD clarity,

           with every emotion showing, every crick of the brow,

            every grimace and smile of elation.

Just like professional football, the TV camera has changed the game.

uTube mesmerized me last night.

I couldn’t stop – the next one popped up

   and I had to see who it was, and how it started off.

uTube chose the next selection based on your original

  selection.  In my case I wanted to watch

    a Violin and Viola concert piece,

      nothing specific.

Mozart is the classical choice (which uTube made for me).

But the follow on pieces kept getting slightly more classical,

  but also more modern, since all the performers were women.

I had a hard time stopping after an hour and a half.

For a decade I had season’s tickets to the SF Symphony, even went to the Opera, until they moved.  When I lived in England, I also had season’s tickets to Birmingham’s Symphony.  Later occasional tickets  here in Sonoma County.

This is a game-changer, especially in the Covid-19 era.

Like grooves in records, there will always be those few who want the concert hall sound, etched in wax masters.

But face-to-face TV is so much better than attendance from over 100 yards.