Charles Hazlewood Classical Quotations

I'd like to explode a few myths about what we call classical music. It's not high art for the titillation of a chosen few.

Classical music has become rarefied, like a maiden aunt that nobody wants to talk to.

It's wonderful doing concerts in places like New York and London, but I feel a responsibility to also bring my work home, to bring world-class, classical music to Somerset.

Parallels between classical and pop are not new. The whole San Francisco movement of John Cage and Terry Riley went hand in glove with what the Velvet Underground were doing.

I have loads of issues with the way classical music is presented. It has been too reverential, too 'high art' - if you're not in the club, they're not going to let you join. It's like The Turin Shroud: don't touch it because it might fall apart.