Entrepeneur: Classics Anchor Us in This Transient World

Entrepeneur: Classics Anchor Us in This Transient World
(L-R) Rannveig Marta Sarc on violin, Clara Abel on cello, and Chloé Thominet on viola perform at a Groupmuse house concert in Harlem, New York, on Feb. 17, 2017. Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times
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People show up at an apartment, some strangers and some friends. At first there’s the typical uncomfortable ice waiting to be broken. Soon people gather and sit on the floor, and the musician—perhaps a cellist—takes his seat and begins to play.

The audience members, some kneeling at the feet of the musician, some with their eyes closed, some rocking slowly to the music, listen intently to celestial works by composers like Bach or Beethoven.

The very definition of classics is that they are lasting and have depth, substance, and quality.
Sharon Kilarski
Sharon Kilarski
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Sharon writes theater reviews, opinion pieces on our culture, and the classics series. Classics: Looking Forward Looking Backward: Practitioners involved with the classical arts respond to why they think the texts, forms, and methods of the classics are worth keeping and why they continue to look to the past for that which inspires and speaks to us. To see the full series, see ept.ms/LookingAtClassics.
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