http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/3564 <!--paging_filter--><p>My review of the first concert in <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/steven-isserlis-viviane-hagner-jeanefflam-bavouzet-wigmore-hall-london-2134926.html">Steven Isserlis's French chamber music series is in the Independent today</a>. </p><p>I was amused by my unfortunate friend at <a href="http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=2571:isserlis-bavouzet-hagner-wigmore-hall&amp;Itemid=27">The Arts Desk</a> who dissed the concert because he doesn't 'get' Fauré and thinks this music is only for drippy types who eat yogurt, vote Lib Dem and faint a lot. Their site seems to have rejected my recipe for home-made yogurt. Wouldn't life be boring if we all had exactly the same reactions to music?<p><a href="/node/3564"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3564#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:05:11 +0000 Jessica Duchen 3564 at http://standpointmag.co.uk