What musical pleasures.....

can be had sitting in a comfortable armchair with the rain drizzling outside.

I have joined the Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall. For the cost of one cup of coffee per week I have access to 40 live concerts per year either as they take place or later, plus on demand access to the archive of 430 full concerts with many famous conductors such as Klemperer, Abbado and Simon Rattle. In all something like 1500 works with high quality sound and vision.

At my age do I really want to make 150 mile round trips to Manchester down the M6 on wet or icy December nights to hear the Halle.

Wouldn't a log fire, some good friends and a bottle of wine have more attraction?

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