28 November 2004 ART/MUSIC Live Concert Critique Iwakuni, Japan The Iwakuni Concert Spiriual performance seemed exquisite enough to provoke such a statement, and complete enough to merit such a response. Conducted by Philip Williams, the ensemble performed Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Monsieur de Mauroy,the works epitomizing the elegance, grace and piquant pointlessness of the French Baroque. The piece was superb constructuction seemed equivalent of the Baroque Period. The piece had melancholic complex opening which then composes itself …showed first 75 words of 673 total…

…showed last 75 words of 673 total…of ignorance" which afflicts classical music. If one cannot process one's perceptions, encountering them will obviously drip with tedium. Some may think why would you ever want to know more about anything that boring? And that is precisely where criticism steps in. Apprehension is, after all, a prerequisite for appreciation. And appreciation is the first step away from soporific listening and into active exchange with some of the most incredibly beautiful music of our times.