12.05.03
Classical
tunes really are music to our ears
One
in three people wants to know more about classical music - that's
the finding of a survey just commissioned by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Magazine.
Residents
of the South East, North West and South West are the most interested
in expanding their knowledge and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Magazine reveals in its
June issue (on sale 13th May) that only 8% of those between 15-24
had a desire to know more but interest soared within the 25-34 age
group.
In
a separate reader survey recently conducted by the magazine, a staggering
99% of people said that life would be impoverished without classical
music and 52% of people claimed that hearing classical music on
a TV ad would make them want to buy the music on CD. The overall
results of the survey reveal a picture of the UK's favourite tunes,
musicians and radio stations.
Given
a choice between Simon Rattle, Luciano Pavarotti, Nigel Kennedy,
Lesley Garrett, Cecilia Bartoli and Kylie Minogue, 75% of men picked
Simon Rattle as the musician they would most like to be. Even 28%
of women claimed they would like to be Simon Rattle but he was toppled
by the famous soprano Cecilia Bartoli who claimed 44% of the female
vote.
Only
3% of respondents wanted to be pop queen Kylie (two-thirds of these
were men!) and just 5% chose Pavarotti.
The
top things to do while listening to music include cooking (83%),
cleaning (77%), entertaining (61%) and sitting in the bath (57%).
33% of men claimed they listened to music while surfing the internet.
73%
of respondents claimed that classical music generally gives them
a lift and just over half said it made them feel tranquil. However,
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Magazine discovered that only 13% of men and women said
that classical music makes them feel sexy.
When
it came to deciding on which station to listen to while preparing
a meal ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 came tops with 32% of votes. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 faired
best again with 54% of people claiming they prefer to listen to
the station while spending the evening in an armchair.
42%
plucked Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 from a list of music they would
most like to hear above Handel, Chopin and arch-modernist Harrison
Birtwistle.
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