Cheers

Regarding your second paragraph: indeed I don’t spell it out explicitely, but thanks for making that clear. And indeed, one cannot say that complex music is classical. But it is the case that most non-complex music is not classical, and that most classical music is complex. (Again, the usual exceptions: Aphex Twin & friends, John Cage, etc. And one can still argue that, ultimately, Aphex Twin’s music is simple because it’s made for dancing, and John Cage’s music is complex because it has a deep underlying philosophy, but I do not want to pursue that line of reasoning…)

Regarding the “feeling”of classical music, that’s a tricky subject. Indeed there is generally no head-banging during classical music concerts, but I must say that, for some pop concerts, I would really rather be sitting and listen to it like if it were a classical concert. Also, you can see modern dance set to classical music as a more physical experience of classical music. I don’t know. Alex Ross keeps complaining about the seemingly overly-polite behavior of the current day classical music audience (http://www.therestisnoise.com/2005/02/applause_a_rest.html , for instance)…