Punishing Tchaikovsky

[Khandro]

I'm all for sanctions against Russia, but is this going too far?

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2022-03-10/cardiff-orchestra-pulls-tchaikovsky-concert-due-to-russian-invasion

[Khandro]

douglas; What about, as a protest, no ABers play Russian roulette until hostilities end?

[douglas9401]

Okay, Khandro, but there must be an exemption available should 3T decide it's all too much.

[Gromit]

Sanctions and cultural boycotts have never achieve anything.
It didn’t stop apartheid in South Africa, it didn’t stop Israel persecuting the Palestinian people.
But it does enable helpless and impotent observers make a token gesture.

[ichkeria]

Cultural boycotts of course will be a powerful tool long term

But this isn’t a “cultural boycott” it’s just a pointless gesture

[Canary42]

Perhaps we should reverse the result of the Referendum and the last General Election since they were financed by the Russians.

[douglas9401]

:-)

[ichkeria]

More idiocy

[dannyk13]

//More idiocy//
Typical par for the course.

[jourdain2]

Lunacy. I feel tired.

[Ellipsis]

I think, if I had tickets to that concert, bought a few months ago, then my enjoyment would be somewhat diminished by sitting listening to the 1812 Overture, with all that entails, written by a Russian, in the current circumstances.

[Khandro]

^^ I find that incomprehensible!

[Ellipsis]

The English, or the idea? Some people do think differently to you, you know ...

[joggerjayne]

Just batting for the other side here ...

Would anyone, at the mo, want to listen to a composer who, more than any other, is symbolic of Russian cultural heritage?

I get that PT's Russia was not VP's Russia. But, still ...

Maybe we should only embrace Russia's cultural heritage when Russia embrace an image of a world that is very different from the one they are currently pursuing?

Just a thought.

[Hopkirk]

Can we please also get those damn Russian meerkats off the TV now?

[maggiebee]

Couldn't agree more Hoppy.

[archibaldy]

//Before you know it commuters will be condemned for rushin' for a train//

Much as I'd love to stay, Moscow, got a busy day.

[Mozz71]

Oh dear. Do I have to burn my copy of Doctor Zhivago?

Why don't they just do the concert and give some of the proceeds to Ukrainian aid charities? That way Tchaikovsky is anti-Putin.

[Ellipsis]

They are doing a concert, just not Tchaikovsky. Perhaps the musicians didn't have the heart to be playing music representing Russian cannonfire.

[ichkeria]

It is pretty pathetic though.
The poor souls.

[naomi24]

It's a gesture, that's all. It's not hurting Russia - it's simply depriving audiences of spectacular music.