Wes Phillips

Over at The Times, Terence Kealey begs to differ, not just with Barenboim's (and Plato's) premise that music uses sound to educate the soul in virtue, but also that "making music and playing it in an orchestra is the best way to understand democracy."

Good point, Mr. Kealey. Now if he'd said playing in a jazz band, we might find his argument more, shall we say, reality based.