The date is probably also relevant. Watching a symphony on a (maybe) 19" B&W TV as a probably grainy NTSC broadcast and listened to through a small tinny speak

The date is probably also relevant. Watching a symphony on a (maybe) 19" B&W TV as a probably grainy NTSC broadcast and listened to through a small tinny speaker... well, let's just say we're not talking the Met Live in HD on a home theater system. I know the person being interviewed here has other points to make. But it's probably also the case that classical symphonic and chamber music particularly probably translates less well to broadcast/"film" than other forms of art which are generally more dependent on the presentation than just the music itself.