Why is the Long Island Philharmonic sort of problem is one that confronts almost anyone who presents live classical music. The ‘event’ aspect of live music has been challenged on one hand by the advent of electronic reproduction of music and on the other by what we might think of as the “museum-ification” of classical music generally. The development of new technologies that make performed music readily and easily available has had a profound effect not only on how and when people listen to music but on what listeners expect to hear.”