Reviews from 'outsiders'

Neil Atkinson, a journalist whose beat is soccer (football, he would say), gets blown away by Vasily Petrenko, the Liverpool Philharmonic and Edward Elgar:

http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2014/03/petrenkos-elgar-5314-review/

Parker Perry, an Ohio college student, is not blown away by a Cleveland Orchestra concert:

http://www.twinsburgbulletin.com/entertainment/2014/03/07/orchestra-may-face-uphill-battle-attracting-youth

(via ArtsJournal, www.artsjournal.com)