We went to Distant Worlds, the Final Fantasy concert at the Royal Albert Hall last night, and it was brilliant. That young audience had such an emotional connection to the pieces. When classical music was originally performed, the audience shared in the audio emotional lexicon of it: they shared in collective responses to the associations of a particular theme, and would thus applaud and cheer during the performance. This was like that, with well-loved tracks met with gasps and cries. Charming game play as well as cut scenes was shown on the screens during. And you've got to love a composer who writes an opera suite that he knows is originally going to be performed as a series of bleeps on an ancient sound card. Great stuff. And they're coming back next year.