Jim Heffernan column: Largely true confessions of a classical music nut

Jim Heffernan column: Largely true confessions of a classical music nut

It’s not exactly Bob Dylan or Prince, I was thinking as, arms waving, I conducted a large symphony orchestra. Resounding through the concert hall was the second movement of Beethoven’s "Symphony No. 6" (the one with the great thunderstorm). The concert hall was our living room, with nobody home, the CD player blaring. My own Homegrown Music Festival. I wouldn’t dare do such a thing if anyone were watching. Enter the men in white coats. (They’ll …