Show me a man who says he doesn’t like classical music and I’ll show you someone who doesn’t yet know what he likes. Why else would ‘Carmina Burana’ be so widely used by advertisers and television producers? Why else were the ‘three tenors’ so popular when they came together in 1994 to sing in concert?

We all like classical music. As a member of the London Symphony Chorus I can tell you that you wouldn’t always know it when you’re in the concert hall at the Barbican: so many audiences are white, middle aged and middle class (yes, I guess that’s me!) It’s hardly a representative cross-section of our deliciously diverse population.

So I loved the video that reached me this week (thanks, Arabella!) of a live opera performance in a market in Spain, the Opera en el Mercado. I confess that to watch it touched me – brought tears to my eyes.

And I smiled to read the banner which was raised at the end of this brief performance: Ves como te gusta la opera? See how you like opera?

Sometimes, it’s all in the framing.