Challenging Performance, Chapter 27 : Finally, the right to be different
The UN Human Rights Council advocates ‘the right ... to freely ... contribute to artistic expressions and creations'. This the classical music business does not currently permit. There’s no excuse for such a high-profile, high-status embodiment of Western cultural values not to be in conformity with its (now) foundational statement of ethical and political values. And no need either.
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Challenging Performance, Chapter 26 : Speaking of others
Like all music, classical music creates virtual others, usually others with whom we are already quite familiar. With goodwill and a determination to be inclusive and welcoming of difference, non-normative performance could allow us to make many very different others from the scores we know and love
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Challenging Performance, Chapter 25 : Speaking of contemporary concerns
Why does classical music figure so infrequently in media that regularly discuss art and theatre at a sophisticated level? GIven a working environment supportive of creative, topical interpretation, performers can readily enable scores to speak of contemporary concerns, attracting more diverse audiences eager for insight.
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Challenging Performance, Chapter 24.4 : ‘Dido & Belinda’ -- what the audiences thought
The 'Dido & Belinda' audiences' questionnaire suggests that the audiences we can already see emerging with new venues and new forms of presentation are likely to be sympathetic to much more creative interactions with texts from the past. There are real possibilities here for generating new work and new audiences for adventurous young musicians.
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Challenging Performance, Chapter 24.3 : ‘Dido & Belinda’ -- what the performers thought
The results of a questionnaire among the performers of 'Dido & Belinda' finds most happy
with both the process and the outcome, some to their great surprise.
Su Challenging Performance: Classical Music Performance Norms and How to Escape Them
Challenging Performance offers a new approach to western classical music, encouraging and enabling performers to be more individual and creative. It shows how and why creativity is normally discouraged, why it should not be, and how it can become part of everyday performance. The linked website, challengingperformance.com, features podcasts, a free online book, and many new and highly imaginative performances.
The project is aimed at young professional performers, musicians in the making, and open-minded lovers of classical music.
We showcase recordings by contemporary performers who use a range of historical, modern and experimental approaches to revitalise the performance of classical repertoire.
Visit https://challengingperformance.com for more information.
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