『音樂沙拉吧 賈元元老師的古典音樂課』131蕭邦馬祖卡舞曲op 67

Ella Marchment (Helios Collective, director), Leo Geyer (conductor, composer) and I (as dramaturg) developed a reading of Purcell's 'Dido & Aeneas' score which made new, coherent sense of the text and the music, addressing themes of our time. Watch THE VIDEO at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h38DMVBi9IM&t=475s

Challenging Performance, Chapter 24.2 : How we made ‘Dido & Belinda’

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.

Challenging Performance, Chapter 24.3 : ‘Dido & Belinda’ -- what the performers 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.

Challenging Performance, Chapter 24.4 : ‘Dido & Belinda’ -- what the audiences thought

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.

Challenging Performance, Chapter 25 : Speaking of contemporary concerns

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

Challenging Performance, Chapter 26 : Speaking of others

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.

『音樂沙拉吧賈元元老師的古典音樂課』131蕭邦馬祖卡舞曲op 67

Edna Chia

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『音樂沙拉吧 賈元元老師的古典音樂課』131蕭邦馬祖卡舞曲op 67

Edna Chia

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