Challenging Performance: Classical Music Performance Norms and How to Escape Them
Daniel Leech-WilkinsonChallenging 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 ... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 76 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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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 re... more
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 T... more
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 con... more
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 ... more
Two striking examples of challenging performances that 'shouldn't' work but do.
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.
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 We... more
In current opera productions the stage and music directors work alongside each other using completely different and incompatible belief systems. As we’ve seen, there is no good reason not to reread the score just as radically as the text, opening up ... more
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Focused on the realm of Western classical music, the content explores the constraints placed on performers by traditional norms and encourages a shift towards individuality and creativity. It discusses how various elements of classical training, music education systems, and performance expectations often stifle personal expression, leading to anxiety and conformity among musicians. Episodes frequently critique established practices in music competitions, conservatoires, and assessments that prioritize technical proficiency over originality. The overarching aim is to inspire both emerging artists and seasoned professionals to challenge the status quo, rethink pedagogical approaches, and embrace a more liberated understanding of classical mus... more
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