orchestra21

The blog of conductor Jason Weinberger

'Technical perfection is a ridiculous and unfortunate expectation, one created by a century of increasingly polished [and manipulated] recorded music. To an extent, I do expect ‘perfect’ performances out of the Chicago Symphony, Berlin Phil, or New York Phil – I’ve heard them do it before, and I’m confident they can do it again. But from soloists or chamber groups, I want to hear something new, something interesting, something daring, rather than something technically flawless.'

Will Robin is right on. As recorded musical media sheds the inflated monetary value it accrued during the twentieth century we’ll continue to see fresh performance practices – informed by the daring, interesting approaches Will seeks – develop in the twenty-first.

[via my colleague Hunter Capoccioni]

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