tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244014424535464612.post6087205585369385984..comments2023-08-06T05:22:33.610-07:00Comments on Richard Sparks - Music, Conducting, Choirs: Victoria Requiem -- Creating the right atmosphereRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910774133392443899noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244014424535464612.post-21059161222094918282009-04-19T06:04:00.000-07:002009-04-19T06:04:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comment, Liz!
I think it's a chall...Thanks for the comment, Liz!<br /><br />I think it's a challenge for us to present ourselves in different ways for today's visually oriented audience. I don't believe you must do that all the time (the second half of the concert, Rutter's Requiem, was presented with the hall's standard lighting and the choir in their usual tuxes and gowns. But the Victoria really benefited from the changes!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910774133392443899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244014424535464612.post-56819176116072522832009-04-19T05:10:00.000-07:002009-04-19T05:10:00.000-07:00I found this post really interesting - and it soun...I found this post really interesting - and it sounds like a beautifully-crafted performance too. It strikes me that a lot of our standard concert rituals are all about making the music - rather than the performance of it - the central focus, and your adaptations to them here if anything intensified that effect. At the same time, though, the changes to the routine concert presentation would draw attention to themselves just by virtue of being different from usual. It sounds like you found a nice balance between disrupting the audience's habitual experience and thus refreshing their responses, without distracting them from the central point of the concert. Thanks for the food for thought.<br />lizLiz Garnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115572021055374441noreply@blogger.com