tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post7074374036110495096..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: How long can classical music ignore the glaringly obvious?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-47342126552432204712014-11-04T02:25:11.733+00:002014-11-04T02:25:11.733+00:00"music reduces psychic entropy by organising ..."music reduces psychic entropy by organising the mind of the listener". Not really sure what exactly psychic entropy is, but assuming that it is a vague way to refer to "disorder" in the brain, and leaving to side how this "flow" theory measures it ... are we sure music decreases it? All music? Including twelve tones and heavy metal (to name a couple). <br /><br />Ans as far as audience: I think the more composers pay attention to it and serve it and reach out without claiming to posses a "truth" that people must strive to understand the better it is! Maybe not drinks and chats during concerts, but maybe forms of interactions (like at rock concerts or opera) ... we modern composers have a long way to go to reconnect with the world out there!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255289395546726331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-46506654553602052332014-11-03T13:01:53.136+00:002014-11-03T13:01:53.136+00:00The comment above echoes a theme that has appeared...The comment above echoes a theme that has appeared here several times: <br /><br />Classical music and the mass market fallacy -http://www.overgrownpath.com/2010/11/classical-music-and-mass-market-fallacy.htmlPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-45996332791502464062014-11-03T12:48:27.510+00:002014-11-03T12:48:27.510+00:00We were having a discussion about this on my Faceb...We were having a discussion about this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/silpayamanant/posts/10152492911228513" rel="nofollow">on my Facebook timeline</a> and I realized I address related points in a post I did about the Myth of the General Audience. http://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2014/05/10/myth-of-the-general-audience-classical-music-and-token-activism/<br /><br />Until we stop assuming audiences are homogeneous, we can't stop assuming that we need to created homogeneous live performing events.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-78153856039238120782014-11-02T18:57:39.150+00:002014-11-02T18:57:39.150+00:00Bodie's link points to some important research...Bodie's link points to some important research. So I have expanded on it in a further post - http://goo.gl/117nFOPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-62942259649400285472014-11-01T13:44:03.215+00:002014-11-01T13:44:03.215+00:00I came across a creeative presentation of Bach can...I came across a creeative presentation of Bach cantatas (presented live, recorded, and filmed) which I would certainly attend ... if I were in Switzerland and spoke enough German to benefit from the discussions. I suspect Britten would approve of the approach, which certainly satisfies his concern about appropriate preparation, and which seems to me to fit into the model you discuss of abandoning "mass markets" in favour of niches.<br /><br />Breifly, here's the approach ...<br /><br />"The evening begins with conductor Rudolf Lutz and theologist Karl Graf introducing the chosen cantata in the form of a lively dialogue. Then, singing and playing from the keyboard, Rudolf Lutz demonstrates the work’s musical hallmarks and invites the audience to join in singing the chorales. The cantata is then performed twice, with a “reflction” lecture taking place in between. The speakers – well-known personalities from the worlds of art, culture, economics and politics – select a motif or feature of the cantata to develop from their personal standpoint."<br /><br />I've listened to several of the recordings (courtesy of the Naxos Music Library), and they're very fine. There's also lots on YouTube.<br /><br />More at www.bachstiftung.ch/en/ .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-12864518386508352332014-10-30T15:52:05.673+00:002014-10-30T15:52:05.673+00:00Dr. Frank Diaz, here at the University of Oregon, ...Dr. Frank Diaz, here at the University of Oregon, has studied the effects of pre-listening meditation on performers and audience members. "Diaz said that the real time responses more accurately captured the attention being devoted to the music, and that the mindfulness technique helped drive participants into the zone of readiness to listen to music they've heard many times before." From: http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2013/1/mindfulness-meditation-heightens-listeners-musical-engagementBodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05970235434240735092noreply@blogger.com