[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: That time of year!
Colin wrote (quoting Arthur Butterworth):
> ".......Were all performances to be mere clones of a one and only,
> universally acknowledged 'authentic' performance, there would be no point
> at
> all in comparing one performance with another and contesting would cease
to
> have a purpose. It is the infinite variety of interpretation that makes
> our
> appreciation of repeated - but ever different - performances so
beguiling."
Thanks for reminding us (and hopefully all our adjudicators!) that there is
no one correct interpretation of a piece of music, and that (up to a point)
all of our readings of a score are valid. At this stage of the rehearsal
process its so easy to become bogged down in minutiae and lose sight of the
bigger vision.
> P.S. The best of banding luck and sincere good wishes for you and your
> conductor for this years area's, and remember this, wherever your band
> finishes, in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter in the
> light of what's about to kick off in another land.
The same to you and yours. And its so important to keep these things in
perspective!
David
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