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Re: RE: Pontins test pieces

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Subject: Re: [BRASS-BAND:5897] RE: Pontins test pieces
From: david_lancaster@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 10:18:49 GMT+01:00

Ron

Good question.  For me, having one (or preferably more) recordings accelerates and enriches the learning process.  When preparing a piece to conduct I like to consider as many options as possible to help me to crystalise my ideas about a piece; one way to do this is to compare my own interpretative ideas with those of others.  Very often it's a matter of learning from their mistakes, but sometimes a conductor will do something special that I haven't read from the score.

I don't believe that there is only one perfect interpretation of a piece of music, rather that there are an infinite number of possibilities.  In that sense a recording or live performance is at least as 'valid' as are the notes on the printed page.  I use recordings to try and learn about some of those possibilities.

Cheers

D

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