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English composer, music critic, pianist and writer
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Classical music must not cease from exploration
[…] is impermanent. The music itself is impermanent - a masterly performance has no permanence after the last reverberation in the hall has gone. Scores are impermanent as they depend on interpretation, while interpretation itself is impermanent and driven by fashion. Recordings are impermanent as they depend on the replay system. Concert halls are impermanent - each year brings a new, more expensive, even better, supposedly acoustic perfect bricks and mortar masterpiece. As the very wise Kaikhosru Sorabji told us, "Talk about immortal masterpieces is rather ridiculous": whatever happened to John Tavener's The Protecting Veil and Henryk Górecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs?Arts funding is also impermanent, a reality that the classical industry great and good refuse to acknowledge. The supply of classical music is also impermanent as again, despite the denial of industry experts, ultimately supply must balance with demand. And, very importantly, the classical audience is impermanent - the new young audience that classical music has been chasing […]
2023-08-14 17:09:16
Organ Symphony No. 1, KSS 39Piece detailsWritten for: OrganDate composed: 1924Dedicatee: Emily Edrof
2023-08-13 05:28:56
Concerto Per Suonare Da Me Solo / Jonathan Powell Concerto per suonare da me solo, KSS 69 (Concert t
2023-08-09 14:55:25
This week we celebrate the achievements of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, born on the 14th of August of
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