Performing on the edge

[xela]

I have no idea how I got to this URL. I was cycling through my Safari windows and there it was, in a window with no history. I don't know how long it had been there, I don't remember reading anywhere about a cool chamber music review and copying the URL, nada, nichts. But it's a sweet piece of writing and I'm going to go buy a CD.

It's not even really a review, more a riff on theme about musicianship --- playing from memory --- by a musician who's done it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1043487,00.html

Comments

[kareila]

Odd, it showed up as a visited link in my browser and I didn't remember reading it before.

Adherence to a score can mar a group performance - the performers pay attention to the music in front of them and not each other. Our high school choir always memorized everything in advance of a concert. The smaller chamber choir was expected to memorize more quickly - I think we once performed a piece from memory after only two rehearsals.