In a message dated 4/20/01 6:43:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Greypins@a...
writes:
<< there exists, in the
performance practice of 'classical' music, the notion that the composer is
infallible. under this notion, the performer's task is to be enslaved by
the composer's intentions. >>
This relates to the Kirkby straight tone controversy and the "authentic"
ensemble thread which I almost responded to. When someone mentioned that
Bach had intended such and such, I remembered that his forces in some of his
positions were less than he would have desired, and had he had a bigger
ensemble... well....I'm sure he would never have been adverse to hearing his
choral works sung by the Huddersfield Choral Society or suchlike on our side
of the pond, especially if they paid him well.
I take my cue from living composers whom I have known to make changes after
hearing performers' innovations or to in other ways appreciate some liberty
with their work which a performer takes.
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