from Linda Fox...
>I have known many sensitive musicians with moderate voices and
>techniques who have turned out performances to affect the listener
>deeply, in their very personal attempt to convey the expression and
>drama in the music. There are no doubt many such on Vocalist. On their
>behalf, I do feel somewhat kicked in the teeth.
Dear Linda,
I understand and sympathise with your view, but I still
disagree with it. A choice of music at an Eistedfodd that is beyond the
ability of the singer, invariably proves Lloyds point. I've just last
evening sat through that. It may sound unfeeling, yet it's correct, to say
that the extremely poor standard of some performers was nothing short
of an insult to both the music and the other performers.
There are dynamics and passion and intensity that can
affect the listener, but even if they are incorrect in the listeners opinion,
if they're to be allowed to make their musical impact, then the listener
must not become disconnected because of technical ineptitude on the
part of the performer.
A choice unsuited to the singers technical development invariably
brings about such a problem. That is, of course unless we mentally
replay our own recollections of passion and joy as the current
performance zooms past our ears!
I do my own adjudications of these singers for my own analysis of
their good and bad singing and try to learn from it. I heard some
of the best and worst singing I've ever heard last evening and it's as
good as ten lessons. The 22yo more beautiful and skillful than any
singer I've ever heard. The tenors who should study their art and not
attempt such arias for another four or five years, and a magnificent
professional sounding mezzo with a wooden personality. Then there
were the other few........ ; ( I'm not being callous, just the closest I
can get to being objective, which is what every singer must ultimately
be, irrespect of the apparent artistic sincerity that one hopes to
project.
Best Reg.
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