Challenging Performance: Classical Music Performance Norms and How to Escape Them

About Challenging Performance: Classical Music Performance Norms and How to Escape Them

Challenging Performance offers a new approach to western classical music, encouraging and enabling performers to be more individual and creative. It shows how and why creativity is normally discouraged, why it should not be, and how it can become part of everyday performance. The linked website, challengingperformance.com, features podcasts, a free online book, and many new and highly imaginative performances. The project is aimed at young professional performers, musicians in the making, and open-minded lovers of classical music. We showcase recordings by contemporary performers who use a range of historical, modern and experimental approaches to revitalise the performance of classical repertoire. Visit https://challengingperformance.com for more information.

Publisher

Daniel Leech-Wilkinson

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Apr 2020

Latest episode

31 Dec 2024

Latest episodes

76 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Dec 2024

   Challenging Performance, Chapter 25 : Speaking of contemporary concerns

   Classical music performers explore how creative interpretation connects scores to modern issues, potentially broadening audience appeal by offering insightful perspectives.

2. 

   31 Dec 2024

   Challenging Performance, Chapter 22.5 : Assessing non-standard performances

   This episode explores how performances are evaluated based on their ability to engage, stimulate, and challenge audiences within a varied performance culture.

3. 

   31 Dec 2024

   Challenging Performance, Chapter 26 : Speaking of others

   This episode explores how classical music constructs virtual others and how non-normative performance practices can foster inclusivity and welcome diverse interpretations.