Emerging Trends in Art Song

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by Anna Trombetta1 view·Updated Mar 8, 2021
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  1. Yeah, much one is created for online viewing and makes
  2. it more interesting and accessible.
  3. I would want to see a live concert to see
  4. him saying, but see a movie when I'm watching online.
  5. So how do we move forward from here?
  6. Don't get me wrong, I believe wholeheartedly in the traditional
  7. format of the art song recital, I think it can
  8. be a beautiful expression of song and artistry in its
  9. purest form.
  10. I could watch the Sacrificial Dieskau seeing the phone book
  11. and need no further context and think it was one
  12. of the best concerts that have ever been to.
  13. But I also realized that these instances are very rare,
  14. much more rare than not, and that we can win
  15. more audiences by helping them discover the music in different
  16. forms. With this thesis, I wanted to draw light to
  17. other formats as well as begin a discussion and my
  18. own journey to what works for audiences, both old and
  19. new. We will never be able to please everybody that's
  20. a given, but I think we can use far more
  21. tools at our disposal than that which we are currently
  22. doing right now, with Covid wreaking havoc around the world.
  23. Film stagings and films in general of art Song could
  24. be the best bet to reach a wider audience.
  25. I don't see artists using the medium of film to
  26. their advantage, perhaps because of the cost, perhaps because of
  27. the preparation it requires, or perhaps because we're just not
  28. comfortable with it.
  29. Just filming a concert and posting it online is, of
  30. course, an option it has been.
  31. It has, although been done, and that is not the
  32. way to reach our audiences.
  33. We miss the atmosphere of the peace and these instances,
  34. because we're not physically there.
  35. We can't feel the music in that way.
  36. The cinematography, as it were, would then be able to
  37. help us fill in those blanks and reach people more
  38. touch people more in the paper I touch upon the
  39. difference between dubbed performances and live performances performed live in
  40. the video at the time of filming.
  41. A dubbed performance does not capture the true energy of
  42. singing or playing live, and the end product always ends
  43. out coming a bit fake.
  44. I think to achieve a really interesting results, there needs
  45. to be a combination of good cinematography and the musicians
  46. are then tasked to let go of seeking perfection in
  47. their performance.
  48. If we allow the filmed version of a performance to
  49. be seen as something different from a live concert and
  50. it excuse me an adventure, then we may be more
  51. willing to try new things.
  52. Furthermore, when discussing new performance techniques in Art song, we
  53. quickly come upon the idea that broadening the format immediately
  54. makes it lose its intimacy.
  55. The style must retain its intimacy.
  56. Otherwise it's ruined.
  57. What form of intimacy are we talking about, though?
  58. Does it have to do with the size of the
  59. performance, The number of people in the hall, the size
  60. of the hall can opera not be intimate in its
  61. most tender moments?
  62. In my interview with Cora Birkhoff, she addressed this problem
  63. and explained how she deals with it in her own
  64. performances. She currently plays with the format of performance by
  65. bringing people on stage with her for a one on
  66. one experience instead of allowing the distance between the performer
  67. and the audience.
  68. To remain, while extremely confronting for both parties, could have
  69. interesting consequences Emotionally.
  70. ALA Marina Abramovich I've never seen her performance firsthand unfortunately,
  71. but it sounds interesting for both her and the audience.
  72. She's someone I'm super excited to work with and was
  73. hoping to work within the score collective this past January
  74. at the Conservatory.
  75. But since it wasn't possible to hold this project because
  76. of Covid 19, I'm looking forward to furthering the practical
  77. side of this research next year when it does finally
  78. take place, whether we like it or not.
  79. The genre of art song is in need of a
  80. change, and artists, myself included, are more than willing to
  81. provide that change or to at least experiment and to
  82. work for our crops so that it doesn't die out
  83. or continue to become more and more of a fringe
  84. art form.
  85. The traditional form will never be discarded and could perhaps
  86. even benefit from artists free to stretch their wings a
  87. little bit.
  88. So why don't we just see where our imaginations can
  89. take us?
  90. And okay, thank you so much for watching.
  91. I hope you enjoyed this presentation and I hope it
  92. it was a little bit inspiring for your own performances
  93. or for performances that you maybe will visit in the
  94. future. I look forward to the jury section of this
  95. presentation. And I can't wait for your questions as well.
  96. Thank you so much.
  97. Have a great day.