From the General to the Specific: The Musical Director’s Perspective
Magnus Tessing Schneider
Chapter from the book: Schneider M. & Wagner M. 2023. Performing the Eighteenth Century: Theatrical Discourses, Practices, and Artefacts.
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Chapter from the book: Schneider M. & Wagner M. 2023. Performing the Eighteenth Century: Theatrical Discourses, Practices, and Artefacts.
In this interview with conductor, pianist, and harpsichordist Mark Tatlow, who was the principal artistic researcher within Performing Premodernity, he describes what he has learned from working within the Early Music and Historically Informed Performance movements since the 1980s, and especially from working at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre. The conversation revolves around the crucial importance of the communicative aspect of musical and operatic performance, and about close attention to the words of a libretto or a sung poem as a key to a singer’s vocal performance.
Schneider, M. 2023. From the General to the Specific: The Musical Director’s Perspective. In: Schneider M. & Wagner M (eds.), Performing the Eighteenth Century. Stockholm: Stockholm University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/bce.k
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Published on June 20, 2023