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Tröndle, MartinChanging the concert in order to save itNew performance concepts for a classical formcategory: Essay published in: das Orchester 07-08/2009, Page 38 |
It is widely recognised that the social relevance of classical music – whether concert, opera or chamber music – has declined. Typically, institutions trying to address and remedy this development see strategies of audience development and music education/outreach as the appropriate response. Yet as Tröndle argues, such an approach neglects to question conventional cultures of performance. Still informed by essentially 19th century ideas of art and its perception, he compares music performance unfavourably with the visual arts that have systematically problematised the way in which they present themselves.