Classical musicians, donât play the finale on these COVID-era changes
By Jeremy Eichler and A.Z. Madonna Globe Staff,Updated December 16, 2020, 6:34 p.m.
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Lessons were learned on the form s elemental powers, plus potentials of the digital stage.LAETITIA VANCON/New York Times
What exactly is required for a meaningful musical encounter? A big hall? A formally attired orchestra? A large, cheering audience? Turns out the answer is none of the above.
This was a manifestly horrendous year for most working musicians and the ensembles they bring to life. But if there was a silver lining for classical music in 2020, it was perhaps the forced stripping away of all the packaging and extra-musical concerns that can too often overshadow the concert experience itself. In their stead came a re-embracing of musicâs more elemental powers to speak directly to mind and heart.