“Chamber orchestras too often cede the limelight to their larger cousins. Composers today tend to want to go large, ruling out smaller groups like ours approaching their work. That’s a critical mistake, not only in terms of possibilities of performance but also in the development of the composer.”
Tag: 01.20.16
Couplets Off The Cuff: Meet The Improvised Shakespeare Company
“What distinguishes [its] intricate, erudite brand of improvisation is not that every show is new (which it is), but how the plots, themes and language are deeply rooted in a specific aesthetic. It makes the shows meatier than most improvisation, if less wildly unpredictable.”
Ai Weiwei Does Department Store Windows
“This is better than MoMA,” said Ai about the Bon Marché Rive Gauche in Paris, site of his latest installation. He found “that working in a department store had been liberating. It allowed him to go beyond the white cube of most galleries and use the atrium and window displays in an interesting way, he said, and he liked that passers-by could see his work.”