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Reiner Torheit
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« on: 05:47:42, 24-10-2007 »
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2726685.ece

I'm absolutely certain this is happening because of the excellence of the orchestra, and not for cynical political reasons

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« Reply #1 on: 11:33:46, 24-10-2007 »
One time I saw a North Korean Orchestra, they all played by memory.
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« Reply #2 on: 11:54:22, 24-10-2007 »
As a violin student, I was indoctrinated with the idea that playing from memory was essential to performance.  But I've since ditched that idea.  Most people, when playing from memory, have learned a formula and are reproducing it.  Play from the sheet music, and suddenly you are (paradoxically) free to improvise or inject spontaneous dynamics/tempo variations/embellishments without the fear of getting lost.

People who can do this while playing from memory are very, very rare.  (Within the predominantly sheet-music-based Western classical idiom, of course...)
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« Reply #3 on: 12:36:06, 24-10-2007 »
I suppose I have a different approach to the "memorising" question, since in opera everything has to be memorised.   It also has to be memorised before rehearsals start, because if you are trying to do complex movements with your head stuck in a book, you might as well not have come to the rehearsal at all.  I was interested by what you said about "freeing yourself", Strina - I agree it's completely desirable, yet I suppose my idea of "freeing yourself" is a slightly different one?  Wink
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