Ivars taurins biography of william hill
IVARS TAURINS, AKA MR. HANDEL, DISCUSSES HISTORICALLY ....
IVARS TAURINS, AKA MR. HANDEL, DISCUSSES HISTORICALLY-INFORMED PERFORMANCE, A LIFE IN MUSIC, THE TAFELMUSIK CHAMBER CHOIR ON ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY, AND THE TAFELMUSIK ANNUAL SING-ALONG MESSIAH: A REVIEWER’S INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE IN THE ARTS
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JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, what would you say?
IVARS TAURINS: I guess I’d have to open with: an “HIP” (historically-informed performance) conductor, enjoying a career in which I’m equally comfortable in both orchestral and choral repertoire, with an added “specialist” interest in 17th c.
Ivars taurins biography of william hill
to early 19th c. repertoire (i.e. baroque and classical).
The “HIP” aspect is, though, for me the credo of my musical expression in all music, whether I’m conducting Purcell or Poulenc, Bach or Brahms. I find great satisfaction in learning how to appreciate and experience something on its own terms, rather than through a translation that fits my own comfort zone of famil