June 2018
Beginner
286 pages
9h 24m
English
The large purpose-built concert hall is essentially a nineteenth-century invention.1
In the United Kingdom today, performances of classical music in non-traditional venues are widespread. Recent examples include a string quartet concert in the depths of a Lake District slate mine, chamber music in a grungy Camden pop venue, and an orchestral performance in the loading bay of the Royal Albert Hall; in Scotland, the East Neuk Festival boasts that all of its concerts occur in venues ‘not originally designed as a concert hall’; while the BBC Proms feature an orchestral performance in a South London municipal car park for the second year running. ...
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