Electronic Frequencies Wednesday 26 March 23:00 CET.
A musical instrument is a system. Every system has a development history. If an instrument is to be playable by everyone, agreements must be made.
This development history, reaching the agreements necessary to achieve perfection, can sometimes take centuries. But there can also be important achievements during the development. The search for beauty in sound and composition, like-minded people finding each other while learning to play, or during performances, the tuning of the instrumnent thast is needed before the beauty becomes audible. The samerituals that must be performed each time that the instrument is to be played.
The player is trained and knows the rules and after much practice can invoke our feelings when playing the instrument.
The development history, the construction of the instrument, the finger exercises, the tuning of the instrument, the anticipation of the audience, the walk to the concert hall, taking a seat, the silence before the first note is played…….all part of a system of civilisation and beauty.
Until it is demolished, or even set on fire.
