Conductor aims to share stage with clown
NewsThe Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra is working on a multidisciplinary act for orchestra, conductor and clown.
‘We hope to reach a larger audience so that they fall in love with the orchestra, and also to give some comfort, dreams, imagination and art in this difficult period of time that we are living in…’
The idea will roll out next July.
Full story here.
I always thought concerts with classical music would be so much more lively with a clown!
Sally
There are times when the Oxford comma is so necessary. “…conductor and clown”. I’ve known a lot of those. “…conductor, and clown” means two people, but then considering some baton wielders, it’s a bit redundant.
I take it you know the example involving Clinton and Nelson Mandela. It’s priceless.
Two dying arts coming together.
On your marks, get set, go…
So wait, there will be two clowns on stage then?
Confusing!
Such ground-breaking news! What next? “Conductor programs an Overture, Concerto and Symphony on a concert”??
Oh, please. This is nothing new.
A lot of people find clowns scary.
I hope she finds a “happy” clown and not a clown that creeps people out.
I hope the clown finds…nah. Too easy.
(And probably equally unfair).
Nice to read about this but not exactly an original concept. This fellow, to cite just one example, has been doing this for years.
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Indeed, this is the way some managements promote their conductors. It seems to work, sometimes.
Couldn’t you just livestream a Baltimore Symphony Christmas party? The viola players just standing around outside. Freezing. They never know when to come in.
Before seeing the photo, I assumed the clown would be Villazon.