Just before dawn yesterday, I watched what might be the future of classical music.
Far from the usual telecast of symphony orchestras, the Oslo Philharmonic uses every angle of its striking concert hall to grab an audience conditioned by TV blip ads, sound bites and tweets.
I gave up trying to count how many cameras are involved: the pace and shot selection are dazzling. A live concert, edited on the fly by someone who is so familiar with the music, is required viewing by anyone interested in TV or music.
Is there a shot that lasts more than 2-3 seconds?
How many fixed cameras are actually in the orchestra for those impressive art angles?
The premier performance aspect of this music may be in the telecast. It has visual drive, emotion.
Or maybe I'm just starved and sad for Canada's orchestras, forced to rely on the kindness of corporate virtue signalling to exist.
When was the last time the CBC put serious music, dance or an art event on the air?
Sometime in the 90s? Or was it the 80s?
The population of Norway is just over 5 million.
Bravo Oslo.
Here, we 38 million are doomed to wannabe sitcoms and the charmless drone of The National.
Canada's orchestras should be doing business on YouTube and demanding a share of whatever cultural poobahs demand of Netflix.
Clip: Symphony No. 2 / Sergei Rachmaninoff / Vasily Petrenko / Oslo Philharmonic
Production crew uncredited, NRK is Norway's state broadcaster
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