BBCNEWS HARDtalk February 28, 2022 00:38:00
A symphony, it's a great surprise, because we have three movements with an orchestra playing, in the last movement people start to sing. it's a revolution. now, in our normal ritual, it's not a revolution, because what do you see? you see an orchestra and you see a chorus waiting there for their entry. where is the unpredictability? where is the surprise? so, i think sometimes the ritual doesn't fit the original composition. so, i try to find ways to give a possibility for the unpredictable nature of music. so, what i did in beethoven's ninth symphony, i hid the chorus in the audiences. nobody...