Musically, of course, what better way to learn than to perform something at the very highest-possible level. I mean, we can talk about it all the time, but if these students were at (another) university giving the typical spring choir concert, that's not the same as being onstage in one of the world's most important halls and seeing how it works. |
One of the biggest discussions in music right now is whether Shostakovich was completely repressed by the Stalinist regime or if he had coded messages showing he was striving for his own personal freedom throughout his music, or if he was a party member happy to be there. |