BC: divine,yes.
J:I mean in 200 years people are going to listen to muse and talking about that,cold play or, they are sure what they are going to talk about Beethoven.
BC: And be fair to Chris, he has probably the**
J:They have, they all have.
BC:
of course, of course, of course.
J:Why do you think the reason that people don’t listen to classical music as much as perhaps, not they should, but I mean it can give so much for so relatively little cost, relatively little effort to listen to 20 minutes a piece like
that, can really make the world till slightly last than left.
BC: I
don’t know, I don’t know.(He sounds a little intense) I have not asked people
who don’t listen to it. You need to ask people what turns them off about it and what turns them on. I mean your angles is brilliant and the sense you understand that the person is something obsess with the culture of high-volatile, sort of highly volatile celebrification of anybody who is in the public concert, about understand people through their sort of biographical details *** and know about Beethoven is extraordinary. But you should still be able to come to this music and go “what is this? It’s just beautiful.” You know anyway is a good way if it’s just turned your ear on to. And I think that’s all it is. I think people need to have a pudding in front of them in an appetizing way, that’s what you do extraordinarily.
J:I agree.
BC:
(joking) You agree with what you do is extraordinary?
J:No,
no, I agree with the “in front of thing”. I know I am absolutely no respect for the best pianist out there, not even the top thousand I would have mentioned.And I am very happy to recommend….
BC: Hawking
is not the best. He is an incredible physicist
but what brings about him is the ability to communicate. And he is utterly
passionate.
J:You know Classical music is always presented as a liter (?) and accessible that take the price through the roof. You have to know when to clap, how to
pronounce the names of the composes and the venue, when to stop in the middle
of the **(?)….
BC: Yeah,
you feel like you have done sth worthwhile. You should feel like it’s just a
treat. It shouldn’t be about forms and clothes, it should be open. The lives of these composes scream that to us. I am not saying it all have to chaos. You can sit in a room be civilized with the people next to you by not talking or eating maybe because you are all there for the same reason to listen to music. But the idea you have to wear certain cloth and you have to not applaud between
movements. That’s ridiculous! If you just have the most wonderful piece of the
music, why should you hold back your responses?
J:I am for anything. Because I am a fan of popcorn and recital and people have their drink. The music, if I do my job right, they will be quite and they will
listen. I’m sure it is the same with you, if you are delivering a long monologue,people are not going to looking through their program or checking their blackberries and they are going to hang on your every word and that’s up to you to make it happen.
So, are you positive for the future of theater for classical music for the arts and general?
BC:
Oh, I really am. I think we are in an era where live music is going to have,
and it is already having a massive injection of fresh blood both through
performance and appetite of audience. Because consuming music is so instantly
easy now. We still need a bit more communication. Affordability and accessibility are always the key issues. We are absolutely spoiled and rotten in London and it is maybe one of the problems that it is very London-centric thing. I mean
there must have been amazing original history from Liverpool to Manchester and
Scotland…
J;And
we London are pretty spoiled, right?
BC:
really, really spoiled. When flipping through tunnel, I was like “uh, I miss
that career-defining performance by 7, or maybe I am going to see it at 8:00….”
J: An embarrassment of richness.
BC:
Yes, it is an embarrassment of richness.
J:And
your play is at the national theater..?
BC:
Yes, on national theater until, I think the 5th of May, a gap
between March and April. If you come to the website and good luck you can get a
ticket. You can’t see at the cinema, that’s the way we…
J:I wonder if you will be naked on stage.
BC:
(laugh lovely) no, that’s funny, funny enough, but no.
J:Oh,you are blushing, that’s adorable.
BC:
(laugh in shyness)
J:Thank you for coming, Benedict, it has been really informative. And best luck with Sherlock, can’t wait, will go see it.
BC:
Thanks, James, see you then. (very soft voice)
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