Charles Hazlewood + British Paraorchestra: The debut of the British Paraorchestra
The British Paraorchestra is the first orchestra for world-class musicians of disability Full bioCharles Hazlewood - Conductor
Charles Hazlewood dusts off and invigorates classical music, adding a youthful energy and modern twists to centuries-old masterworks. At TEDGlobal, he conducts the Scottish Ensemble. Full bio
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più universale che conosciamo,
language that we have,
a un bambino in Cina
to a child in South Africa.
a un bambino in Sudafrica.
tra quei due bambini,
between those two children,
in quella melodia.
truths from that melody.
music has this universality,
di questa universalità della musica,
di parlare a ognuno di noi,
to each and every one of us,
di fronte a uno specchio
of holding up a mirror to us
in maniera maggiore o minore,
- chiamiamoli orchestra -
let's call them orchestras --
of the community.
della comunità.
stiamo guardando al futuro,
forward to the future --
per un minuto,
to go in the other direction for a minute,
di 50 anni insieme a me,
50 years into the past,
per la precisione.
a tutte le grandi orchestre
at all the great orchestras
50 anni più tardi,
every orchestra on the planet
e fantastico equilibrio tra i sessi.
between the sexes.
say, "Totally logical."
of the community?
della comunità?
in the great orchestras of our world?
nelle grandi orchestre mondiali?
con orchestre di tutto il mondo,
around the world all the time,
musicians I've encountered
aren't millions upon millions
che non ci sono milioni e milioni
straordinariamente dotati, nel mondo.
of disability around the world.
che crea uno spazio per loro
that creates a space for them
with other great musicians?
con altri grandi musicisti?
as you can probably tell,
a personal root to it.
è nata con una paralisi cerebrale.
was born with cerebral palsy.
e attraverso la sua gloriosa esistenza,
her glorious existence,
un membro a tutti gli effetti
a fully paid-up member
meravigliosa, comunità disabile.
disabled community.
at the Paralympics
an incredible model that is.
in realtà,
a Londra l'anno prossimo,
comes to London next year,
sul pianeta
person anywhere on the planet
degli atleti disabili.
in the validity of disabled sportspeople.
cosa diavolo fa la musica in tutto ciò?
where the hell is music in all this?
who are sports fans,
è amante dello sport,
universal than sport.
dello sport.
Where is their voice?
stages in forming what will be
di formazione iniziale di quella che sarà
di disabili in assoluto.
national disabled orchestra.
the British Paraorchestra,
su Londra l'anno prossimo
on London next year
that is represented there,
"Questa è la nostra paraorchestra.
diverse paraorchestre
a multiplicity of paraorchestras
molto speciale per me,
che i primi quattro membri
that the first four members
ed embrionale paraorchestra
of which the number will grow and grow.
a cui se ne aggiungeranno altri.
possa avere anche più di 50 musicisti.
could even be as big as 50 musicians.
una piccola avventura sonora,
a little sonic adventure,
whimsy, if you like,
di stravagante improvvisazione, se volete.
è ancora fresco, di certo,
the ink is still wet,
non è mai stabile.
is never a fixed thing.
che volevamo condividere con voi,
to share with you,
of British people.
folk music can tell you an awful lot
può dire un sacco di cose
da cui trae origine.
from which it originates.
siamo silenziosamente melanconici.
are quietly melancholic.
ne "La dodicesima notte",
brilliantly in "Twelfth Night,"
che ha "una cadenza di morte".
è piena di quella "cadenza di morte".
is chock-full of "dying fall."
cadenza di morte.
Na na nee, na.
na na nee, na ah ah ah ah.
and gentlemen, the chorus --
signore e signori, il coro...
cadenza di morte...
cadenza di morte...
da da da da, dying fall ...
nella nostra cultura, signore e signori.
in our culture, ladies and gentlemen.
nella fase iniziale del progetto.
at the starting gates with this project.
ci serve la comunità globale
the global community
possa essere a pieno regime
can be full steam ahead
per aiutarci,
that you can help us,
è con enorme orgoglio, piacere e gioia
me enormous pride, pleasure and joy
con una breve improvvisazione
with a short improvisation
tune, "Greensleeves,"
della Paraorchestra britannica.
of the British Paraorchestra.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
British Paraorchestra - Contemporary music ensembleThe British Paraorchestra is the first orchestra for world-class musicians of disability
Why you should listen
Charles Hazlewood is a conductor founded the British Parorchestra to give musicians of disability a platform to collaborate and perform.
Credits for the debut British Paraorchestra performance: Dhanoday Srivastava (Baluji), James Risdon, Clarence Adoo, Lyn Levett. Alison Roberts tell a few of their stories in her Evening Standard piece on the Paraorchestra:
Clarence Adoo, for example, who used to play trumpet with Courtney Pine, suffered a devastating car accident in 1995 and is now paralysed from the shoulders down. He plays music on a laptop, using a specially designed blow tube as a computer mouse. Adoo says he'd rather be able to play an instrument again than walk.
Lyn Levett has severe cerebral palsy and can only communicate by pressing an iPad with her nose, yet makes the "most dizzyingly brilliant electronic music", says Hazlewood. Levett herself, through her iPad, tells us that when she's creating music, it feels as though she's in a cockpit, flying a plane. Sitar player and composer Baluji Shrivastav has been blind since the age of eight months, and Lloyd Coleman is both deaf and sight-impaired. All four make their living solely from music.
British Paraorchestra | Speaker | TED.com
Charles Hazlewood - Conductor
Charles Hazlewood dusts off and invigorates classical music, adding a youthful energy and modern twists to centuries-old masterworks. At TEDGlobal, he conducts the Scottish Ensemble.
Why you should listen
Charles Hazlewood's fresh presentations of classical music shake up the traditional settings of the form -- in one performance he’ll engage in a conversation with the audience, while in another he’ll blend film or sculpture into a piece -- but his goal is always the same: exposing the deep, always-modern joy of the classics. He's a familiar face on British TV, notably in the 2009 series The Birth of British Music on BBC2. He conducts the BBC Orchestras and guest-conducts orchestras around the world.
Together with Mark Dornford-May, he founded a lyric-theatre company in South Africa called Dimpho Di Kopane (which means "combined talents") after auditioning in the townships and villages of South Africa. Of the 40 members, only three had professional training. They debuted with Bizet's Carmen, which was later transposed into a movie version called U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, spoken and sung in Xhosa, that was honored at the Berlin Flim Festival. He regularly involves children in his projects and curates his own music festival, Play the Field, on his farm in Somerset. His latest project: the ParaOrchestra.
He says: "I have loads of issues with the way classical music is presented. It has been too reverential, too 'high art' -- if you're not in the club, they're not going to let you join. It's like The Turin Shroud: don't touch it because it might fall apart."
Charles Hazlewood | Speaker | TED.com