Bryce Dessner urges phone-free concerts and debuts cello concerto Trembling Earth in Sydney
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Bryce Dessner says turning off your phone before a concert is a political act that frames attentive listening as a form of activism and civic engagement. His new cello concerto, Trembling Earth, co-commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, receives its first Australian performances with soloist Anastasia Kobekina this weekend at the Sydney Opera House.
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- Bryce Dessner, guitarist and songwriter with The National, said turning off phones before concerts is a political act that frames attentive listening as civic engagement.
- Trembling Earth was co-commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and has had prior performances in Dublin, Berlin and Prague.
- Dessner said the concerto's title was inspired by an Edvard Munch painting of an oak forest he saw in Oslo and that the work reflects on the natural world and human folly.
- Dessner described the music as by turns lyrical and rhythmically intense and said it is not a political piece but acknowledges global instability and conflict.
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Bryce Dessner says turning off your phone before a concert is a political act and frames attentive listening as a form of activism. His new cello concerto, Trembling Earth, co-commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, is receiving its first Australian performances this weekend.
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