Following a thrilled audience’s enthusiastic response to a performance of Handel’s Messiah....
- 德林傑
輔仁大學音樂系專任教授
Following a thrilled audience’s enthusiastic response to a performance of Handel’s Messiah, the composer remarked to Lord Kinnoul, “I should be sorry if I only entertained them; I wished to make them better.” The implication in Handel’s comment is that art music has a moral obligation to improve the character of the listener, to inculcate a passion for that which is beautiful and good.
每年十月的第一個星期六晚上,是巴黎人的「不眠夜(Nuit Blanche)」。在這天,都市作息會延續到深夜清晨,入夜後持續活躍,街道、美術館、博物館、藝廊、夜店排出一檔又一檔展覽演出,巴黎變成一個24 小時不休息的大舞台。那幾年在當地留學,總期待這樣的藝文跨夜概念也能搬回台灣,2012回到熟悉的台北,竟也就碰上 2013 年 8 月松菸誠品開幕舉辦的「誠品不眠夜 eslite X up all night」活動,他們將時間拉得更長了,連續 36 小時,共接力了 80檔精采活動。