Arts, censorship and conducting

Arts, censorship and conducting in post-modern context

By Ranga Chandrarathne (Sunday Observer, May 23, 2010)
Orchestra of the Chamber Music Society
In a wide ranging interview veteran musician and conductor Lakshman Joseph de Saram expresses his views on Arts, Censorship and Conducting in post-modern context.
(The first part of the interviewed was published on May 2 issue of Montage)
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Shedding light on post-modern motifs

Shedding light on post-modern motifs in Sri Lankan music scene  
 by Ranga CHANDRARATHNE (Sunday Observer, May 2, 2010)

Lakshman Joseph de Saram
pix by Kesara Ratnavibhushana

Post- modern music signifies both musical style and musical condition. As a musical style, post-modern music contains characteristic of post-modern art deriving musical motifs across the spectrum of traditions and genres. It tends [...]

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Paths less travelled

The CMSC’s recording-quality performance of Mozart’s Il Re Pastore overture had me salivating and (I checked) my heart actually racing.

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Woes of the world fell away as the music began

“…refreshing, stimulating and exhilarating. I came away feeling all the woes of the world had fallen away. Life without music would be a mistake could certainly describe the concert.”

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