{"title":"Dr Ian Bostridge","description":"\u003cp\u003eDr Ian Bostridge’s works offer a captivating exploration of music, identity, and the art of performance. Through titles like \u003cem\u003eSong and Self\u003c\/em\u003e, readers gain insight into the profound connection between voice and narrative, revealing the deeper stories within classical song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the world of arts and culture, his writing combines scholarly depth with personal reflection, making complex musical ideas accessible and compelling. This collection invites readers to experience the rich emotional landscape of music through a thoughtful and passionate lens.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"song-and-self-by-dr-ian-bostridge-9780571378999","title":"Song and Self","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccustomed to being centre stage, international award-winning singer Ian Bostridge, like so many performers, spent much of 2020 and 2021 unable to take part in live music. It led him to question an identity previously defined by communicating directly with audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis enforced silence allowed Bostridge the opportunity to explore the backstories of some of the many works that he has performed—works such as Claudio Monteverdi's seventeenth-century masterpiece \u003cem\u003eIl combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda\u003c\/em\u003e and Schumann's ever popular song cycle \u003cem\u003eFrauenliebe und Leben\u003c\/em\u003e. The complex world of a single song by Ravel from the \u003cem\u003eChansons madécasses\u003c\/em\u003e has always haunted and unnerved Bostridge, while his immersion in Benjamin Britten's confrontations with death, in life and art, have given him much food for thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on his Berlin Family Lectures, delivered at the University of Chicago in the Spring of 2020, Bostridge guides us on a fascinating journey beneath the surface of these iconic works. His underlying questions as a performer drive the narrative: what does it mean for audiences when a singer inhabits these roles? And what does a performer's own identity subtract from or add to the identities inherent in the works themselves?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455734300908,"sku":"9780571378999","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/91J-NGQVw1L._SL1500.jpg?v=1774794864"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/dr-ian-bostridge.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}