Capturing the spirit of tango and vibrato
Excerpt from CBC Radio Ideas with Paul Kennedy.
"There's a purity to music. It takes us into its own world, far removed from frustrations and challenges of daily life. But hidden within those innocent-sounding musical flourishes, there often lies a history of passionate disagreement.
In this episode of聽Ideas from the Trenches, we聽feature two musicians from the Schulich School of Music at UU直播 who are deeply immersed in investigating the evolution of their art forms and the conflicts within. Flutist and PhD student聽聽takes us into a controversy known as 'the Vibrato Wars', centring on an all-important 'wobble' in the note that either expresses the human spirit or is "worse than cholera," depending on whom you ask. And cellist聽聽is a recent PhD graduate who searches out the essence of tango in today's challenging 'nuevo tango' music."
