BBT DEBATES – Is the concert hall the only place?
A film by Graham Johnston
How does a symphony orchestra sound in a car park? Or is it best appreciated in specially built halls? BBT stirs the ongoing debate surrounding the idea of taking classical music out of the concert hall to imaginative and often unusual venues. Does this help cultivate new audiences? Younger audiences? Or does it compromise the music? Is taking down the barriers opening a pathway to more people enjoying classical music? Is the ultimate aim to get them into a concert hall? BBT award-winners including Atos Trio, Erik Bosgraaf, Alec Frank-Gemmill, Bram van Sambeek, Sean Shibe, Mark Simpson, Kate Whitley and others discuss their wide-ranging views on acoustics, space, sociability and audiences. These will likely provoke further discussion, to which you can contribute..