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FULL Living the Classical Life Ep.115 2021 Bejun Mehta
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Living the Classical Life Ep.115
- Composer: N/A
- Libretto: N/A
- Venue & Opera Company: Berlin, Germany
- Recorded: May 2021
- Type: Other
- Singers: Bejun Mehta
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Information about the Recording
- Published by: Living The Classical Life – The New Channel
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
“You do get to a point where you say I am ready enough” -Bejun Mehta
Filmed in May 2021 in Berlin at the height of the pandemic and shortly after Christa Ludwig’s passing, decorated countertenor Bejun Mehta shares his life story, influences, and anecdotes about his musical collaborations. We examine what it means to find a headspace for sharing ourselves on stage.
0:00 Intro and Händel excerpt
2:34 Becoming a musician: inevitable?
5:44 Reinventing ourselves as a process
9:17 Bach kept me going
13:30 At what point do we become musicians
17:34 The world of a countertenor
19:40 Influences: the late Christa Ludwig (Episode filmed 2021)
23:27 Finding the fire
28:56 Closing sequence and credits