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http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp3-audio-only/27c3-4201-en-the_concert_a_disconcerting_moment_for_free_culture.mp3

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27c3-4201-en-the_concert_a_disconcerting_moment_for_free_culture.mp3

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25.6 MB

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a5ee1819930b3e174451198149621ada

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2de9629b5b4d0ffecfb33903119f0d1d1efa92ca

Corey Cerovsek and Julien Quentin, accomplished musicians known worldwide for their classical recital performances, and media artist Alex Antener present something that's not quite an ordinary concert, to draw attention to the importance of the public domain in centuries of classical music tradition. It's both more — and less — than what you might expect to see and hear at a classical concert. Mixing live and recorded music with visuals with a message, Julien Quentin, Corey Cerovsek and Alex Antener imagine the heavy curtain of a non-free culture falling on four hundred years of classical music. Ripping and mixing have been going on for longer than you might imagine, and without the Public Domain, much of our classical heritage would be replaced with silence. From Lennon to Bernstein, Bernstein to Mozart, Liszt to Paganini, Sarasate to Bizet, Mendelssohn to Bach, classical music has been a culture of ceaseless sharing in which individuals have nonetheless been able to project indelible voices across the centuries. Had music always been controlled as some would like it to be controlled now, would we have this rich tradition to transmit to you?