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<\/a>\u201cThe motto of the festival has kind of over the years become \u2018Music that deserves to be heard\u2019 because we\u2019ve realized there\u2019s a great deal of really fantastic music that doesn\u2019t get heard so much,\u201d says Destrub\u00e9. \u201cPart of it is that the whole legacy of the 19th century, and a little bit before, has left this giant shadow, and we tend to not be aware of what lies behind the shadow, and sometimes within it. It was a very, very rich time; it was a time of upheaval in Europe, and composers could be actually very adventurous, they weren\u2019t stuck to strict models in how they wrote music.\u201d<\/p>\n
Destrub\u00e9, 66, has been playing violin since he was nine years old. An avid performer and music lover, Destrub\u00e9 enjoys its capacity to convey complex emotions beyond language.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think music has the unique ability to express different emotions at the same time; maybe poetry is the only other art that has come near to that, so I just love the ability to use music as a vehicle for communicating with others,\u201d he says. \u201cMusic, even if it has no text, is always saying something, so I very much enjoy that aspect.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Destrub\u00e9 also recognizes that music brings people together, which is something we\u2019ve been sorely lacking over the past couple of years.<\/p>\n \u201cMusic is a social activity. It brings the audience and the musicians together for a shared experience, and I think especially after the pandemic we\u2019ve been deprived of that,\u201d he says. \u201cI think we\u2019ve all become very aware of how important that is in our lives. We want to have social community and shared experiences, and music is a wonderful way of creating that opportunity for us, so I love being a part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n Baroque music differs from other classical music in its length and intricacy, and Destrub\u00e9 believes its unexpectedly similar characteristics to contemporary music are a great way for newcomers to get into the genre.<\/p>\n \u201cI think baroque music in many ways is more approachable for listeners who aren\u2019t used to hearing classical music, because the pieces tend to be short, and they often follow similar forms to pop music,\u201d he says. \u201cA great deal of popular music has that similar juxtaposition of a bass line and then one or two vocal lines, and that\u2019s inherent in a great deal of baroque music as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Destrub\u00e9 thinks the festival is a great opportunity for people to experience music across time and space while immersed in the visceral intimacy that only live performance can bestow.<\/p>\n \u201cI think a festival is like going to a sweets fair\u2014you can sample all the different tastes and flavours from a given place or time,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity to immerse oneself in a particular style and time, and actually get to know it much more intimately than one might just by hearing a piece on the radio, or putting on a CD. What I hope people might get out of it is becoming familiar with a whole world of music that they might not have known before.\u201d<\/p>\n