Dressed ceremoniously as if they were performing in a concert hall, members of the ensemble led by British cellist Jacob Shaw perform in front of the audience from week to week, in the middle of a pandemic, reports the Classic FM portal.
Their stage is covered with straw, the scenography consists of bales of hay, and the room where they play is a barn where there are cows.
“Classical music is very good for people. It helps us relax, and cows know if we are relaxed or not. It makes sense to think that such music could make cows feel good as well, “cattle breeder Morgens Haugard explained in a statement for the New York Times.
Jacob Shaw and strings from the Scandinavian Cello School in Denmark perform at regular concerts in front of an unusual audience.
When Shaw discovered that there was a farm near the school where cows are raised, he saw an opportunity to hold concerts. Shortly after meeting Mogens and Luis Haugard, he agreed with his neighbors on everything.
From November 2020, cows enjoy daily serenades through a speaker from which come the sounds of Mozart’s masterpieces and other classical melodies.
Once a week, Shaw and school students come to perform live in front of an audience.
The concerts on the farm started as part of the plan to popularize the music school and its young stars. It quickly turned out that both the school and the students were very popular with the audience, whether it was the one with two or four legs.
At the beginning, the four-legged audience loudly greeted the performers and rewarded the choice of repertoire. However, as time went on and the concerts went on, the cows began to develop a rather sharp taste.
One cellist told the New York Times: “Did you see how everyone left at one point? They don’t like Dvorak. “
Maybe they will like Pahelbel more, who is planned for the next performance.
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