The phrase "authentic performance of the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the genuine or original execution of a piece of art, music, or any performance-related activity.
Example: "The concert featured an authentic performance of the classical symphony, capturing the essence of the composer's intent."
Alternatives: "genuine rendition of the" or "true interpretation of the".
Presumably this inbuilt suspicion of novelty explains why it took some time for audiences to come to terms with clean-cut "period" or "authentic" performances of the baroque and classical repertoire and why now, conversely, Bach on a symphony orchestra sounds weird and heavy-handed.
He was critical of the musical pedantry of the authentic performance of older music; where no original cadenzas existed, he published his own cadenzas.
Even before the phonograph (invented c. 1875) had begun to be regarded as more than a toy, serious research into the authentic performance of older music had produced an awareness of possibilities that pointed the way out of late Romantic gigantism and subjectivism.
It's a rare opportunity to take part in an authentic performance of Sufism's primary ritual, the zikr.
23 April, 7pm Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment St George's, Bristol The OAE specialise in authentic performance of early music.
Vince Vaughn as gangster-turned-businessman Frank Semyon was one of the most authentic performances of his career, but also a reminder that this dude has some seriously underutilized acting chops.
In former times, when the movement claimed to be presenting faithful, authentic performances of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music, radical style shifts (on matters like whether medieval sacred works should be accompanied or how large ensembles should be) were ascribed to fresh research.
Clapton took the ideal of authentic performance from the British jazz scene, but his pursuit of originality his homage to the blues originals and his search for his own guitar voice also reflected his art-school education (Clapton was one of many British rock stars who engaged in music seriously while in art school).
This is among the reasons why a group of 120 children's authors and illustrators including Maya Angelou and Judy Blume recently expressed their concern to the Obama administration in an open letter (see here), calling for "authentic performance assessments" and the immediate "reversal of the narrowing of curriculum".
