Marimba magic
Woke up after an hour our so and spent quite a bit of the night overtired, with my brain churning. Consequently was still exhausted and braindead today. Managed to go to some local open houses with Lorraine and her parents. Mostly tripe, but in one I saw some not for sale works in the house owner's private collection by Jim haldane. They were fantastic. Am going to find out more.
Maureen cooked us a nice roast dinner, and that was me zombied. Slept some of the afternoon, and then Lorraine and I went to see a gig by Adam and Tom, the percussion duo who had powered This Concert...
Great to be able to watch them without having to think about lots of other stuff. They were hugely enjoyable, and towards the end they also played Matt's Weelkes Despatched which sounded great. They rounded off their set with a storming Nagoya Marimba, a marimba duet by Steve Reich. Adam said Japan is full of wonderful marimba players. Completely uncharacteristically, Adam lost his line in it and they had to start again. This added to the drama of what was a kicking piece, and the audience completely loved it. Lorraine, Glen and I slipped away after their set, only to find an aghast-looking Adam outside, thinking he'd blown it. Curiously however it only made the performance more powerful.
L and I sat next to Glen Capra, and I walked some of the way home with him, after Lorraine left. Turns out his sister used to go out with Doctor Spacetoad. It is a small world. Arriving home I downloaded Nagoya Marimba, and while a fine version, it wasn't as kickass as Tom and Adam's version.
Below Tom Norrell and Adam Bushell.
Woke up after an hour our so and spent quite a bit of the night overtired, with my brain churning. Consequently was still exhausted and braindead today. Managed to go to some local open houses with Lorraine and her parents. Mostly tripe, but in one I saw some not for sale works in the house owner's private collection by Jim haldane. They were fantastic. Am going to find out more.
Maureen cooked us a nice roast dinner, and that was me zombied. Slept some of the afternoon, and then Lorraine and I went to see a gig by Adam and Tom, the percussion duo who had powered This Concert...
Great to be able to watch them without having to think about lots of other stuff. They were hugely enjoyable, and towards the end they also played Matt's Weelkes Despatched which sounded great. They rounded off their set with a storming Nagoya Marimba, a marimba duet by Steve Reich. Adam said Japan is full of wonderful marimba players. Completely uncharacteristically, Adam lost his line in it and they had to start again. This added to the drama of what was a kicking piece, and the audience completely loved it. Lorraine, Glen and I slipped away after their set, only to find an aghast-looking Adam outside, thinking he'd blown it. Curiously however it only made the performance more powerful.
L and I sat next to Glen Capra, and I walked some of the way home with him, after Lorraine left. Turns out his sister used to go out with Doctor Spacetoad. It is a small world. Arriving home I downloaded Nagoya Marimba, and while a fine version, it wasn't as kickass as Tom and Adam's version.
Below Tom Norrell and Adam Bushell.
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