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>the hackett/glennie set I saw was at qeh a few months ago, and
was also improvised; though they >suggested in interview beforehand that it
was specially composed, they went on to say that they were >going to play for
an hour because that's what the contract said. all this in humour, of course,
but it was >obvious that they were jazzing over a loose framework rather than
giving a recital. thoroughly >entertaining, but hackett ought to move about a
bit more.
>I may have a half-decent minidisc of it somewhere.... and some
jpeggery. I still can't believe she's deaf. >fabulous.
>duncan.
That was the same form
of gig I was involved with, it's called 'Shadow'. Your ears tell the
truth! The first part was composed, two or three pieces IIRC, the part on
the marimba with Phil Smyth on piano basically. The second 'half' was
completely improvised, in our case we had to rehearse our wee 10 minute bit but
the rest was off the cuff, I sat through one technical rehearsal, one dress
rehearsal plus the performance and they were all different. Hackett wasn't
the most animated I'll have to agree but such beautiful fabric in his
playing. The improvised nature was too much for some in the
audience who walked out, I think they were expecting her classical repertoire
(which leaves me a touch cold unfortunately) but just because some good old
backward-thinking Belfastians weren't ready for this doesn't stop me viewing
this as one of the freshest things I've seen her do and I'm glad that
exploration and innovation were heartily represented.
I did a wee perspective
of my part of the festival at http://rhythmweb.com/paul/festival2002.htm.
We got the chance to hang with them in the hotel afterwards and Steve
Hackett has risen 50 points in my estimation, such a nice man and tremendously
modest. Evelyn's Husband (for now apparently :) Greg, wrote a piece on her
site that explains her hearing abilities and debunks many myths. I do find
it fascinating that she seems to have attuned sensations in different areas of
her body to different frequencies. I found the whole process and event
very humbling.
As an aside there was a
German film crew who were following this performance around the world, recording
all the rehearsals http://www.filmquadrat.de/gb/evelyn.htm if
it ever gets released, watch out for the baldy N Irishman playing a huge Lambeg
drum :)
I'd love to hear /see
any of the material Duncan, I got her permission to take some shots of the
equipment stage side, but the film is still in my camera. :)
Cheers
Paul
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