From J m A i V k O e R Sent Mon, Apr 6th 1998, 19:27
At 01:34 PM 4/6/98 -0400, you wrote: >Not strictly IDM content, but as this album's been mentioned here before, >I thought I'd ask--has anyone else heard the Bang On A Can All-Stars' >live-instrument versions of this? They just played a concert here in >Durham whose second half was all of Music for Airports, arranged for >clarinet, cello, bass, electric guitar, piano/synth, and percussion. >F***ing brilliant arrangements, too. There's a CD, which I haven't picked >up yet, but plan to. Just curious if anyone else knew about it (or >didn't, but wanted to). J yes, boc just played chicago last week, and while the first movement was promising, the remainder of the piece felt way too flat. i am thinking that perhaps they didn't use enough of the arrangements that the ensemble would have allowed them to pursue. it just felt like a transcription for its own sake, with nothing substantially added or taken away. their original works were much more entertaining. mj np: depression (prolonged winter mix) * * * * * * * )) ) * ( ( ( * _O )WW( ___________(]])__WWWW_______________ -- XXXX those sad, sad campfire songs...