Re: (idm) Eno-Music for Airports live

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

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