RE: [microsound] stockhausen&quaybrothers on the telly tonight

[Ernest Fasanya <ernest.f@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i saw and heard this event as well. the stockhausen/quay brothers
'collaboration' was stupendous, although the tavener/herzog was moving and
the hartley/andriessen charming. 

i thought it was interesting the way in which the quay brothers and herzog
approach the idea of 'hope' so differently.

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> From: 	David Prior
> Reply To: 	david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 	Friday, March 16, 2001 20:39
> To: 	microsound
> Subject: 	Re: [microsound] stockhausen&quaybrothers on the telly
> tonight
> 
> > I was lucky enough to go to the event at the Barbican, strange to me
> that
> > this 'collaboration' was the only one that really worked which was
> ironic
> > because what came out of the interview between the guy who commissioned
> > them (BBC I think, not channel 4 - who bore an uncanny resemblence to
> > Montgommery Burns) was that this wasn't really a collaboration at all,
> > Stockhausen sent them the piece, they were extremely nonplussed by it
> but
> > obliged to use it in their piece - I got the impression that they had no
> > further communication with him.  That said the piece piece was
> > mesmerising,and in another league to the other works presented.  It
> wasn't
> > that there weren't interesting elements to the other pieces (Adrian
> Utley's
> > soundtrack was a good attempt at redeeming a pretty mediocre peice by
> Roeg,
> > and hearing Tavener's piece, (with Werner Herzhog) complete with string
> > orchestra and boys choir was 3D goggles after the tape peices (is that
> > blasphemous on this list?) - the hall was crap for tape peices.  Did
> anyone
> > else go, I'd be interested to know what other people thought.
> 
> David
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