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Re: ems and so forth



Title: RE: Loopers-Delight-d Digest V02 #732
>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.
 
Hi 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