ted hearne
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Sep 12, 2009
6:48am
there’s one day left here at Gaudeamus, and so far the whole thing has been a great experience for me. the music center of the netherlands should be commended for their diverse programming. everyone seems to be surprised at the aesthetic variety going on here. last night, for instance, gaudeamus put on a show dubiously called Night of The Unexpected… which took place at a club-type venue with limited seating and a ton of standing room, and actually did turn out to be pretty unexpected. among the music on that show was a performance by chinese performer Yu Tao, playing a very flashy percussion set-up with cymbals strung up to the ceiling, and a haunting performance of Luigi Nono’s per Donau by Berlin-based tuba player Robin Hayward (whose high notes were tender and clear - and this piece is basically all high notes). Also played was Three Variations on a Canon By Johann Pachelbel by Brian Eno (which was nice but was played at the wrong place in the program for me to personally get into it) and some unobtrusive but also unexciting Aphex Twin arrangements by Anthony Fiumara and Arnold Marinissen, performed by the string quartet Lunapark.
the highlight, though, by far, was Talibam! new york drummer kevin shea (pictured here, sorry about the crappy iphone dark room quality), from mostly other people do the killing, among other groups, is an absolute monster. and the keyboardist, matt mottel, is the cleanest dirtiest player i’ve ever heard. these guys put on a hell of a show, finding really tight grooves out of this complex web of noises they’re always spastically constructing, and transitioning from one to the next with total precision. i have to give mad props to gaudeamus for recognizing that these guys are sick musicians.
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bio // calendar
// music // links
// webpage
// katrina ballads
Sep 12, 2009
6:48am
there’s one day left here at Gaudeamus, and so far the whole thing has been a great experience for me. the music center of the netherlands should be commended for their diverse programming. everyone seems to be surprised at the aesthetic variety going on here. last night, for instance, gaudeamus put on a show dubiously called Night of The Unexpected… which took place at a club-type venue with limited seating and a ton of standing room, and actually did turn out to be pretty unexpected. among the music on that show was a performance by chinese performer Yu Tao, playing a very flashy percussion set-up with cymbals strung up to the ceiling, and a haunting performance of Luigi Nono’s per Donau by Berlin-based tuba player Robin Hayward (whose high notes were tender and clear - and this piece is basically all high notes). Also played was Three Variations on a Canon By Johann Pachelbel by Brian Eno (which was nice but was played at the wrong place in the program for me to personally get into it) and some unobtrusive but also unexciting Aphex Twin arrangements by Anthony Fiumara and Arnold Marinissen, performed by the string quartet Lunapark.
the highlight, though, by far, was Talibam! new york drummer kevin shea (pictured here, sorry about the crappy iphone dark room quality), from mostly other people do the killing, among other groups, is an absolute monster. and the keyboardist, matt mottel, is the cleanest dirtiest player i’ve ever heard. these guys put on a hell of a show, finding really tight grooves out of this complex web of noises they’re always spastically constructing, and transitioning from one to the next with total precision. i have to give mad props to gaudeamus for recognizing that these guys are sick musicians.
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there’s one day left here at Gaudeamus, and so far the whole thing has been a great experience for me. the music center of the netherlands should be commended for their diverse programming. everyone seems to be surprised at the aesthetic variety going on here. last night, for instance, gaudeamus put on a show dubiously called Night of The Unexpected… which took place at a club-type venue with limited seating and a ton of standing room, and actually did turn out to be pretty unexpected. among the music on that show was a performance by chinese performer Yu Tao, playing a very flashy percussion set-up with cymbals strung up to the ceiling, and a haunting performance of Luigi Nono’s per Donau by Berlin-based tuba player Robin Hayward (whose high notes were tender and clear - and this piece is basically all high notes). Also played was Three Variations on a Canon By Johann Pachelbel by Brian Eno (which was nice but was played at the wrong place in the program for me to personally get into it) and some unobtrusive but also unexciting Aphex Twin arrangements by Anthony Fiumara and Arnold Marinissen, performed by the string quartet Lunapark.
the highlight, though, by far, was Talibam! new york drummer kevin shea (pictured here, sorry about the crappy iphone dark room quality), from mostly other people do the killing, among other groups, is an absolute monster. and the keyboardist, matt mottel, is the cleanest dirtiest player i’ve ever heard. these guys put on a hell of a show, finding really tight grooves out of this complex web of noises they’re always spastically constructing, and transitioning from one to the next with total precision. i have to give mad props to gaudeamus for recognizing that these guys are sick musicians.
