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- From: css@tron.stx.com (Chris Shenton)
- Subject: Re: Phillip Glass
- In-Reply-To: miku@ee.su.oz.au's message of Mon, 16 Nov 1992 04: 44:11 GMT
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:10:22 GMT
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- On Mon, 16 Nov 1992 04:44:11 GMT, miku@ee.su.oz.au (Michael Usher) said:
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- miku> Yes, the ``Harp of New Albion'' is a wonderful piece, as is
- miku> ``Salome'', though I've never heard of La Monte Young. Can I
- miku> prompt you for details?
-
- Young's in NYC, but I've only once had the chance to hear his music
- live. The performance (Third Dream of the High Voltage Step-down
- Transformer, I think) consisted of four horn players stationed at the
- corners of the (small) theater, audience in the middle. The players
- played -- essentially -- drones, sometimes individually, sometimes
- together. Melodically, not very exciting, but the raw *sound* was
- exciting -- spatial shifting and phase shifting.
-
- A friend described a performance he had seen in NYC where he said that
- they basically played one note for 3-4 hours. Many people left during
- the event. But the amusing thing was that my friend indicated that
- there was a intense sense of loss, after the show concluded: his mind
- *wanted* to hear that note.
-
- I believe he had a multi-disk released a year or two ago, but I can't
- remember anything about it. Sorry.
-
- Anyone: please feel free to correct me if you find any of this inaccurate.
-
-
-
- By the way, now that I've flamed Glass sufficiently, I have to admit
- that I saw/heard ``The Mysteries and What's So Funny'' a couple weaks
- ago, a meditation on Marcel Duchamp and the ambiguities and
- uncertanties in his work and life (and life in general). David
- Gordon's play is very playful -- clever puns and uses of multiple
- plots in multiple times operating concurrently. Music by Glass was
- just piano, a pleasant change from the droning Farfisa. Sets by Red
- Grooms were imaginitive and versatile. While I enjoyed the performance
- very much, it wasn't a life-changing or provocative piece.
-