The concert
We live not far from the conservatory now and they put on lots of free concerts. Yesterday there was a clash. Early evening a friend was playing saxophone in the spectacular Maison Cantonale on the right bank. But we were wet, tired, hungry and thirsty and had only just got in, so we ate, then thought we might slip out to the other concert, at the conservatory itself, a percussion ensemble playing a programme of music influenced by Steve Reich. It ran from 8 till 9:30.
It was wonderful. I had been in a grey and damp mood, saturated by the grey and damp weather and daunted by a to do list so long that procrastination seems my only option. What better way than by listening to a roomful of immaculately clad music students playing xylophones, marimbas, vibraphones, glockenspiels, drum kits, bass drums and electronic instruments? We heard some reich, obviously, as well as some Thom Yorke (singer with Radiohead), Tangerine Dream (now I feel old) and some new compositions from the percussion department. All was wonderful. You could have sat on floor cushions on the stage surrounded by the players, but we liked our theatre seats so we stayed where we were.
Here's some Reich :
It was wonderful. I had been in a grey and damp mood, saturated by the grey and damp weather and daunted by a to do list so long that procrastination seems my only option. What better way than by listening to a roomful of immaculately clad music students playing xylophones, marimbas, vibraphones, glockenspiels, drum kits, bass drums and electronic instruments? We heard some reich, obviously, as well as some Thom Yorke (singer with Radiohead), Tangerine Dream (now I feel old) and some new compositions from the percussion department. All was wonderful. You could have sat on floor cushions on the stage surrounded by the players, but we liked our theatre seats so we stayed where we were.
Here's some Reich :
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