Chamber ensemble. We weren't seated where I could see the musicians, but the conductor mentioned afterward that several of them were doubling instruments—the viola player, for example, is also in charge of the flexatones, and the one percussionist plays everything that goes bang, smash, or boom (sometimes all at the same time) except for the tam-tam, which is the responsibility of the violinist.
I don't know much of Maxwell Davies' music, but it sounds like I will have to check out more of his stuff.
I'm really wondering how I missed him. He collaborated with George Mackay Brown—whose poems I love—many, many times. (He did the music for A Spell for Green Corn!) General persual of his website and articles about him indicate that I would like a lot of his work. (A selkie opera for children!) I just have to figure out how to find it.
Ah well, I will just have to content myself with Albert Herring tomorrow.
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Chamber ensemble. We weren't seated where I could see the musicians, but the conductor mentioned afterward that several of them were doubling instruments—the viola player, for example, is also in charge of the flexatones, and the one percussionist plays everything that goes bang, smash, or boom (sometimes all at the same time) except for the tam-tam, which is the responsibility of the violinist.
I don't know much of Maxwell Davies' music, but it sounds like I will have to check out more of his stuff.
I'm really wondering how I missed him. He collaborated with George Mackay Brown—whose poems I love—many, many times. (He did the music for A Spell for Green Corn!) General persual of his website and articles about him indicate that I would like a lot of his work. (A selkie opera for children!) I just have to figure out how to find it.
Ah well, I will just have to content myself with Albert Herring tomorrow.
Where are you seeing Albert Herring?