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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Something that may be of interest.

From: "tony1" <atm655@verizon.net>
Date: 2010-08-03

Hi Frank,
 
I haven't listened yet, but am about too.
I've been a fan of Brian Eno for decades all the way back to  the "Fripp and Eno, no pussy footing" era.
Ambient is my genge and always has been.
Droning ARP 2600s, EMS Synthi-AKSs and of course Mellotrons to list a few of my tools.
I don't even have to listen to know I'll like it!
 
Thank you kndly!
Tony
 
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From: lsf5275@aol.com
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 8:57 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Something that may be of interest.

 

I thought some of you might like this. Many won't.
 
Frank
 
 


Click on the panels to download artwork



Brian Eno, Joanna MacGregor and Bath Camerata
Bath Abbey 2006 [no label, 2CD]
Live at the Bath International Music Festival 2006, May 24, 2006 (late show).

Imagine Brian Eno tackling Arvo Part's The Beautitudes - a collusion of the ambient and the ancient. As the artistic director of Britain's Bath's Festival, pianist/auteur Joanna MacGregor had invited electronic maestro Brian Eno to perform at the 2006 Festival. With the choir of Bath Camerata in attendance, the show is both meditative and interesting.

As The Independent newspaper reported: "Seated at a desk (looking rather like a newsreader in his grey suit and specs, Apple Powerbook open in front of him), Eno made announcements, intoned poetry in his impressive, actor-ish voice, and even sang along with the choir. By twiddling a little console connected to the computer, he also 'treated' MacGregor's Steinway and the voices of the choir with the sonic shivers and shimmers - a kind of audio-ectoplasm - that characterise his famous ambient works.

"In the most compelling sequence of a wonderfully varied programme, MacGregor's Eno-ised version of Dowland's Lachrymae - slowed-down to ambient-tempo - was followed by selections from Eno's own Music For Airports. With the members of the choir now dotted about the abbey (a feature of the performance) , their wordless vocals, combined with Eno's effects and the airy acoustic of the building - plus subtle lighting and fan-vaulting a go-go - created a powerful, indeed unforgettable, impression."

Thanks to arnold113 for sharing the lossless version of this FM radio broadcast on the internet.

Arnold113 also noted the following: "Thanks to Chris Boyes, who was so kind to send me a CDR copy of his recording of this very concert. Please notice that I patched together Track 6 and 7 (Disc 1) which were performed that way morphing into each other. I didn't like the way the two tracks were rudely chopped up by the BBC. The Eno comment about The Airman I put AFTER the very song, I hope you will prefer this as well. One track was not broadcast - O Bone Jesu, performed by the Bath Camarata (by James MacMillan), performed before August 1914."

Thanks also to fastone for the artwork.

Click on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality, stereo MP3s - sample rate of 192 kibit/s). As far as we can ascertain, this recording has never been officially released.

Note: Kindly be patient when taking the songs. Please email us at mybigo@bigozine. com if you encounter problems downloading the tracks.

 
Disc I
Track 101 Introduction with Brian Eno interview (4.5MB)
Track 102 The Bath Camarata - Ne irascaris (by William Byrd) (14.5MB)
Track 103 Introduction with Brian Eno interview (2.1MB)
Track 104 Joanna MacGregor and Brian Eno - Forlorn Hope Fancy, Melancholy Galliard (by Hohn Dowland) (12.6MB)
Track 105 Introduction (937k)
Track 106 The Bath Camerata - The Beatitudes (by Arvo Part) / Brian Eno, Joanna MacGregor and The Bath Camerata - The Airman (lyrics by Rick Holland) (18.0MB)
Track 107 Eno comments on The Airman (1.3MB)
Track 108 The Bath Camerata - Listen To The Lambs (by the Golden Gate Quartet) (8.0MB)
 
Disc II
Track 201 Joanna MacGregor and Brian Eno - Lachrrymae, A Piece Without Title (by Hohn Dowland) (13.6MB)
Track 202
Brian Eno, Joanna MacGregor and The Bath Cammerata - Music For Airports 1/2 (by Brian Eno) (14.2MB)
Track 203 Introduction (816k)
Track 204 Joanna MacGregor - Incarnation II (by Somei Satoh) (7.8MB)
Track 205 Brian Eno and Joanna MacGregor - Music For Airports 2/2 (by Brian Eno) (9.5MB)
Track 206 Introduction (1.1MB)
Track 207 Introduction by Brian Eno (1.6MB)
Track 208 Brian Eno, Joanna MacGregor and The Bath Camerata - August 1914 (lyrics by Isaac Rosenberg) (5.2MB)
Track 209 The Bath Camerata - Spem in Alium (by Thomas Tallis) (13.9MB)

Lineup:

Brian Eno
Joanna MacGregor
Bath Camerata
Organ - Peter King
Nigel Perrin (Director)
William Byrd: Ne Irascaris