Track 209 Spem in Alium. Does anyone know what Brian Eno contributed to this track? Choir master?
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> I thought some of you might like this. Many won't.
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> (http://www.bigozine2.com/MP307/LSfrankfurt/LSfrankfurtFr.jpg) Click on
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> 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."
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> 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@..._ (mailto:mybigo@...) if you encounter problems
> downloading the tracks.
> Disc I _Track 101_ (http://www.bigozine.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath101.mp3)
> Introduction with Brian Eno interview (4.5MB) _Track 102_
> (http://www.bigomagazine.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath102.mp3) The Bath Camarata - Ne irascaris
> (by William Byrd) (14.5MB) _Track 103_
> (http://www.bigozine4.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath103.mp3) Introduction with Brian Eno interview (2.1MB) _Track
> 104_ (http://www.bigozine8.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath104.mp3) Joanna MacGregor
> and Brian Eno - Forlorn Hope Fancy, Melancholy Galliard (by Hohn Dowland)
> (12.6MB) _Track 105_ (http://www.bigomag.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath105.mp3)
> Introduction (937k) _Track 106_
> (http://www.bigozine6.com/MPXX/BEbath/BEbath106.mp3) 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_
> (http://www.bigozine2.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath107.mp3) Eno comments on The Airman (1.3MB) _Track 108_
> (http://www.bigomag.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath108.mp3) The Bath Camerata - Listen To The Lambs (by
> the Golden Gate Quartet) (8.0MB)
> Disc II
> _Track 201_ (http://www.bigozine.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath201.mp3) Joanna
> MacGregor and Brian Eno - Lachrrymae, A Piece Without Title (by Hohn
> Dowland) (13.6MB) _Track 202_
> (http://www.bigomagazine.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath202.mp3)
> Brian Eno, Joanna MacGregor and The Bath Cammerata - Music For Airports
> 1/2 (by Brian Eno) (14.2MB)
> _Track 203_ (http://www.bigozine4.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath203.mp3)
> Introduction (816k) _Track 204_
> (http://www.bigozine8.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath204.mp3) Joanna MacGregor - Incarnation II (by Somei Satoh) (7.8MB) _Track
> 205_ (http://www.bigomag.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath205.mp3) Brian Eno and Joanna
> MacGregor - Music For Airports 2/2 (by Brian Eno) (9.5MB) _Track 206_
> (http://www.bigomag.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath206.mp3) Introduction (1.1MB)
> _Track 207_ (http://www.bigozine4.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath207.mp3) Introduction by
> Brian Eno (1.6MB) _Track 208_
> (http://www.bigomagazine.com/MP3/BEbath/BEbath208.mp3) Brian Eno, Joanna MacGregor and The Bath Camerata - August
> 1914 (lyrics by Isaac Rosenberg) (5.2MB) _Track 209_
> (http://www.bigozine6.com/MPXX/BEbath/BEbath209.mp3) 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
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