The Mellotron Group

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

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_ (mailto:mybigo@bigozine.com)  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