Awe
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3d ago
Whenever I mentioned Stravinsky or Firebird suite to someone they were awed. I was certainly challenged by Firebird, but nothing like its accompaniment, Prokofiev Violin concerto no.2. That was a doozy. All manner of changing counts and tempos and key signatures (6 sharps anyone?) and chromatics and maybe diminisheds. The associated naturals went down well. But NCO is a capable orchestra and ..read more
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Gaming
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3d ago
I joked that the last game I played was Asteroids and it's not far from the truth, but we had a string of PSns in the house over time and probably some X-boxes that my kids played and I even discovered one in the shed riddled with ants some time back. Aaron Chew was doing a concert of music from games. The games were renowned and obviously of some interest to and even influence on Aaron. I ..read more
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Ecstatic
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1w ago
  Sean gave me a rundown on the workshop that afternoon by Number Junky on jazz rhythms and odd meters.  It fitted perfectly with the band's title, Number Junky, and even with some of the patter on stage.  Kristian spoke of odd times and we shared counts at one stage: what I'd heard as 6-5 he thought of as 11, but it's all the same.  Some of the counts were much more complex ..read more
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Disappointments
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1w ago
It's not the first disappointing demo I've attended  but it was a significant disappointment.   It was held as the local Canberra event, the No to AUKUS Rally for the National action week against AUKIS, 8.30am outside Parliament House.  Some of the same faces were there, although not a member I had jsut met the night before.  He actually didn't know of it so I wonder ..read more
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Calm and storm
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1w ago
It's coming close to Canberra Bach Ensemble attending the Leipzig Bach Festival mid-year.  But this is Easter so a Bach passion was in store, this time St John.  But the program referenced Leipzig and advised that the CBE program will be three cantatas, BWV 9,107, 178 and interestingly that they were assigned.  I checked with Andrew afterwards and, yes, they are assigned, partly ..read more
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Two gigs two towns
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1w ago
I think Mike called us Gateway to Queanbeyan although this was a return gig and the first was the week before in Ainslie.  So much for geographic precision.  But it was a great fun outing.  I used to play with Mike and Richard at the Casino and more but this was just a throwaway outing then a rehash.  Mike and Richard and Anthony and me.  Just standards but some of our ..read more
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Old block new kids
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2w ago
I'd never heard of La Capella Galante before and the performers were a mix of local celebrities and some that were new to me.  Suchlike for the music.  They play music somewhere around the late C18th and with mandolin.  It's a delightful era, dancey, entertaining, and perhaps the mandolin highlights this aspect.  I chatted with John about music including mandolin and he ..read more
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A funky Heaven
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2w ago
If you keep your eyes peeled and know the scene you can happen on a great event, a visit or gathering, variously social and musical, that's a memory maker.  Peter O'Mara at Smiths was one of those.  It was a small audience and a decent sized band (6).  There were old mates and influences and shared histories and now mature skills and notable occupations.  James Greening was ..read more
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Vanuatu visitors
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2w ago
As was the way of Europe at the time, France and England both claimed parts of the archipelago and managed it as the New Hebrides until Vanuatu took independence as a Republic in 1980so I wasn't at all surprised with a French-related duo arriving to play at Smiths, although arriving to celebrate Canberra Day may be another thing.  It's the first outing for joyously named Groovy Banana on ..read more
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Sisters are doing it
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2w ago
It was a busy musical day but the main event was opera.  The other can await for next week's repeat.  I arrived to park then chat with a fellow Italian/Veneto-related person who was attending her first opera given a friend was singing in it.  Nice.  It's not my favourite musical event but I've attended a few operas and this was my second Suor Angelica.  It was performed ..read more
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