Re: (TV) Verlaine cancelled Krakow tribute show

[Russ <russvr@gmail.com>]

I think a lot of us would like to know that TV is okay. Anyone know
the nature of this illness?


On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Phil Obbard <pobbard@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Leif,
>
> Sounds like it would have been amazing show -- thanks for the background. At least you're not unhappy to be there, even sans Verlaine!
>
> --Phil
>
>
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> From: leif joley <leifjoley@hotmail.com>
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 1:44 PM
> Subject: (TV) Verlaine cancelled Krakow tribute show
>
> In a statement, he was cited as saying that he hadn't "revoked any show in 30
> years", but he had to do it this time, due to some illness. Too bad it had to
> be this one -- especially for me, who had made the effort of travelling from
> Sweden all the way to southern Poland to see his participation in the
> week-long celebration of Steve Reich's music. Not that the trip to or the
> accomodation in Krakow was enormously expensive -- quite the contrary
> actually, at least for a Swede -- but I hadn't gone if it wasn't for his
> appearance.
>
> Too bad for him too -- this would probably be the time when he would've met
> his biggest indoors audience ever. Interested group members can get an idea of
> the size and the scope of the event, the grand finale held last Saturday on an
> industrial site in Krakow's Stalin-era district Nowa Huta, by taking a look at
> this two-part video summary:
> http://www.sacrumprofanum.com/en/3/475/485/festival-finale
>
> Afterwards, I didn't regret it for one second. I arrived in the middle of the
> week, so I missed Radiohead's Jonny
> Greenwood but caught some of the other concerts, among them New York's
> Bang On A Can All-stars, which performed a captivating set of one
> Michael Gordon's atonal music. And the last night was astonishing. Somehow a
> mix of an evening of modernist, repetitive music, multimedia extravaganza with
> Eurovision Song Contest-styled taped introductions by Reich and a spectacular
> light and laser show, and rave party, all in front of an audience of... I
> can't say -- but perhaps about 10,000? This place was huge. The people
> attending were in all ages, although, admittedly, some of the pensioners left
> during the break, most likely because of the sound volume. And I think that
> Reich's amazement was genuine when he closed the evening by wondering if
> anyone would really believe that Krakow could be the place for a gathering
> like this, drawing such a crowd. Couldn't happen in Sweden, that's for sure.
>
> Spledid performances all around. Verlaine was supposed to perform Reich's
> "Electric Counterpoint" together with 22-year-old Polish jazz pianist
> wunderkind Piotr Orzechowski, who goes under the artist name Pianohooligan; in
> Verlaine's absence, Adrian Utley from Portishead had to sit in (this can be
> seen at 2:21 in part 1). Also listen to the fantastic groove of "Four Organs"
> (at 7:00 in part 1) or be stunned by Leszek Mozdzer (beginning at 9:05 in part
> 1 and then continues in the 2nd one) one-man-show when recreates the
> originally two-pianist piece "Piano Phase".
>
> Leif J, Sweden
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