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December 03, 2005  |
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St Peters Church Newlyn, Cornwall, UK |
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Robert plays what might be called sacred space music to a couple of hundred souls who, at various times during the afternoon, occupied the pews of St. Peter’s Church, Newlyn. They were there to support the beneficiaries of this fund-raising concert, the Shallal Dance Theatre, who were £1,000 better off by end of the day.
For the final fifteen minutes, Robert was joined by members of the company. Trevor Lever recalls "I'm not sure how much if this - if any - was rehearsed, but it appeared that the children were responding to the music and Robert, in turn, was responding to their movements. It really worked and there was a generous and enthusiastic amount of applause at the end, including a smiling Robert from the side."
Lush and symphonic, there seems to be many connections with Robert’s past music laced throughout this concert. To these ears momentary bursts of The Heavenly Music Corporation, Exposure and Bringing Down The Light connect to the themes and moods which would form the backbone of the December Suite series of concerts. The guitarist summed the day up thus “A very attentive, engaged & present audience. This was a privileged event.” Engineer Alex “Stormy” Mundy puts it this way:” Over a hundred minutes of damned good stuff!”
Please note that there are some pop, clicks and occasional distortion caused by the recording levels being set too high and overloading the hard drive.
Robert comments “Alex has worked heroically to deal with the distortion on this recording. Perhaps there are parts to make an audiophile, one for whom timbral veracity is a necessary truth, twitch gently. But, this works well enough for me.”
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Robert Fripp - Guitar
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      Pure heaven, Thu., Dec 29, 2011
Written by Maximus
It occurs to me that big number of soundscapes available are essential - and this one is no exception! Listening to the first set is like flying in the sky accompanied by beautiful , colorful clouds. Layers of sound-clouds coming and going, washing over my spirit in this wonderful place where time stands still, with emotions changing as the weather does, though connected to the unchangeable sky-space at the same time. I would rather call the first part delicate and ruminative.
The second set is different, beginning with dark, ambiguous, ironic and angry Queer Jazz. But my absolutely favorite one here is At The End Of Time. It is hard to find words to describe this one which is very intense, beginning with a blissful and sad loop (At The Same Time), and continuing with a very yearning soloing which always brings tears to my eyes. It is like coping with loss, deep pain, and letting go of it... and then all suffering dissolves in an additional sonic layers added, overwhelming the listener in total bliss. Heh, I wonder why this piece was not mentioned in the review, which is usually the case with such killers, but maybe it is just me... anyway, this one(gig) has proven to be very helpful and life-enhancing for me, and I wish the same to all the other ones who are going to buy it!
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