Bredonboorugh The street I II

Posted by Robert Fripp
23 May 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009

10.14

Bredonboorugh.

The street I…

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A wonderful hour, reading by the back door with the Minx I…

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To the Angel & Trumpet at 10.30, meeting Trev & departing to Coventry Cathedral for Theo & Fripp’s final performance of the World Tour.

13.56    Vestry, Coventry Cathedral.

A straightforward drive from Bredonborough. The ruins of the cathedral exert a strong & moving presence I…

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A short step to the new cathedral and the arrival of the TrevMobile I…

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A walk around the town, returning to the set-up on the steps I…

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20.23    Bredonborough.

After the soundcheck, while leaving the performance steps, a man with facial hair approached:

Q:    Can I ask you a question?
A:    I would rather you did not.

The first set: 16.00 – 16.40 was introduced by the Dean, who referred to the Cathedral’s mission of reconciliation; that, following the bombing in November 1940, the community met & pledged themselves to reconciliation, not revenge.

Returning to the vestry, I had a sense that the Minx was approaching & put my head out the door. The same man with facial hair & a question was outside. Apparently, he told a person with the event that he was looking for the gents. This was a lie - the area was cordoned off. And then the Minx appeared!

Theo & Fripp…

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… clearly, two happy boys having a good time.

The second set: 17.00 – 17.50. The final piece was Threnody For Souls In Torment, appropriate for this space & place. The music ended in a reconciliation, particularly appropriate to this space & place and its mission in our suffering world. The Threnody, played in the RFSQ, has its origins in reflectings on the Holocaust. As a young lad of c. 12-13 years of age, browsing books in a jumble sale at Wimborne’s British Legion Hall one Saturday afternoon, I came across Lord Russell of Liverpool’s The Scourge Of The Swastika. I’m not sure this was appropriate for the eyes of a young lad; I’m not sure this is appropriate for the eyes of anyone. And yet, once seen, not forgotten; followed by larger questions of comprehending the incomprehensible. But where words fail, we have music. In this, at least, there is hope. Theo & Fripp discussed presenting the Threnody in our earlier performances but I considered the piece / area too much for the performances to bear; other than in Coventry Cathedral at the end of two sets.

The new Coventry Cathedral is a remarkable space. The sound from the guitar stool was astonishing. At one point, high notes & harmonics flew upwards & kept going, as if angels in the roofspace had picked them up & were singing.

The Theo & Fripp world tour is now completed.

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