Roderich from Germany was on holiday when he happened upon the Chapter House at Exeter Cathedral. “All in all, a very special & moving hour this was for me. The most remarkable point for me was to again witness the huge difference between live performance and recording (which isn't of course something new for me especially since i go to a lot of concerts in classical music, especially piano music recitals). but here, i have never before been so directly involved in the process of building up sounds and structures, the process of a piece of music evolving, including the operating of dials and knobs - and I never before have understood my active role as a listener within the process of music enfolding better than on this occasion - as a result I think that I now fully understand Mr. Fripp's statements on music, performance, and listening. So this is perhaps the most important effect of the Exeter churchscapes on myself, and, my son and my wife and even my usually sceptic, only classical music-loving dad enjoyed these hour very much - what more could i hope for?”
