Word: fluting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...acoustic guitar with two instruments not usually found in today's scene: a violin and a saxo phone. These two are not used sparingly either; most of the band's jamming came from Boyd Tinsley's blistering solos, in songs like "Ants Marching" and "Tripping Billies" and Moore's flute solo in "Typical Situation" got the most applause of the night. Their performances showed that even though the band is named for him, Matthews does not hog the spotlight and lets his talented bandmates shine...
...contrast to their first album, in which Anderson crooned over minimal synthesizer and string backup, Dog Man Star is cushioned with more developed, at times cheesy, arrangements for guitar, saxophone, trumpet, trombone and flute. The album seems very carefully organized, progressing from the opening track, "Introducing the Band" to the end song, "Still Life." While the entire album is bathed in a Bowie-esque flavor, each song seems to have its own unique sound. Ultimately, though, the album's eclecticism falls apart because its frequent musical borrowings from well-established styles are none too subtle...
Finally, the film turns to Charalambos Demosthenous, a flute-maker and priest. He relates how his son was killed during the Turkish invasion. As a memorial to him, Demosthenous planted a palm tree at the edge of the ocean. The film shows Demosthenous performing his paternal duty by watering the tree, and Chrysanthou and Kizilyurek make their own pilgrimage there, buckets of water in hand...
...first notes of "The Magic Flute" piercedthe evening and I noticed that the turrets on thePalazzo Vecchio flickered with flames. I couldn'tstop looking at them. If I didn't look down at thenatives clothed in halter tops and shorts, I couldalmost imagine myself in medieval times...
...talent, however, were enough to qualify her for London's Royal Academy of Music, where she graduated with honors. Glennie then compounded her professional challenge by setting out as a soloist instead of a rank-and-file orchestral player. Plenty of people make a living playing the piano, violin, flute or cello. But how many live off their skill with the snare drum, the marimba, the xylophone? Beethoven, after all, never wrote a percussion concerto...