high impact concert
high impact concert
Bells of the Cascades
intense individual musicians side by side, playing only
their own few notes as though D through F# on the piano
but creating a musical whole, ensemble
rapid runs, trills, intricate rhythms, varying techniques requiring skill
practiced change from mallet to ring to damping sound on padded table
to switching to chime rung or bowed
dedicated to difficult, complex, ethereal or passionate expression
rapt audience watching, listening
rising to their feet to acknowledge these incredible players made one
by genius young director Matthew Compton