{"id":1095,"date":"2008-09-04T18:16:49","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T01:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:02:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:02:02","slug":"antony-and-the-johnsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/04\/antony-and-the-johnsons\/","title":{"rendered":"antony and the johnsons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we begin rehearsals for a special which is presented by the tba festival<\/a>, featuring Antony and the Johnsons<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m not sure what to expect, but I do know that our audience is going to be very different than that which we have come to expect at a typical OSO concert.\u00c2\u00a0 Word is that this show is the best-selling event in tba’s history, so it should be an exciting event.\u00c2\u00a0 The show is Friday, September 5th at 8:30 pm.<\/p>\n

Here’s how tba describes the artists:<\/p>\n

Dreamlike, melancholy, and hopeful for redemption, Antony and the Johnsons\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwinners of Great Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2005 Mercury Prize\u00e2\u20ac\u201djoin the Oregon Symphony for a one-of-a-kind concert. For this special evening, Antony and the Johnsons will unite with a full orchestra to produce a wall of exotic and extraordinary sound. Antony\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s voice\u00e2\u20ac\u201da fusion of Nina Simone and Elvis\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwill journey through landscapes both natural and psychological via the band\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s favorites and perhaps a few soulful surprises.<\/p>\n

Antony and the Johnsons, former artists in residence at Joe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pub at the Public Theater (NY), have performed at the Bloomsbury Theater in London, the Warhol Museum, the Wexner Center, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Antony has also worked extensively with Lou Reed and Bj\u00c3\u00b6rk and was featured in the 2004 Whitney Biennial with a Charles Atlas collaboration entitled TURNING. Antony and the Johnson’s new album, The Crying Light<\/em>, will be released by Secretly Canadian this fall.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll write more after the first rehearsal.<\/p>\n

And I’m baaaaack.<\/p>\n

It will definitely be an experience that has not been seen with a symphony orchestra before – that’s about all I can say.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s not for everyone, but if you have any idea who these musicians are, then you will undoubtedly be thrilled by the performance.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s not so much a knock-your-socks-off type of show, but a mood or a feel that will slowly get under your skin, making for a very singular and definite experience of sound and light.\u00c2\u00a0 The group will be going on tour doing this show with other orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and others, so we’re lucky to be at the vanguard of this project here in Portland.\u00c2\u00a0 You’ll be seeing and hearing this before anyone else will.<\/p>\n

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