Dr. Michael Greenhough, the great ancient civilizations and the gold they sunk in the hold of scholarship, Rameau, Raymond Roussel, Hals Rammel and Russell, Partch, the yodeling Pygmies of the Baka forest, the royal courts of Cambodia, Afghanistan, &c., &c., shadowplay, Ivo & co. (Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil), Mike Alway & co., anything that runs on neon tubes, Gesualdo, kacapi suling, the morning seabirds flying in from Tiger Bay, pinpeat, Experimental Musical Instruments, the plenum of light that fills the Chicago air on winter nights, Xenharmonikôn, Robert Hope-Jones, Gavin Friday, The Just Intonation Network, sitting in a remote teahouse all day, keroncong, gazing into the wine-dark sea where Xerxes ordered the waters lashed though my heart was bleeding away, dusk-to-dawn spook shows, Jalsaghar (Satyajit Ray, 1958) and the pan-Asian all-night concert tradition, &c., .&c. Don't let's go on---there are too many.
Sounds Like
A heart breaking, once, long ago;
The first dawn chorus to a baby born at midnight;
A blimp floating peacefully and signaling only as a matter of form.
Some claim that it is a Slavic word, and attempt to account for it in this fashion. Others conjecture a malcontented inventor of artificial diamonds forced underground by the attentions of a criminal gang. A few dreamers would like to believe that it is a magical orchestra where anything can happen. The truth could hardly be more mundane. We, the Camerata, are a collegial bunch of musicians, theorists, goliards, retired monographers, instrument collectors and enthusiastic amateurs who (not unwilling to travel far afield for it) have musical adventures which, from time to time, we wish to present to the public, though we ourselves prefer to remain faceless to the world. Our regular salons, special expeditions, chance meetings in public and even certain tarryings in the orangery have resulted in the recordings---some well-know, others yet to be released. As for other products of our convivia, well, future years shall tell.
you sweet thing!... thanks for the discs... bringing back good memories! by the way, just saw chris and steve @ the gira show over @ the lakeshore theatre... much love! -j
How lovely to meet you! Do you pronounce your name forwards or backwards? We'd love to bring our butter sculptures to show you but they don't travel well.
