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November 26, 2005
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochqatsi: Qatsi Trilogy live in Wales
Godfrey Reggio's Qatsi Trilogy will be in concert at Cardiff's Wales Millennium Center, reports Western Mail's Karen Price: "Technology is the big force, and like oxygen it is always there, a necessity that we cannot live without," said Reggio.
Philip Glass, whose ensemble accompanies the three film, weighs in before meeting the Welsh. "While a synthesised score might to some seem the obvious choice to support the technologically made images, I chose a contrasting language for the music. I've composed the score for a large symphonic ensemble and used the voice of the cello throughout to give audiences something familiar to hold onto and guide them through this unfamiliar world. My instinct was to balance the quite startling effect of the synthetically composed images with a sound world of natural timbres."
Glass said... "This idea is central to what the Qatsi films talk about - this world of technology has replaced nature, but we as humans, are in the middle of it, and just can't see how dangerous and damaging it is," added Reggio.
Posted by pride at November 26, 2005 10:10 PM
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