MUSIC PREVIEW
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inspired crescendo that is Spiritualized‘s live version of ‘Smiles‘. right through to Fluke's aptly titled trance-out. ‘Spacey‘. Volume Six keeps up the eclectic mix of new tunes from unheard bands with different mixes of old hands’ product. For sure. not all is as sublime as ©‘s haunting ‘He Was‘ or the remix of One Dove's ‘Falien'. Ultra Vivid Scene should get off their T-Rex trip, they don‘t have what it takes and any band with the rnonicker ,A g , , e I. Senseless Things deserve f ' f, , " ' _ , . all they get. But with the ' . 78 minutes including tracks from Spiral Tribe
playing the same progranme, but actually I thoroughly enjoyed it.’
Discovering, then, that she enjoyed ‘the process of repetition’ and the increasing confidence it gave her, Stott retains her previous format: a single programme of pre-detennlned pieces.
As ‘the brightest of Britain’s new stars’ (according to the American Record Guide, Stott has garnered critical and public acclaim alike in each and every field she has entered: her partnership with the cellist Yo Yo Ma; her recordings for Conifer, Albany and Hyperion (with whom ‘a major - project’ is imminent); and her In a generation of pianists dominated countless appearances with major by men, Kathryn Stott (34) is alone in O'Chestfas (this Wat’s Proms. 10'
off-shoot The Drum C lub 3 displaying comparable virtuosity and etamlllet Wm 888 he! performing and grandadé 0f grunge ; achieving as visible a profile as her Ireland’s faViShiOO ‘conceflo’ and. 0" K'ndozer ‘h's.dese.’vcs male counterparts. the last night, Constance Lambert’s Efitfig’i‘fiigle “Ste” ' But what really sets her apart is her ‘Hio Grande’). , , attitude towards touring. Her But it is for the luminescence of her ' forthcoming recitals in Edinburgh and solo playing that Stott is most admired Glasgow are part of a twenty-date and which she will, no doubt, be
nationwide solo tour, a near-repeat of displaying to dazzling and delightful a similar outing in 1990 and the result effect on her current tour. (Michael of a ‘funny idea’ prompted by the Ouinn)
reflection that classical tours were ‘a Kathryn Stott plays The Queen’s Hall, bit pathetic’ compared to those of pop Edinburgh on fhurs 20 and Stevenson groups. Hall, BSAMO, Glasgow on Fri 21 .
:— Open House
Peter Butterworth has been promoting gigs since his college days, putting on concerts by musicians he likes, from those areas of urbane folk, quirky jazz, mutant acoustic rock and sophisticated country blues that defy pigeonholing yet have a resilient audience.
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r“ 44 The List 7—20 May 1993