Saw/heard a good show tonight . . .

[Bryan T]

The Los Angeles Electric 8 in Venice, CA. They are an electric guitar octet that does an eclectic set of music written/arranged for guitar octet.

Tonight's program:

Balinesa: El canto de los changes (Randall Kohl)
Domino Figures (Wayne Siegel)
Prelude 8, Fugue 8, Prelude 14, Fugue 21 (Bach)
La Porta, Canzone (Taeggio)
Sonata XII (Gabrieli)
O Jesu mi dulcissime (Gabrieli)
96 Tears (Phil Kline)
Quartet for the End of Time, V (Messiaen)
Octet: Prelude & Scherzo (Shostakovich)

Pretty ambitious, no? I think the strongest pieces were the Kohl, Siegel, and Shostakovich. My wife really enjoyed the Taeggio and Gabrieli.

Check them out: http://www.losangeleselectric8.com/

Bryan

[clemduolian]

Thanks for the post. Seems like a very cool project/group. And in my old 'hood!! (I lived on the "walk streets" and on Venice Way).

[KRosser]

I just found out about these guys recently and was going to try to hunt them down...this is right up my alley!

I couldn't have made the show last night, but thanks for the link on them...