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King John Orchestra

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

7/5/2013

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Great, if you enjoy exhilaration but it needs stamina to keep up with the propulsion, impetus and rigour of the journey.

So it is with John Adams’s piece of the same name. I find I need energy just to listen to the piece and absorb its rhythmic pulse and relentless movement. Thank goodness it is only a short ride.

In the KJO, however, we are setting ourselves the even bigger challenge of the Long Ride in a Fast Machine – Beethoven’s 7th: rhythmic exhilaration on a heroic scale.

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    By "K.J. O'Blow"

    I'm Robert Gardiner, flautist of the KJO. I hope you enjoy my thoughts on music and orchestras.

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