The Fireworks Ensemble performing G-Spot Tornado at the Miller Theater‘s Zappa concert (2/2/07):
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I wish I had been there, it sounds like it was great fun. Very enthusiastic playing and I really enjoyed the audacious violin solo.
good stuff!
Yes indeed.
When I think about so many people playing FZs music
I get kinda choked up. Really.
G-spot was the one real accomplishment of Fireworks’s set, thus readers at killuglyradio have a very sympathetic point of view to their set, given this is the only evidence. In other respects, they were not up to the task; sloppy at times (you can hear that on the middle section here – although I, of course, have plenty of understanding for the string players), flat solos, limpid vamps, ensemble were too thin, and the like. Jeffrey Milarsky’s chamber orchestra was rather more of a treat, but the real gem of the evening was the string quintet!
Now that ROCKED!!! Frank’s talent LIVES on!!! LOVED IT!!
Wow! Amazing! Inspired! I loved how they managed to incorporate the improvisational nature of FZ’s work by having each instrument perform a mini-solo within the larger work.
Dan DiPaolo — It’s too bad there isn’t any footage of Jeffrey Milarsky’s chamber orchestra for comparison — I’ll have to take your word for it.
Well – i just ALWAYS get a hoot outta a rip-snortin’ good Zappa cover … & this one’s catchy as hell! Thinness seems unavoidable with a piece one’s used to hearing from a bigger ensemble – but it still did ROCK. The end’s sweet too – still funny to see a classical-type group playing – then be hearing the audience go straight-up batshit like that, hmm?
Can hardly wait ’til some newfound micro-nation uses it as their anthem, hee hee hee!
“Whattaya do? You join the MOTHERS, & you end up workin’ for ZAPPA, & he MAKES you be a creep!”
Ah, Dan is far too critical. It was a challenging program and kudos are due for even attempting it.