Posted on 09/20/2021 1:52:05 PM PDT by mylife
Violinist Nigel Kennedy has pulled out of a concert at the Royal Albert Hall with only days to go after accusing the radio station Classic FM of preventing him from performing a Jimi Hendrix tribute.
Kennedy said the “culturally prejudiced” decision amounted to “musical segregation”, with the station he now calls “Jurassic FM” preferring him to play Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in Wednesday’s show.
He intended to play some Hendrix with Chineke!, an orchestra of young black and ethnically diverse musicians, until he was told the rock star was “not suitable” for the station’s desired audience. Classic FM, which was hosting the event, preferred for him to play Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
He said that he felt he had no option to withdraw after being informed of the station’s decision.
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Your loss.
Eddie Jobson held his own on the violin, too. Check out U.K. (the band) especially the first iteration with Allan Holdsworth and Bill Bruford.
That must have been before Stewart Copeland joined them.
Here’s JLP with Zappa
Dupree’s Paradise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr6mTloYJJs
Yeah, I am with you.
As long as it is not grunge, ghetto, or the weird thumping/chanting I hear now at the gym.
wonderful
Plenty of other people can fill his spot. No great loss.
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news!!
She’s sweet on Wagner
I think she’d die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi’s always creeping from her room
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfK8t4j7I64
Then I ran into Beethoven, then I ran into the Brazilian sound,etc, etc etc. Thanks for ELO link ‘n lyrics. And the Zappa piece. I remember when Hot Rats came out and I was wowed by Peaches en Regalia! Here’s Kiri singing O Mio Bambino Caro:
https://youtu.be/1TQFYxrcz_Q
Or Stevie Ray Vaughan playing Yngwie Malmsteen tunes.
It would just be weird.
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