When Frank wrote this, as well as most of his synclavier compositions, he felt that the music couldn't be played by humans. I'm glad that he did get to work with and see this work performed by Ensemble Modern. Long after his passing, lots of other orchestras took to it and made it work. I guess one of the main problems Zappa had with most of his orchestral work, let alone the synclavier pieces, was that he was footing the bill for every aspect of the performances. He really couldn't afford all of the necessary rehearsal time at union-scale rates to get a prominent orchestra to really get down to the business of playing his music as properly as it deserved. His relationship with Ensemble Modern must have been one with a lot of sacrifice from EM on their part, giving their time and effort to get his music played. This week will mark Frank's 25th anniversary of his passing. In that quarter century, many musicians and orchestral organizations have tackled his work with much success. That means they took the necessary rehearsal time to get it right. Frank didn't care if he was remembered. I think he would have to be pleased that he is remembered, and that his music lives on. RIP, Uncle Frank!

@samandor1

5 жыл бұрын

Zolar Czakl I especially love that the bassists get a lot of camera time - they are usually ignored, but very important for this piece! Well done.

INCREDIBLE! So many orchestral performances of Frank's music I've seen are either way too rigid like the musicians can't feel the underlying groove, or way too sloppy like the musicians don't take the composition seriously. This was neither of those, with powerhouse instrumentals to-boot! Also, I'm sure Frank would hate the comparison, but I hear a lot of Aaron Copland in this piece when it's played live.

Good memories of this weekend!

nice. Frank was a genius

@rgaleny it has been applied to ballet back when Frank conducted the Ensemble Modern in the 90s

I have to say this is a better performance than the one given by the Ensemble Moderne. FZ would have been pleased.

truely terrific

Amazing. Thanks for putting this up.

Frank understood comfused women's emotions :) Terific performance of a favourite song!

This is the London Contemporary Orchestra, yes? ZPZ (aka etc.) is Dweezil's tribute project to the ol' man. For more info. about this event: roundhouse-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/File/305.pdf

Here as an orchestral piece this has a different SOUL to it. What Movie sequence would this be a good sound track for? Or maybe a ballet sequence? Otherwise, it's good music concrete.

Awesome!

@rodcrippler Cool.

@ozvoxhumana yea i feel they did it just a few bpm too slow though...

@apollo460 Not at all. It is magnificent, indeed.

So who are the performers? What group are they from? I saw Zappa Plays Zappa and it was a rock ensemble with Dwezzel.

@chunkatronic

4 жыл бұрын

London Contemporary Orchestra, here's the 'audio-only' recording kzread.info/dash/bejne/kXtm0LWdptbanqw.html

@apollo460 I wanna go down on someone to this.

The conductor should have turned around to the crowd before this and said.... "Here's one for the ladies....G-spot tornado!"