Branca in London
 

Glenn Branca is seeking 80 guitarists and 20 bass players for his upcoming performance of "Symphony No.13 (Hallucination City)". This performance will be in London on October 12 at The Roundhouse as part of Frieze Music 2007.
There will be two rehearsals on October 9 and 10 from 11:00 to 21:00 on both days.And a sound check at The Roundhouse on the day of the concert.
It will not be possible to pay so all musicians must volunteer their time, but food and drink will be supplied at all rehearsals and the performance.
All musicians will need to be able to read standard staff notation.
For more information contact dthetncrkr@earthlink.net and you will be sent a detailed info sheet.

Exclusive two-for-one frieze.com ticket offer

Frieze Music are offering a unique chance to experience legendary musician Glenn Branca directing Hallucination City, an epic symphony for 100 guitars at London's Roundhouse on 12 October 2007.

Receive a second ticket free when you book one full-priced ticket (£25) before 4 October. Book online now or call +44(0)870 890 0514 quoting 'frieze.com'

If you book online, the password is frieze.com.

this is amazing.

Another link: http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-o...ny-no-13--1326.

Presumably tickets haven't exactly been selling like the proverbial hot cakes. Hopefully it won't just be me and 100 guitarists there though.

By the way, if you want to get two tickets for the price of one, that's only available through seetickets.

yeah, i was surprised when they said he was playing the roundhouse, it's a pretty big venue for a fairly obscure dude. i haven't decided if i'm going yet as he's playing twice at ATP.

I suppose you're going to need a pretty big venue to cope with the sound of 100 guitars being played at once though.

I saw him at the Barbican about ten years ago, and the ground floor was barely sold out if I remember right. They didn't even bother selling tickets for the rest of the hall. Hopefully Frieze are getting some sort of a grant from someone to make up for any losses though lack of ticket sales, but it would be a shame if a half-empty venue ending up meaning that Branca decided not to bother with the UK any more.

I think that Frieze get some money from the Arts Council.

i'm sure frieze must be swimming in money anyway

Damn, wish I'd known about that ticket offer. Bought 3 tickets last week directly from the roundhouse website.

Saw Symphony 10 performed in Cardiff in '94 as part of contemporary music network tour. There was only about 100 in the audience. I think Branca is probably used to small audiences.

If i was in London etc...
But yeah the Roundhouse is really big, i imagine its not been selling well if theres a 2 for 1

Another link: http://entertainment.timesonline.co....cle2589449.ece.