Sonic Youth-gitarist Lee Ranaldo stelt teleur met stormschilderij op @hollandfestival

by Wijbrand Schaap
15 June 201330 March 2022
3 min read
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Er bestaat dus figuratieve muziek. Muziek die, net als een figuratief schilderij, een tamelijk accurate afbeelding van de werkelijkheid biedt. De compositie 'Hurricane Transcriptions' van Sonic Youth-gitarist Lee Ranaldo is zo'n plaatje: 17 strijkers van het tamelijk weergaloze ensemble Kaleidoskop doen een aardige impressie van de orkaan Sandy die New York vorig jaar trof, en Lee Ranaldo zingt daar een liedje bij.
Teleurstellend? Best wel. Eigenlijk net zo teleurstellend als het optreden van Gr...

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Wijbrand Schaap

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009. Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.View Author posts

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