Piano:

Easy to Slip Away
Siren Song
Just Good Friends
Too Many of My Yesterdays

Guitar:

Comfortable? [possibly 'Nightman']
Shingle song
If I Could
Modern
Time For A Change
Patient

Piano:

Autumn
Unrehearsed
Bubble
A Way Out
Stranger Still
Still Life

Encore: Traintime [most likely on piano]



22 Feb El Universal Article

Spanish, then English Translation



Hola a todos:

La verdad es que no se como empezar este mensaje

. El viernes pasado en la noche se hizo realidad un sue񯠬argamente acariciado por mi, mis amigos y muchos asistentes al Celarg. Pensscribir estas lineas apenas llegu la casa, incluso prenda mina a la 1am, a pesar del cansancio por la larga jornada, el toque de Sonda y la adrenalina desparramada. Sin embargo, pensue luego de madurar la experiencia tendr mcosas que contar. Y as Nuestra aficior la ma de Hammill estirectamente relacionada con la honestidad, la autenticiad musical, tan escasa estos dias, la consecuencia con un modo de concebir el hecho art ico, con la libertad de creacicon la beda de la verdad interior, con el lado "romantico" de la vida, en f con una forma de entender la vida que pasa de las modas, las poses y los clich Hammill es un tipo que siente lo que hace con una tremenda intensidad y eso lo trasmite. Permancer indiferente ante su musica es imposible: o se le ama o se le odia. No hay terminos medios. Creo, sin lugar a equivocarme, que anoche las expectativas fueron largamente rebasadas.

El torbellino emocional que me produjo Peter Hammill el viernes es dificilmente describible en un email. Muchos a 10, 15, 20, esperando la oportunidad de verlo en vivo, coleccionando su musica, videos y material no oficial de todo tipo. Sin duda que el repertorio escogido fuspecialmente concebido por Peter para una ocasion especial como la que nos tocvir: su primer concierto del a de la dda y su debut en Venezuela. Oir piezas que ten muchos a񯳠sin intrepretar en vivo, como Still Life, Autumn, The Siren Song, Easy to slip away, ha sido un privilegio. Hubo momentos de aut鮴ica conmoci󮬠minutos de gloria emocional irrepetibles. El trio de If I Could, Modern (que final!) y el infaltable clᳩco Time for a Change definen el lado tormentoso y romantico de Peter. Just good Friends recibi󠵮a cᬩda y merecida bienvenida, luego de una bellisima The Siren Song y el sorprendente inicio con Easy to Slip Away de 1973. Yo pocas veces he sentido una sensaci󮠴an estremecedora como con Stranger Still, cuyo final fu頍 tan intenso y desgarrador que todav���mientras escribo estas lineas se me eriza la piel y se me hiela la sangre. Creo que Peter jamas imagin󠱵e en Caracas recibir���una de las ovaciones mas tremendas. Aun sin recuperarme de ese final, sobrevino una nueva carga emocional con Still Life una de las composiciones m᳠ viscelares de toda su vasta discografia.

Es una de mis piezas favoritas, con una linea de texto que reza "Nothing can ever be the same", que a partir de este concierto es una realidad. El regalo, Traintime, nos volvi󠡠mostrar a un fenomenal Stuart jugando con el arco del violin. Pero anoche no todo fu頍 Hammill. Es probable que muchos asistentes se hayan sorprendido por el virtuosismo, ingenio y peso musical del viol���inmenso de Stuart Gordon. Su sonido fu頳encillamente 򮩣o, y su aporte a la concepcion y desarrollo de cada pieza fu頡bsolutamente brillante. Stuart es un talento como pocos, un academico ganado a la musica pop, para nuestra gran suerte. Sus recursos son muchos, pero entre todos los que nos mostr󠦵頥l Wah-Wah el que mas me impresion󬠡 tal punto de que el recuerdo de Hendrix vino a mi mente. Su viol���puede oirse en grabaciones de muchos otros artistas, entre ellos, XTC (Apple Venus Vol 1). En el proximo disco de la excepcional banda inglesa Porcupine Tree Stuart colabora en tres piezas. Yo creo que estuve predestinado desde que Carlos Souki me dijo que Hammill estaba confirmado para el 18 de febrero. Sin buscarlo surgi󠥬 chance de Sonda a Barnard para abrir la velada. El hecho en si de la visita me permiti󠥮trevistarlo por email, haciendo una primera aproximacion a lo que seria este concierto. Las impresiones que me dej󠥳e contacto virtual fueron confirmadas en Caracas. Luego el pasado jueves 17, estando yo de viaje en USA, mi vuelo de regreso coincidi󠣯n el de Peter, por lo cual, pudimos entablar una primera aunque corta conversa, truncada por nuestro mutuo cansancio y jet lag. Desde ese momento, Stuart comenz󠡠mostrase como una persona increiblemente bromista. Ya el viernes algunos asitimos a la prueba de sonido, corta, en la que toc󠐲imo on the Parapet, que por razones deconocidas no interpret󠥮 el show.

Yendo el sabado hacia Esperanto, donde le esparaba una sesion de firmas, le compramos una Guia Turistica de Venezuela, a ver si regresan a turistear, aunque la prioridad es que vuelva otra vez a tocar, cosa que yo veo probable. Es increible como puede una persona tan apacible, de buenos modales y respetuoso tratamiento, transformarse en un remolino de pasiones sobre un escenario. Pero as���s Hammill, as���eguirᠳiendo y as���o queremos y respetamos. Lo necesitamos. Ha quedado muy contento con esta presentacion, de hecho piensa que es una de sus mas logradas de los ultimos a񯳮 Yo creo que a ninguno de nosotros se nos olvidarᮠNothing can ever be the same.

Saludos

Juan Carlos Ballesta

PD: Los invito a leer la excelente entrevista que el periodista Manuel Lebon de El Universal le hizo el viernes pasado en la ma񡮡 y que sale publicada hoy. http://universal.eud.com/2000/02/22/22310AA.shtml






Hello to all: The truth is that not like beginning this message Last Friday at night reality was made a dream long caressed by my, my friends and many assistants to the Celarg. I thought to write these lines as soon as I arrived at the house, I even caught the machine to 1am, in spite of the fatigue by the long day, the touch of Sounding and the open adrenalin.
br> Nevertheless, I thought that after maturing the experience it would have more things than to count. And thus it is. Our liking by the music of Hammill directly is related to the honesty, autenticiad musical, so little these days, the consequence with a way to conceive the artistic fact, with the freedom of creation, the search of the inner truth, with " the romantico " side of the life, in f��� with a form to understand the life that happens of the fashions, the poses and the cliches.

Hammill is a type that feels what does with a tremendous intensity and that trasmite. Indifferent Permancer before its musica is impossible: or it is loved to him or it is hated to him. There are no average terminos. I create, without place to mistake to me, that last night the expectations long were exceeded.

The emotional eddy that produced Peter Hammill Friday to me is dificilmente describeible in an email. Many years, 10, 15, 20, hoping the opportunity to see it live, collecting its musica, videos and material nonofficial of all type. Without a doubt that the selected repertoire fu頳pecially conceived by Peter for a special occasion like which it was called on to us to live:

its first concert of the year and the decade and his debut in Venezuela. Oir pieces that were many years old without intrepretar live, like Still Life, Autumn, The Siren Song, Easy to slip away, has been a privilege. There were moments of authentic commotion, unique minutes of emotional glory. Trio of If I Could, Modern (that final) and the classic infaltable for Time to Change defines the stormy and romantico side of Peter. Just good Friends received a warm one and deserved welcome, after one bellisima The Siren Song and the surprising beginning with Easy to Slip Away of 1973.

I not very often have felt a as frightening sensation as with Stranger Still, whose so intense and heartrendering end fu頴hat still while I write these lines it makes bristle the skin to me and freezes the blood to me. I believe that Peter jamas imagined that in Caracas he would receive one of the tremendous ovaciones but. Even without recovering to me of that end, viscelares of all its vast discografia happened a new emotional load with Still Life one of the compositions more.

Thus is one of my favorite pieces, with a line of text that says " Nothing dog to ever be the same ", that from this concert is a reality. The gift, Traintime, returned to show to us a phenomenal Stuart playing with the arc of the violin. But last night not everything fu須ammill.

It is probable that many assistants have been surprised by the virtuosity, talent and musical weight of the immense violin of Stuart Gordon. Its simply unique sound fu鬠and its contribution to the conception and development of each absolutely shining piece fu鮠Stuart is a talent as few, a academico gained to the pop musica, for our great luck. Their resources are many, but between all those that the Wah-Wah showed to us fu頴he one that but it impressed to me, such point from that the memory of Hendrix came to my mind. Its violin can be oir in recordings of many other artists, among them, XTC (Apple Venus Vol 1).

In proximo disc of the exceptional English band Porcupine Tree Stuart collaborates in three pieces. I believe that I was predestined since Carlos Souki said to me that Hammill was confirmed for the 18 of February. Without looking for it chance arose from Sounding to Barnard to open the evening. The fact in if of the visit it allowed me to interview it by email, doing one first approach to which serious east concert. The printings that that virtual contact left me were confirmed in Caracas. Soon the past Thursday 17, being I of trip in the USA.

The USA, my flight of return agreed with the one of Peter, thus, we could establish one first although it cuts talks, truncated by our mutual fatigue and jet lag. From that moment, Stuart began to showed like an incredibly joking person. Already Friday some asitimos to the test of sound, cuts, in which the Parapet touched Primo on, that for deconocidas reasons it did not interpret in the show.

Going the sabado one towards Esperanto, where him esparaba a session of companies, we bought Turistica Guide to him of Venezuela, to see if they return to turistear, although the priority is that it again returns to touch, thing that I see probable. It is incredible as a so calm person can, of good modales and respectful processing, to transform itself into an eddy of passions on a scene.

But thus it is Hammill, thus it will continue being and thus we want it and we respected. We needed it. It has been very contented with this presentation, in fact it thinks that one is of his but obtained of the ultimos years. I believe that to no of us she will forget to us. Nothing dog to ever be the same.

Greetings

Juan Carlos Crossbow
br> PS: I invite them to read the excellent interview that the journalist Manuel Lebon of the Universal one did Friday to him last in the morning and that leaves today published

http://universal.eud.com/2000/02/22/22310AA.shtml

Thanks very much to Riccardo and Gabriel for the material

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