[ GUNST ]

outlandish
radia #510: second sketch for ascent and descent/a secret postscript + radia #378: truus makes waves
[pls. scroll down for english version]

ein konzert. eine oper. eigentlich klassische formate. alles andere als ungewöhnlich. oder möglicherweise doch?

im ersten teil der sendung reisen wir mit dem resonance radio orchestra in die highlands, um an einer experimentellen radio-performance teilzunehmen.

im anschluss führt truus de groot (aka geertruda de groot hrnjak) eine autobiographische oper auf, in der sie auf mehr als dreissig jahre der eigenen lebensgeschichte zurückblickt.

credits und hintergrundinformationen: siehe unten.

[english]

a concert. an opera. classics indeed. all but unusual for a radio broadcast. or rather not?

in the first part of the show a group of musicians and radio artists heads up to the highlands for a live radio experiment:

"The Resonance Radio Orchestra was up in Scotland in August 2014 when Resonance104.4fm broadcast Remote Performances, live from Outlandia, Glen Nevis, in a collaboration between the radio station and artists London Fieldworks. This live radiophonic work is called 'Second Sketch for Ascent and Descent'. It was written, arranged and produced by Ed Baxter, and features Ed Baxter (bass guitar), Tam Dean Burn (voice), Ewen Campbell (whistling), Miriam Iowerth (xylophone), Peter Lanceley (electric guitar, singing), Charlie Menzies (fiddle), and Michael Umney (piano). In November 2014 we asked eminent American country singer Bob Cheevers to read a script for a new work. At the end of that recording he improvised a fragmentary text which – since it fitted perfectly with the theme, unbeknownst to Bob – we've now combined with the other Remote Performances material as 'A Secret Postscript'." [E.B.]

afterwards radio worm invites us to an autobiographical opera by truus de groot (aka geertruda de groot hrnjak) about her earliest years in the US. dealing with the isolation and loneliness through her ongoing often humorous audio observations that she has collected over the years:

"The piece starts out with Truus reading form her Diary in 1980, shortly before her departure to the US. Just minor observations of a 20 year old, nothing special yet a moment in time. Not really a clue she would be going to the US mere months later, never to call the Netherlands her home again. It was an adventure looking back for her, but at that time these were just impulsive decisions. Never thinking twice, why am I doing this? Is there future here?? What will I do?
Her first stop was a connection she made on a whim in Eindhoven, David Linton, who lived in Tribeca, NY. His roommate was Lee Renaldo, who was at that time painting. From there her US journey began. In her isolation she could see the absurd humor of a culture that was so new to her. The many hours spent just looking at people, their silly habits, crazy public fights, moody encounters, make this opera a time capsule of sorts. It also conveys her frustrations of being harassed endlessly by the prying eyes of males that feasted their eyes on a beautiful yet naive young immigrant.
However bothersome that might have been, Truus always translated it into humorous musical reflections. It is not dark yet perhaps a bit cynical, but full of irony. It travels from 1979 to up to around 1990?s." [R.W.]

credits:
miss.gunst would like to thank the following artists and sound collectors:
jovica for the space machine, corsica s for some beautiful radiator sounds;
the resonance radio orchestra and resonance104.fm, london, as well as truus de groot (aka geertruda de groot hrnjak) and radio worm, rotterdam, for their outlandish radio pieces;
as well as radia.fm radio art network for being a crowd of incredibly creative partners.

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