Takemitsu’s greatest hit, with a hole in the knee

Takemitsu’s greatest hit, with a hole in the knee

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norman lebrecht

December 09, 2015

The guitarist Milos launched an album of Beatles covers at Abbey Road this lunchtime.

He opened with ‘Yesterday’ in the slightly futuristic transcription by Toru Takemitsu. Difficult to bring off but he took it slow and with great panache. He went on to talk movingly about coping with a hand injury.

 

 

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We did wonder, however, why Milos needed to sport a hipster hole in the right knee of his designer jeans. Must be we’re not hipster enough

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Here’s a hipster track.

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Comments

  • Alvaro says:

    As long as there are guitar-related news here, Happy Camper. Thanks Norman. And Thanks Milos!

  • Mark Beech says:

    I was standing right by you Norman. Pleased to have “met” after all these years.

  • Mark Beech says:

    He obviously needs to make a few quid so he can repair his pants.. these impoverished classical musicians ha

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