Composer appears naked at his premiere

Composer appears naked at his premiere

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norman lebrecht

October 08, 2016

This may seem a little retro, but Australian composer Andrew Batt-Rawden, 31, thought his new string quartet might seem cool if he turned up naked on stage.

Fullfrontal report here.

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Photo: James Brickwood

Comments

  • John Borstlap says:
    October 8, 2016 at 9:45 pm

    It seems that while exploring identity, he found that the emperor had no clothes on….

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7lej1-PlTk

    ….so a real demonstration would make the point clearer:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5voHf-H1R4Q

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  • Cyril Blair says:
    October 8, 2016 at 10:13 pm

    The idiocy is painful.

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  • Robert Roy says:
    October 9, 2016 at 1:21 pm

    If only only Haydn, Beethoven and Barton had thought to do that then, perhaps, their quartets would have gained some credibility.

    Oh, hang on…

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  • Robert Roy says:
    October 9, 2016 at 1:22 pm

    Sorry, Bartok.

    Maybe I should put some clothes on!

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  • Sixtus says:
    October 9, 2016 at 4:19 pm

    I’m going to assume that’s a full size violin in the picture. Wonder how big his hands are . . .

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