Fw: THE 18th ANNUAL VICTORIAVILLE NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL FOR 2001!!!!

[Fay Singer <sarafay...>]

Hi Geraldine - am forwarding a small part of a message from Downtown Music
Gallery N.York.  - Noticed the use of the word 'passport' - see in red below)
maybe this is an option for the KlezFest (or another time, maybe?)
I am presuming that a 'passport' may refer to a book of tickets, in 
contradistinction to a whole lot of loose tickets ....

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Downtown Music Gallery <dmg (at) panix(dot)com>
To: <dmg (at) panix(dot)com>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 3:35 AM
Subject: THE 18th ANNUAL VICTORIAVILLE NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL FOR 2001!!!!


> The excitement and exploration of 25 concerts is still pumping 
> through my veins, brain, ears, heart and eyes as another amazing 
> Victo fest has ended for this year, but the spirit remains for the 
> 7000 (!) folks who traveled far and wide to attend!!  What often 
> seems interesting in advance, often turns out to be even better than 
> we could imagine.  Attendance was at an all-time high and festival 
> passports (for all 25 sets) almost doubled over last year.  Why?  Two 
> reasons - this modern music fest is diverse enough to attract a wider 
> variety of adventurous listeners and there are more folks willing to 
> take a chance with artists known and unknown.  This was my 12th fest 
> and it was also the largest crew (six of us) that I have traveled 
> with.  The weather was wonderful, the food in a select few eateries 
> was fabulous (no matter what Zorn says) and the sound at all three 
> halls was nearly perfect as well.  One had to come with an open mind, 
> since the only thread is that this is "music actuelle" or the music 
> of right now.  So each concert was very different.  What is 
> interesting is that everyone seemed to have a different opinion of 
> each concert - what they did or didn't like about it.  This made for 
> some stimulating discussions in between sets.  There were of course a 
> half dozen sets which everyone felt were outstanding and only one set 
> that almost no-one seemed to like.
>       <snip>       >       The festival opened with the best first set in 
> many years by 
> Tibor Szemzo - a marvelous Hungarian composer who has some half dozen 
> engrossing cds on the Leo label.  His superb quintet played lush, 
> haunting and cinematic passages in front of equally haunting scenes 
> from Budapest (Tibor's home) in the sixties.  
>      < snip> > surprising twists and turns.  > > violent, intense explosions 
> - each time escalating to even higher 
> extremes!  > > this year. > > > called 'Fuck the I.N.S.'  Be on the lookout, 
> it might just get banned.
>       Another fun set which was avoided like the plague by the jazz 
> journalist contingent was by Mike Patton's punk-metal-prog-humor..> 
> 
>       John Zorn's Bar Kokhba Chamber Sextet played an absolutely 
> perfect set to a packed and sold out crowd - "Triumphant" the 
> Montreal headlines read!  For this ensemble, Zorn just conducts or 
> cues and prods the sextet.  Zorn was at his most relaxed and charming 
> on stage and the crowd loved every moment.  Marc Ribot played with 
> incredible restraint and haunting/beauty, letting the sparks fly when 
> Zorn prodded him.  Zorn referred to him as playing "Sephardic surf 
> guitar from New Jersey".  The Masada String Trio completely wowed all 
> in attendance.  For an encore, Zorn let the Sextet soloist really 
> shine - there was an amazing percussion duo for Cyro Baptista and 
> Joey Baron, an outstanding string duo for cellist Erik Friedlander 
> and bassist Greg Cohen and to top it off an solo piece for master 
> violinist Mark Feldman - which was phenomenal - another highlight of 
> Victo 2001 and was rewarded with a standing ovation.
>  ....< Zorn blasted and spewed on top 
> - tongue-slapping, circular-breathing fractured notes all over the 
> thick bottom force.  It was really great to hear Bill's fretless bass sound 
> locking in 
with Dave's massive drum onslaught - since 
> Bill's live appearance's are so rare - he sounded even more throbbing 
> and intense with Jah Wobble a week earlier at the Knit.  

  I am pleased that the direction of the fest changes so 
> much year to year.  > 

>   ___________________________________________________________________________
>     Downtown Music Gallery         Telephone: 212-473-0043
>     211 East 5th Street                 Fax:       212-533-5059
>     New York, NY 10003-8520       Email:     dmg (at) panix(dot)com
>    Hours: Sunday though Thursday noon `till 9pm, Fri. & Sat. noon to 10pm.
>    Sundays we have in-store concerts from 7 to 8:30, please don't call then.
>        We're between Cooper Square, (aka 3rd Avenue), and 2nd Avenue.
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