This were you...No, unless it's a tour of green grocers...The VVO make
their instruments out of vegetables.
The article:
Hamburg - The sound of 40kg of finely tuned cucumbers, leeks,
potatoes, radishes, peppers, aubergines and marrows entertained a
German audience at a weekend concert by the Viennese Vegetable
Orchestra.
The nine-piece orchestra plays a range of original compositions on
instruments constructed from vegetables - including a flute made from
a carrot, a saxophone carved out of a cucumber and a pumpkin converted
into a double bass.
"I would never have thought you could get sound out of a cucumber," a
young woman at the concert said. Others commented on the raw vegetable
aroma accompanying the melodies.
The Austrian ensemble, three women and six men, said their instruments
are freshly sliced and put together only an hour before each
performance to enhance the sound. Size, texture and water content are
vital to achieving the correct sound.
"Ordinary vegetables work better together than organic vegetables,"
said Matthias Meinharter, who plays a violin fashioned from leeks.
The musicians must also work against the clock. To protect their
instruments from drying out during the performance, they place damp
cloths around the vegetables when they're not in use.
At the end of the performance, the instruments were turned into vegetable soup.
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It's essentially a different way of making instruments. Not much to
add to the skill v stochastic debate but quite amusing. Mine you they
can't much practice...
They have a CD out.
Roger
On 11/16/05, Ken Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Roger Day wrote:
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> >I didn't mean you were in opposition - ah well, it's too late, he's off...
> >
> >
> Was this me or someone else?
>
> As for the Viennese Veggie Orchestra, I would love to hear this. Just
> to say I heard it. Do they go on tour?
>
> ken
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