Richard Thompson Preforming Near Argyll Hotel Glasgow.
Wednesday 21st January 2009, 7.30pm
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall : Auditorium
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall : Auditorium
When asked by a well-known publication, back in 1999, to nominate his favourite songs of the last millennium, Richard Thompson took this request rather literally. While his list never made it into print, it did inspire this unique, unanimously acclaimed musical history-lesson, originally performed at LA’s Getty Museum in 2000, and subsequently released on CD and DVD.
Thompson’s brilliantly idiosyncratic survey of songcraft leads audiences on a journey from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, taking in medieval ballads, Jacobean opera and Victorian music-hall before sampling modern songwriters as diverse as the Beatles, Squeeze, Prince and Abba.
Spanning the centuries with Thompson’s trademark bone-dry wit and astounding guitar mastery, the show features accompaniment from Judith Owen (vocals, piano) and Debra Dobkin (percussion, vocals).
Only Thompson, surely, could successfully tackle such a daunting, dizzying diversity of songs, simultaneously capturing their individual essence and minting them afresh, all the while making them unmistakably his own. (Sunday Herald)
Please note that there will be no support act for this performance.
Thompson’s brilliantly idiosyncratic survey of songcraft leads audiences on a journey from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, taking in medieval ballads, Jacobean opera and Victorian music-hall before sampling modern songwriters as diverse as the Beatles, Squeeze, Prince and Abba.
Spanning the centuries with Thompson’s trademark bone-dry wit and astounding guitar mastery, the show features accompaniment from Judith Owen (vocals, piano) and Debra Dobkin (percussion, vocals).
Only Thompson, surely, could successfully tackle such a daunting, dizzying diversity of songs, simultaneously capturing their individual essence and minting them afresh, all the while making them unmistakably his own. (Sunday Herald)
Please note that there will be no support act for this performance.
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