All Saints Church Broad Chalke UK

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This is an edited version of Fripp's first public performance of 2006 in the tiny All Saints' church in the Wiltshire village of Broad Chalke. Though some of the titles look familiar don't be fooled into thinking that Fripp is going over the same ground as before. Rather, he's delving deeper into the areas he'd mapped out during last year's December Suite. Time Stands Still and At The End Of Time fly to another time and space altogether. Along with the luxuriant Pastoral and the intriguing Queer Space Whole Tone, they all contain some of Fripp's most emotive and yearning soloing to date. Graciously unfolding over nearly 80 minutes, the concert builds to a satisfying, if slightly abrupt, conclusion suggesting there was definitely something special going on at All Saints' to make those old church stones sing all the way up to heaven. File next to Blessing Of Tears, November Suite, WFC, Wulfren 2005 i.e. essential.

The tone probes which are available from the same day elsewhere on the site do not appear in this performance.

From Robert's diary

A gentle event, I believe. No idea how it might have been for the audience. The 90 minutes of music may have been 60 too many for some of those present, but the event is always more than the music. Sometimes, the event happens while the music doesn't quite. Sometimes, the music is superb & the audience doesn't connect to it. And those are only two of the possible ways that performance might happen.
All Saints Church Broad Chalke UK

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TRACK
TIME
01
Threshold Bells
01:34
02
Time Stands Still
10:50
03
Queer Jazz Symmetrical
05:53
04
Promenade
06:56
05
Future Shift
01:24
06
At The End Of Time
12:12
07
Promenade
04:57
08
Queer Space Whole Tone
10:59
09
Promenade
06:42
10
Pastoral
08:08
11
Queer Jazz Minor
06:29
12
Coda Promenade
03:10

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Written by David F Snyder
A peak soundscape performance
While following the same general structure as the other soundscapes  in the general time zone of this perfformance, this particular performance finds the heart of that structure and releases a fascinating interplay of tone and temperaments that is richer than others in the series.In Time Stands Still, Mr. Fripp gives an electric guitar solo that plainly paints an aching and longing picture of great beauty.The Queer Improv sections, more numerous (3) than on previous or following performance...
Written by Michael Millington
Broadchalk
Delightful. Buy this and the soundcheck. Of all the soundscape performances I have heard, this is my favorite. Everything really comes together. Of course, it is a little unsettling knowing that the performance was edited down a wee bit, but still. Very stunning.
Written by Robert Whitman
A Clean Transaction
More profound and beautiful music in the Soundscape series... I agree with the previous post that here Robert Fripp uncovers deeper implications of the ideas being revealed in the late 2005 performances. This may be off-topic but i hope the moderator will indulge a comment on the Soundscapes recordings for Microsoft, or direct it to its proper place. Those who appreciate Robert Fripp’s music should be glad anytime he can make, as he said, "a clean transaction" to do what he does. To ...
Written by Michael Flaherty
In Greater Depth
This time out, Robert is not opening for a rock concert, but playing in a church as a featured performer. This gives him more time to stretch out and develop the themes in greater depth.  As another reviewer notes, some of this material was played in the December Suite, but much of it is quite different here.  The December Suite was an interesting set of concerts that provided us with some great performances, but this set is ultimately a more realized statement of t...
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