Robert’s diary noted that Worcester provided “An audience with more young persons than at any Soundscapes performance I remember. A good attendance for lunchtime, and supportive.” From his pew seat that day, audient Pete Wiseman commented “ there were quite a few teenage music-students (with guitar bags and chit-chat and an IRON MAIDEN t-shirt!)... RF...was up and introduced by a priest. He played two pieces, with a short address (no Q&A) and thanks at the end. During each piece the music really took me somewhere - I couldn’t understand how it could be so tranquil and yet get so LOUD and energisingly SOARING! And I couldn’t understand, either time, how I’d gone from being annoyed by whispers and laboured breathing, to a state of concentrated quiet. It was great to see Fripp at last, but even better with eyes closed! The music was subtle, powerful, life-affirming...”
