Rhys Chatham (7 of 8) 200 Electric Guitars - The Finale

Note acts of religious fervor beginning at 7:29. Lincoln Center Out of Doors in New York City, Saturday, August 8, 2009. No one yelled for Freebird.
Per New York Times:
★ RHYS CHATHAM: A CRIMSON GRAIL FOR 200 ELECTRIC GUITARS (Saturday) This isnt the first time the minimalist composer Rhys Chatham has tried to corral 200 electric guitars and a troop of electric basses into performing his original piece A Crimson Grail: last year the concert was thwarted by rain. (To date it has been performed only once, with 400 guitars in Paris in 2005.) The event, which Lincoln Center estimates may draw as many as 10,000 observers, has taken on a near-miraculous air — it just might be the cant-miss concert of the summer. (Its a tough act to precede, but the New York band Liquid Liquid will — bravely — open.) At 7:30 p.m., Damrosch Park, Columbus Avenue at 62nd Street, Lincoln Center, (212) 875-5766, lincolncenter.org; free. (Petrusich)

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[tonighti]

Wow. I was totally moved by the music, and when the crowd spontaneously stood. The power of music!

[lonelycubicle]

It was great to be there.

[voiceofthesoul]

Thanks so much for filming/posting this. It was the most beautiful sound I've ever heard.I 'm glad I could be a part of it.

Section 1 , Alto 2 # 47 here :)

[lonelycubicle]

Really great to hear it outdoors.

[chubbo]

Thank you lonelycubicle, you rawk!!!

[lonelycubicle]

No, you rawked!!, but thanks.

[fasolplanetarium]

I appreciate Chatham's work immensely, but I feel as though the presence of a percussionist COMPLETELY derails the premise of this piece.

[EsveldtCamine9]

Seeing this just took away my hangover.

[lacancomplices]

Thanks for posting, what a fantastic post and music! Greetings from germany

[rascalrascal]

fucking huge

[Polyfusia]

Greatly*

[Polyfusia]

A real shame that you can find none of this mans music, either in a store, or online.

I've always been a fan of Robert Poss, who was greatless influenced by Chatham.

In fact, Poss was the one to record an album entitled "Distortion Is Truth".

I can think of no better explanation for the reaction of the audience.

If you take a synthesizer, hold one note, suspend its sustain, and progressively press every other note on the keyboard, it builds into something that sounds like distortion.

[frampoking]

Really Good but 5 minutes plus until the music changes is a bit much of a long intro