The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #55705   Message #868872
Posted By: The Shambles
17-Jan-03 - 01:19 PM
Thread Name: Kim Howells (PEL)
Subject: RE: Kim Howells
This quote from Segovia, used in 1992 for an advert for Spanish tourism.

[Playing music must be like life itself: an explosion of liberty........]

The Guitar had a long and difficult birth. From its Baroque beginnings, the
instrument passed into Spanish hands. And its passionate nature emerged with
a Spanish style of playing, the 'Rasguado', a rhythmic and simultaneous
beating of all the strings. From this point, the instrument took on a
feeling for life which is peculiarly Spanish.

The vitality of 'Flamenco', laid bare the emotions like no other music. And
to this day, it remains the true tone of Spanish passion. later still, in
the hands of Segovia, the guitar took on a more controlled beauty.

Stawinski opined, "Segovia's guitar doesn't sound loud, but it travels far".
But through recognised as a fully fledged concert instrument, it retained
its freedom of spirit. As the Maestro himself observed, "playing music must
be like life itself: an explosion of liberty."

Today in Spain, the visitor can drink deep from the cup of the country's
guitar playing tradition, in the concert halls or local bar. Either way, the
experience can be magical. For when Spanish hands caress the strings of a
guitar, it takes on human form.

This went out under the slogan Espana, passion for life!

Our slogan...England and Wales, passion for bureaucracy?


The following from Hamish Birchall.
The new licensing criterion 'Entertainment Facilities', paragraph 3 of
Schedule 1, would even render the provision of a piano in a bar a criminal
offence without a licence. That is because it would be a facility for
enabling persons to take part in music-making for purposes which include the
purpose of being entertained. There is no requirement for anyone actually to
be playing the piano, nor for the presence of an audience. The maximum
penalty for unlicensed performance, or music-making facilities, is a £20,000
fine and six months in prison. This is clearly an all-embracing regime in
respect of live music.