fatback Posted October 22, 2013 Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) Amazing programme on Sky arts last night about Kinshasa's (and maybe Congo's) only classical orchestra. This is in a country torn to pieces by war and where daily life is a desperate struggle. All the players are amateurs who conjured their instruments out of lord knows where. When they started they had to replace broken violin strings with bicycle brake cables. The double bass player sacrificed his own instrument by taking it to bits so he could work out how to make two more, which he did. Totally humbling. The proper name of the doco is Kinshasa Symphony. [url="http://www.africandigitalart.com/2010/10/kinshasa-symphony-a-documentary/"]http://www.africandigitalart.com/2010/10/kinshasa-symphony-a-documentary/[/url] Edited October 22, 2013 by fatback Quote
philparker Posted October 22, 2013 Posted October 22, 2013 Hey, that looks fantastic! It's on again on Thursday morning at 8 am on Sky Arts 2, so I've set my recorder and will watch it next week when I come back from my weekend of gigging in the NW! Quote
ubassman Posted October 22, 2013 Posted October 22, 2013 Saw a trailer for it but missed the programme ! Quote
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