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The Dutch for the ‘New Percussion Group of Amsterdam’ is Nieuwe Slagwerkgroep Amsterdam, hence ‘NSA’. In the composer’s words: “In Go Between the mallet players build a musical framework with a repetitive structure. The acoustic drums and percussion are completely integrated within the system, but come forward to take over the leading role several times. The character of the composition shifts whimsically between rock and art music.”
The rehearsals for, and concert of, this music took place at the fabulous Amsterdam Concertgebouw concert hall. It's the same place that used to run midnight rock concerts in the 1970s, the air so thick with weed you could cut it with a knife. King Crimson played and recorded one of those shows. The music was released as the Night Watch: Live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw November 23rd 1973; appropriately enough - the title being that of the
1642 painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn.
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