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	BBC - h2g2 - The Portsmouth Sinfonia - A546491
		The Portsmouth Sinfonia is unusual among orchestras in that it does not require members to display any particular proficiency in their instrument of choice.
		The Sinfonia started out as an experimental scratch orchestra and would have languished forever in the obscurity which musical purists can only believe it deserves, were it not for their visionary recordings of popular classics, most notably a medley entitled Classical Muddly, a spoof on the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's abysmal Hooked on Classics.
		The idea behind the Portsmouth Sinfonia was apparently to reclaim classical music from the tuxedo-nazis, and place it in the hands of people who loved the music for its own sake.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A546491 (757 words)

	Portsmouth Sinfonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Portsmouth Sinfonia was a musical group founded by English composer Gavin Bryars and several of his students, while he was teaching at Portsmouth School of Art in Portsmouth, England, in 1970.
		Their album, Portsmouth Sinfonia Plays the Popular Classics was released in 1973.
		On May 28, 1974, at the height of their popularity, they played a concert at the Royal Albert Hall with conductor John Farley, which sold thousands of tickets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portsmouth_Sinfonia (364 words)

	Biography - Gavin Bryars (Bio 658) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although Bryars wrote his first two major pieces in Portsmouth, probably the most lasting and important project of his time in that town was his founding of the legendary Portsmouth Sinfonia.
		Half art project, half put-on, the Portsmouth Sinfonia was a community orchestra that anybody could join, regardless of skill.
		Brian Eno was a member of the Portsmouth Sinfonia from 1970 to 1974, and through that connection, Bryars became the first artist signed to Eno's Obscure label, whose first release was of the original recordings of both "The Sinking of the Titanic" and "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" in 1975.
	musicbase.h1.ru /PPB/ppb6/Bio_658.htm (857 words)

	Portsmouth Sinfonia
		Nyman accepts the humour inherent in the Sinfonia's readings of the classics, but he argues that there was something profound and subversive occurring amid the guffaws.
		Eno, who produced the Sinfonia's early recordings, has described the orchestra's abilities as "a range of competence, from bona fide virtuosi to extremely incompetent"; the golden rule being, adds Nyman, that "this wasn't an opportunity for skilled musicians to piss around".
		Lewis is currently engaged in a bid to have the Sinfonia's back catalogue issued on CD, as well as planning both a Worst Of compilation album and a reunion concert at the Albert Hall for next year.
	www.portsmouthsinfonia.com /media/sundaytimes.html (1233 words)

	Portsmouth sinfonia - Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority
		From 1969 to 1978 he taught in departments of Fine Art in Portsmouth and of Art he was instrumental in founding the legendary Portsmouth Sinfonia.
		The Portsmouth Sinfonia was "collectively founded by Gavin Bryars and staff and Fine Art students from the Portsmouth Polytechnic"17.
		Portsmouth Sinfonia, Film Festival THE Portsmouth Sinfonia became something of a national institution way back in the 60s in England when I was growing up.
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	brian eno ambient generative albums lyrics links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		THE PORTSMOUTH SINFONIA: THIRTY YEARS ON Liverpool had The Beatles, Manchester had Oasis - and Portsmouth had a scruffy band of classical musicians who couldn't play in time or in tune.
		The Sinfonia was formed in 1970 by a group of students at the Portsmouth College of Art, who wanted to take classical music out of the hands of the "tuxedo-Nazis" and return it to the people.
		The Portsmouth Sinfonia was founded by Portsmouth College of Art's music lecturer Gavin Bryars and students, including Robin Mortimore, James Lampard and conductor John Farley.
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	Telegraph \| Entertainment \| The worlds worst orchestra
		On the May 28, 1974, the cognoscenti were out in force at London's Royal Albert Hall as the Portsmouth Sinfonia, proudly billed as the World's Worst Orchestra, took to the stage before a sell-out crowd.
		Her affinity with the band led to a further collaboration being planned when the Sinfonia was subsequently booked to perform for the inmates at Wandsworth Prison.
		From then on, the Sinfonia became a cornerstone of mid-'70s cool and was much sought-after, not only on these shores - Lewis fondly recalls a TV appearance in Germany to play on the same bill as 10cc.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/05/25/bmworst25.xml (1251 words)

	ChapmanCentral :: The Portsmouth Sinfonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Portsmouth Sinfonia is unusual amongst orchestras in that it does not require members to display any particular proficiency in their instrument of choice.
		On 28 May, 1978, the Sinfonia staged a concert at the Albert Hall.
		Happily the Portsmouth Sinfonia now rejoices in its place as "The World's Worst Orchestra." Their versions of classic rock tracks show the serious orchestras how contemptible their puny efforts are, and their version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, with flugelhorn, is a classic in its own right.
	www.chapmancentral.co.uk /web/public.nsf/Documents/Portsmouth_Sinfonia?OpenDocument (445 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Brian Eno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		During this period, he also toured with Phil Manzanera in the band 801, a "supergroup" that played more or less mutated selections from albums by Eno, Manzanera, and Quiet Sun, as well as covers of classic songs by The Beatles and The Kinks.
		He was a prominent member of the performance art-classical orchestra the Portsmouth Sinfonia - having started playing with them in 1972.
		The Portsmouth Sinfonia Live At The Royal Albert Hall of their infamous May 1974 concert (released in October 1974.) In addition to producing both albums, Eno perfomed in the orchestra on both recordings - playing the clarinet.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Brian+Eno (3153 words)

	Jorge Morel Free \| 563214 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Portsmouth Sinfonia was founded in 1969 by the British composer Gavin Bryars (composrs of Jesus' blood never failed me yet) with a philosophy that...
		The Portsmouth Sinfonia is unusual amongst orchestras in that it does not require The idea behind the Portsmouth Sinfonia was apparently to reclaim...
		Portsmouth Sinfonia The Portsmouth Sinfonia was a musical group founded by English composer Gavin Bryars, while teaching at Portsmouth School of Art.
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	PCL LinkDump: "20 Classic Rock Classics"
		"The Portsmouth Sinfonia was a musical group founded by English composer Gavin Bryars, while teaching at Portsmouth School of Art in Portsmouth, England, in 1970.
		Bryars was interested more in experimenting with the nature of music than forming a traditional orchestra, and instead of picking the most competent musicians he could find, he allowed anyone to join, regardless of talent, ability and experience.
		The only rules were that everyone had to come for rehearsals, and that people should try their best to get it right and not try to sound silly.
	easydreamer.blogspot.com /2006/04/20-classic-rock-classics.html (259 words)

	eBay.co.uk Shops — sinfonia, CDs, Records, Non-Fiction Books — original items at bargain prices. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Sinfonia Antartica PREVIN RCA SB 6736
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	egoverse: Q: A song for the chocolate factory after dark?
		My choice, and I admit that it's a rather obvious one (ha, but not the most obvious, see footnote), is the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, a sweet and suitably creepy piece of music.
		And on a particular twisted night I would even go for the Portsmouth Sinfonia's rendition of the same (from Portsmouth Sinfonia Plays...
		This now defunct orchestra was founded on the idea of harnessing the raw energy of people with no or little experience on their respective instruments, and combining them with some seasoned players who knew what the music was roughly supposed to sound like.
	ivison.org /egoverse/2006/04/q-song-for-chocolate-factory-after.html (586 words)

	Portsmouth Sinfonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		If you are a fan of the Portsmouth Sinfonia and want to be on the mailing list for information about the planned reissue of the Sinfonia recordings - please email us.
		If you have a fun recollection of hearing the Portsmouth Sinfonia recordings - or seeing them on TV or in concert - please share your memories with us and other fans!
		Members of the media may contact the manager of The Portsmouth Sinfonia via e-mail.
	www.portsmouthsinfonia.com (259 words)

	Gavin Bryars
		Now one of the better-known modern composers, Gavin Bryars began his music career as a jazz bassist, performing in an improvisational context with musicians such as guitarist Derek Bailey and drummer Tony Oxley.
		Beginning in 1966, he spent a period in the United States collaborating with avant garde composers John Cage and Cornelius Cardew before returning to the U.K. and assuming a teaching position at the Portsmouth College of Art, which he held between 1969 and 1978.
		It was during this time that he founded the Portsmouth Sinfonia, a unique orchestra that does not require its members to have any particular musical proficiency.
	www.nndb.com /people/751/000044619 (236 words)

	Rummage Through The Crevices: Portsmouth Sinfonia : The World's Worst Orchestra
		May 28th this year marked the 30th anniversary of the first performance by the legendarily shambolic DIY orchestra, The Portsmouth Sinfonia.
		Originally conceived in the early 70's by English avant-garde composer, Gavin Bryars, the Portsmouth Sinfonia was an orchestra that anyone could join - regardless of whether or not they could actually play an instrument...
		Brian Eno was an early participant who became the Sinfonia's clarinetist, even though he had never played the instrument before.
	www.filmcement.org /rummage/archives/000050.html (270 words)

	The Portsmouth Sinfonia to return? \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Thirty years later, there are plans to release Portsmouth Sinfonia's output on compact disc by way of celebration.
		The Portsmouth Sinfonia had it's origins in the Scratch Orchestra put together by Cornelius Cardew to perform Paragraph II of his "Great Learning".
		I think the charm of the Portsmouth Sinfonia probably can't stand too much analysis but listening to those clips made the tears of joy spring forth again.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/38523 (2098 words)

	eBay.co.uk - sinfonia, CDs, Records, Cassettes items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		grohe sinfonia 3 tap hole basin mixer chrome
		PORTSMOUTH SINFONIA - Classical Muddly - 45rpm 7" sgle
		Mozart Piano Concertos.21 and 24.City Of London Sinfonia.
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	Hello admirers of The Portsmouth Sinfonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		What would help us to achieve this is to have e-mails from Portsmouth Sinfonia fans letting us know that they want the albums on CD.
		Send your e-mail to me: sinfonia@martinlewis.com The subject heading should be: Portsmouth Sinfonia I will add you to our e-mail list so that you have new information as soon as we have it.
		When the albums are reissued - we will be launching an official Portsmouth Sinfonia website - www.portsmouthsinfonia.com - which will feature news, history, photos, rare materials etc. But we hope that Herbert continues to run this fan site.
	www.specht-h.at /news200106.htm (381 words)

	Portsmouth Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More
		MEMBERS of the Worldâs Worst Orchestra have been casting their minds back to the day, exactly 30 years ago, when the Portsmouth Sinfonia hit the big time and a concert in the Royal Albert Hall sold out.
		The sinfonia was formed in 1970 by a group of students at Portsmouth College of Art.
		The famous Albert Hall date came after the sinfonia wrote to the BBC in 1973 asking if it could perform in one of its promenade concerts â“ billed as making classical music accessible to the masses.
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	junkmusic.org - Donald Knaack (The Junkman) plays Junk Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Using a steel manufacturer's saw horse as a base, the Sinfonia contains automobile springs, road sign, steel grates, pots and pans, steel rollers from an assembly line, shovel, scrap pipe, oil pans and plastic barrels.
		Two Junk Music Playstations were loaned to the museum from The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH and three from the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, VT. The five Playstations were on interactive exhibition all summer.
		In addition, The Junkman trained the museum's staff to hold Junkjam s with visitors throughout the day and there was a space for visitors to make their own Junk Music instrument from recycled materials.
	www.junkmusic.org /junkmusic/playstations.html (1027 words)

	Portsmouth Sinfonia - AOL Music
		If you are a fan of the Portsmouth Sinfonia and want to be on the mailing list for...
		On the May 28, 1974, the cognoscenti were out in force at London's Royal Albert Hall as the Portsmouth Sinfonia, proudly billed as the World's Worst...
		Download, listen and watch Portsmouth Sinfonia music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
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		Portsmouth Sinfonia "William Tell Overture" Rare Oz 7"
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		PORTSMOUTH SINFONIA 1973 LP BRIAN ENO GAVIN BRYARS
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	Portsmouth Sinfonia MP3 Files Infos Music Download Pictures
		The Portsmouth Sinfonia albums have not yet been released on CD.
		You can read a message from the Portsmouth Sinfonia manager here.
		Hallelujah: The Portsmouth Sinfonia Live At The Royal Albert Hall
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	NPR : Another Batch of Annoying Music
		His latest excuse for visiting with NPR's Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday: playing submissions by NPR listeners for other NPR listeners (or at least those who forget to turn off their radios in time).
		The Portsmouth Sinfonia's version of Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra", also known as the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, is high on the list of suggestions.
		The Sinfonia consists of skilled and unskilled musicians -- anyone could join the orchestra.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1342041 (313 words)

	There Is No Cat - The Portsmouth Sinfonia of Tuvan Throat Singing
		They're going to be performing on Andy Kershaw's show on BBC Radio 3 this month.
		Wow - a reference to the legendary Sinfonia.
		Next Friday (May 28th) is the exact 30th anniversary of their concert at the Royal Albert Hall...
	www.thereisnocat.com /showme560.html (361 words)

	Mojo: The Oblique Strategist
		It was an orchestra that anybody could join and, of course, most of the people that did couldn't play musical instruments.
		Being thrown out of The Portsmouth Sinfonia - that really must be the lowest of the low!
		One of the things I liked about my old AMS "suitcase synthesizer", and the thing that really started me off thinking about producing, was that it had an input for another instrument, so you could feed something into it and then start playing with the sound of that other instrument.
	music.hyperreal.org /artists/brian_eno/interviews/enoprod.html (3142 words)

	Low Classical Usic
		The Portsmouth Sinfonia specialized in only playing popular classics (made popular, as Michael Nyman points out in his book experimental music - Cage and beyond, by "sources outside the concert hall - the William Tell Overture from the Lone Ranger series, the 1812 from Family Favorites").
		Spike Jones and the City Slickers, The Portsmouth Sinfonia, and the Scratch Orchestra all had a place in their repertoires for "Classical Music" - as Spike said, they could use them to show their "musical depreciation".
		Michael Bond's extremely straight-faced address to the opening of the Sinfonia's Royal Albert Hall concert, his referring to the pieces to be played as having "been known and loved by each one of us" is greeted by much laughter.
	www.fyi.net /~anon/WdmUUsicEssaysLCU.html (6041 words)

	Eno: Keyboard Wizards, Winter 1985
		Another intriguing project that you were involved in a few years ago was the Portsmouth Sinfonia.
		From that description, it sounds as though the Sinfonia might have had some impact on the way your records sound.
		He was listening to the track in the control room, and when he cued me I would start singing, so that my pitch is deliberately slightly off and my timing is slightly off, to reproduce that effect.
	music.hyperreal.org /artists/brian_eno/interviews/keyb81.html (11317 words)

	electro-music.com :: View topic - THE REAL GODFATHERS OF PUNK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Florence, in the 70's there was a musical collective called "NEEM" that stands for New Heretic-Musical Experiences whose performances were outstandingly crazy, in the same vein of the Portsmouth Sinfonia but more on the free jazz side.
		Both NEEM and Portsmouth Sinfonia were available on C-60 and C-90 tapes.
		The way I see this, the claim that the Portsmouth Sinfonia dudes are the godfathers of punk, is simply incorrect.
	electro-music.com /forum/post-32802.html (3094 words)

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