A uncommon dwell live performance that includes brothers Brian Eno and Roger Eno is to premiere in cinemas throughout the UK on March 2, 2023.
‘Reside At The Acropolis’ was filmed at Athens’ Odeon of Herodes Atticus amphitheatre in August 2021, as a part of the annual Epidaurus Pageant.
The live performance included a backdrop of Brian Eno’s photographs projected onto the partitions of the amphitheatre, as Brian and Roger carried out music from their 2020 album ‘Mixing Colors’. They had been joined by Roger’s daughter and Brian’s niece, Cecily Eno, on vocals, ukulele and mandolin, Leo Abrahams on guitars and Peter Chilvers on keyboards.
In addition to enjoying fan favourites, the live performance additionally featured the pair premiering model new music from their respective 2022 album releases – Brian Eno’s ‘FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE’ and Roger Eno’s ‘The Turning Yr’.
The live performance will premiere on March 2, with details about screenings and tickets out there here.
“I don’t carry out dwell fairly often, however I couldn’t miss the prospect to carry out in what will be the world’s oldest theatre, positioned on the birthplace of Western Civilisation,” Brian Eno mentioned. “I’m grateful to Roger, Cecily, Leo and Peter who made this uncommon look memorable for me, and to the good film-maker Tilo Krause who managed to make a wonderful documentation of the entire occasion.”
Roger added: “The performers had fairly a unique view to the members of the viewers – they noticed Brian’s gorgeous visuals on the traditional partitions of Odeon of Herodes Atticus, while we noticed, above our heads, the illuminated Parthenon as if floating within the blackness of night time.
“It was an distinctive honour to carry out in such a spot. This movie, I feel, captures the second precisely and sensitively. However it’s greater than a mere momento or a doc – it’s a work of magnificence in itself that may now be shared worldwide.”
In different information, final 12 months a brand new documentary about Eno’s life and profession was introduced by director Gary Hustwit.
The filmmaker’s official web site featured a web page for a documentary referred to as Eno, which is described as “the definitive career-spanning, multi-platform documentary about visionary musician and artist Brian Eno”. A launch date is but to be introduced, however the web site states the movie is “coming in 2023”.