Second night of Primavera Sound Porto belonged to Patti … – LUSA

The second night of the Primavera Sound music festival in Puerto belonged to American Patti Smith and the British Antony Hegarty, who appeared on stage with orchestra, a day filled with intense concerts.

The second of two Patti Smith concert at the event was headlining the fact that represent the full action of the artist’s debut album, named” Horses “, which marks 40 years in 2015.

The result was a disc, complete with a note at the time of turning vinyl to start the B side, which had its peak in “Land,” a song with more than nine minutes in the original and it came to become the album’s opening theme, “Gloria”.

Even before “Elegie”, the last song “Horses,” Smith recalled that the subject had been written in memory of guitarist Jimi Hendrix, but today could cover all those who have since disappeared, leaving an appeal to the public:. “All people have loved and lost, know that this song is to be sung by all of them”

Always applauded the public of the Porto festival, Patti Smith thanked him and said he hoped to be invited back to work in Porto, in a concert that ended with “Because the Night” and “People have the power.”

At the same stage where Patti Smith played before 00:00 today already the orchestra that would support Antony Hegarty was in his place, wearing white robes.

Antony, also in white, repeated the experiment that had already put in practice before, including in Portugal when took the stage in Cascais, three years ago, then accompanied by the Sinfonietta Orchestra of Lisbon

The music -., and their silences before tens of thousands of people – worked in coordination with the 1973 film “Mr. O’s Book of the Dead “by Chiaki Nagano, with songs from the album” I am a bird now “as” You are my sister, “” Hope there’s someone “or more danceable songs like” Blind “by Hercules and the Love project Affair

About 10 minutes after the end of Antony’s concert, because by 1:40, three stages continued to move:. as Ariel Pink started, Jungle marked the first beats and Run The Jewels came into play to the tune of “We are the champions” by Queen.

In the Primavera Sound continues today, the last day of the fourth edition of the festival, with 21 concerts in four stages, including names like Ride, Damien Rice, Foxygen among many others.

TDI // Md.

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