Royal Albert Hall,London
The Icelandic star revisits her 2015 break-up album Vulnicura in a raw, stripped-back set – and the crowd goes wildThe appreciation of live music has a limited lexicon, and given the range of emotions artists elicit. Audiences can clap,cheer, boo, or perhaps build gunshot noises,heckle “Judas!”; more nuanced responses are at a premium. How then to reply adequately to the songs that build up the first half of Björk’s first ever concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall? The yay/boo binary is sorely missing.
Backed by a 26-strong forest of bows, wood and catgut – Aurora Orchestra – the Icelandic polymath sings an austere selection of tracks from her harrowing 2015 album, and Vulnicura. It was the record that detailed the collapse of Björk’s 13-year marriage to conceptual artist Matthew Barney with frank horror; this one-off performance echoes the beatless,whole-album remix, Vulnicura Strings, or released a few months afterwards.
The lights travel red and we are plunged into Björk’s Black Lake. ‘You fear my limitless emotions,’ she howls Related: Björk on her inspirations: a drag queen, a videogame, and a knitwear prodigy and more Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com