Friday, August 24, 2007

A TASTE OF MUSICA SURFICA

Over the past few months we've been busily working on MusicaSurfica. The edit is coming together, and a second stage of filming is coming up on the north coast of NSW.

This little snippet gives a taste of two forms of virtuosity. Richard Tognetti and Satu Vanska on violin, and Derek Hynd surfing finless at a variety of breaks on King Island. It's shot in wide screen format so YouTube has done a bit of a squish, but I'm sure you'll get the drift.

Performed in the the Old King Island Dairy, the piece featured is the pizzicato from Pagannini's Caprice 24. Richard picks holes in his playing here, but keep in mind he'd been surfing for 8 hours this day, as had Satu, and he had also face planted the bottom, hence a rather red forehead and nose. I think they did pretty well, all things considered.

And keep an eye out for the chap in the audience at the end... it's the infamous Wire, first surfer on King Island, and guardian of all its secrets.




12 comments:

Unknown said...

Is there nothing that Derek can't surf? Brilliant!
Nice work Mick.

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pushingtide said...

Amazing stuff Safe. When that violin hits as Hynd is doing his incredible fluid spins I got goosebumps. Right on!

Gazelle said...

Yes!

Those 360's blew my mind.

abraham said...

Absolutely phenomenal. Wow.

Chum said...

So inspiring. Nice one Mick.

seamouse said...

oH POW!

Some stunning stuff right there mick.
loking forward to the next little taster.

Patch said...

Full-on culture all the way around! I wish I could see both (surfing and music) in person.

6ftnperfect said...

Mick, you and your mates have a real winner shaping up, a future classic I'll bet. Wouldn't it be nice if more surf videos had some classical music added in?

Beach Bum said...

I just showed my aspiring 9 year old surfer that clip of the 360's. Fandabydosey!!

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Anonymous said...

Bravo. Agree with Pushingtide; the music combined with Derek's surfing give me chills (and it's goddamn 86 degrees here!). This looks like it will be brilliant, and I can't wait to see the finished product.