John Powers

So this is a moment where we're cueing the orchestra through the analog synths and the modular synthesizers, but they can't cue the orchestra because the power's out. So no one on stage, you have all these, you know, over 100 musicians sitting there looking to me for direction. No one knows what to do. So what I thought at that moment was, okay, I'll play.

So this is a moment where we're cueing the orchestra through the analog synths and the modular synthesizers, but they can't cue the orchestra because the power's out. So no one on stage, you have all these, you know, over 100 musicians sitting there looking to me for direction. No one knows what to do. So what I thought at that moment was, okay, I'll play.

So this is a moment where we're cueing the orchestra through the analog synths and the modular synthesizers, but they can't cue the orchestra because the power's out. So no one on stage, you have all these, you know, over 100 musicians sitting there looking to me for direction. No one knows what to do. So what I thought at that moment was, okay, I'll play.

And I improvised, you know, maybe it was a true spontaneous composition that bridged to the movement that we were just about to start. It bridged to it without knowing how long I'd need to create this interlude, this bridge. I did it just the piano alone, which was completely acoustic. and then the orchestra comes in.

And I improvised, you know, maybe it was a true spontaneous composition that bridged to the movement that we were just about to start. It bridged to it without knowing how long I'd need to create this interlude, this bridge. I did it just the piano alone, which was completely acoustic. and then the orchestra comes in.

And I improvised, you know, maybe it was a true spontaneous composition that bridged to the movement that we were just about to start. It bridged to it without knowing how long I'd need to create this interlude, this bridge. I did it just the piano alone, which was completely acoustic. and then the orchestra comes in.

No one knows that we had this complete disastrous mishap, but I was already in this mindset where, Nothing is going to stop me.

No one knows that we had this complete disastrous mishap, but I was already in this mindset where, Nothing is going to stop me.

No one knows that we had this complete disastrous mishap, but I was already in this mindset where, Nothing is going to stop me.

And that's probably why I was able to play the thing that I played and not skip a beat, because there was just this series of constant pushback from the time we decided to do this piece, coupled with the fact that it's just a complete unknown whether or not Suleikha was going to make it. There was all this hoopla around my career and these incredible milestones that we worked so hard for.

And that's probably why I was able to play the thing that I played and not skip a beat, because there was just this series of constant pushback from the time we decided to do this piece, coupled with the fact that it's just a complete unknown whether or not Suleikha was going to make it. There was all this hoopla around my career and these incredible milestones that we worked so hard for.

And that's probably why I was able to play the thing that I played and not skip a beat, because there was just this series of constant pushback from the time we decided to do this piece, coupled with the fact that it's just a complete unknown whether or not Suleikha was going to make it. There was all this hoopla around my career and these incredible milestones that we worked so hard for.

And then this ability to just now, after it all, come on stage and play this piece. Nothing was going to stop that.

And then this ability to just now, after it all, come on stage and play this piece. Nothing was going to stop that.

And then this ability to just now, after it all, come on stage and play this piece. Nothing was going to stop that.

No! No!

No! No!

No! No!

And do you think it was being made even stronger by the fact there were four of you bouncing off one another?

And do you think it was being made even stronger by the fact there were four of you bouncing off one another?