Thirty-five bucks won’t get you far these days, but for Radiohead fans in Sydney who went to see electro-acoustic outfit Australian Chamber Orchestra Underground at The Standard last night it meant the chance to see Jonny Greenwood take to the stage to perform a surprise intimate guitar piece.
The show, which included genre-fusing ballads by David Bowie, Nirvana and R.E.M. amongst others, also featured several works that the Radiohead guitarist had composed especially for the ACO collective to play on the night.
::Read our review and photos of Radiohead’s recent Sydney show
After ACO Underground’s performance of one of Greenwood’s pieces — which featured his wife Sharona on the tambura — curator and front-woman Satu Vänskä introduced the guitarist for the stage to perform a piece written by American minimalist composer Steve Reich.
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