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The Comfortable and the Radical

Pekka Kuusisto wonders why some elements of music age more elegantly than others, with examples from Imogen Heap, Gesualdo, Stravinsky Charles Ives and Finnish heavy metal.

Pekka Kuusisto is a solo violinist, conductor, composer and folk musician who can change the way people think about music.

In this three-part series he muses on how much creative freedom a musician really has, and the complex relationship between improvisation and 鈥榮ticking to the plan鈥�. How is a performance dictated by time, place, tradition, learned techniques and mindset? And how can we open the door to wider musical freedom in the future, for performers, composers and listeners?

Pekka illustrates his thoughts with a wide selection of music, ranging from Purcell and Paganini to Mahler, Miles Davis and the White Stripes, and he also gets his violin out to create some on the spot improvisations.

In the final episode of his series, Pekka wonders why some elements of music age more elegantly than others. He starts with an improvisation using looping software, before exploring other special effects, including Imogen Heap鈥檚 use of a vocoder. From rule breakers and radicals of the past like Gesualdo and Stravinsky, Pekka then looks to the future and admires a symphony by Charles Ives, which he thinks is so modern-sounding that he feels it couldn鈥檛 even have been composed yet. Plus, some Finnish heavy metal that Pekka reckons Beethoven would have loved.

A Tandem Production for 成人快手 Radio 3

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Aug 2022 23:00
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pekka Kuusisto

    Improvisation

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Rite of Spring (part 1, Dance of the Earth)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.

  • Deep Forest

    Deep Forest

  • Charles Ives

    Symphony No. 4 (IV. Largo)

    Choir: The John Alldis Choir. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.

  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Moro, lasso, al miu duolo

    Choir: Deliti忙 Music忙. Conductor: Marco Longhini.

  • Imogen Heap

    Hide and Seek

    • MEGAPHONIC RECORDS.

  • Michael Torke

    Being (Part 3)

    Ensemble: American Modern Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Torke.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 8 (IV. Allegro vivace)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yondani Butt.

  • Nightwish

    I want my tears back

  • Richard Strauss

    An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (excerpt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.

  • Nina Simone

    I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)

    • BMG.

Broadcasts

  • Boxing Day 2021 23:00
    成人快手 Radio 3
  • Sun 21 Aug 2022 23:00
    成人快手 Radio 3