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Piano studies

Corey Mwamba presents new music from pianists inspired by poetry, games and studies in human perception.

Corey Mwamba presents new music from pianists inspired by poetry, games and studies in human perception.

Marta Warelis creates a grainy and sinuous sound world on acoustic piano, offering careful studies in scale, perception and interconnectedness.

Eleonor Sandresky takes the evocative imagery of Mary Oliver’s poetry as cues for improvisation: fireflies at dusk, night-time swimming and alligators sinking into swamps. Playing these pieces live, she’d place a few words from each poem on her piano stand as a way of triggering the visceral feeling each piece had on her, using that as a jumping-off point for musical expression.

Haunting, disjointed keys appear via the Tara Clerkin Trio, who create a heady mix of hip-hop, drum and bass and glitching free jazz. The music was created via a musical version of the game ‘exquisite corpse’, where instead of drawing body parts blindfolded, the group improvised random parts to create a Frankenstein-like whole.

Produced by Tej Adeleye
A Reduced Listening Production for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3

1 hour

Last on

Sun 5 Feb 2023 00:00

Music Played

  • Roller Trio

    The Decline Of Northern Civilisation

  • Tara Clerkin Trio

    Exquisite Corpse

  • Eleonor Sandresky

    Alligator

  • Aaron Turner & Jon Mueller

    The Yellow Bath

  • Marta Warelis

    A Grain Of Earth

  • Heart of the Ghost

    Aaron's Ride

  • Andrew Cyrille, Elliott Sharp & Richard Teitelbaum

    Opening

  • Konjur Collective

    George Jackson

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 Aug 2022 00:00
  • Sun 5 Feb 2023 00:00