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Pianist and composer Bill Laurance with inspiring improvisation and amazing arrangements

Bill Laurance reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including a track that inspired him to learn how to improvise and the magical sound of a humming choir.

Bill Laurance is a pianist, composer and original member of the fusion band Snarky Puppy. His choices in this programme draw on his classical and jazz roots, including a Duke Ellington arrangement that Bill believes is an excellent blend of those two genres.

Bill shares a song whose harmony prevents it from sounding too sweet, a piece by Ravel that elegantly captures the fluidity of water, and a choir who are rhythmically free yet perfectly together.

Plus, he goes back to his university days to revisit his experiences conducting Ernest Moeran鈥檚 Sinfonietta鈥�

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for 成人快手 Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

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Sat 11 Nov 2023 13:00
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Steve Reich

    Music for 18 Musicians (Section 1)

    Ensemble: Steve Reich and Musicians.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets (II. Venus)

    Orchestra: Kansas City Symphony. Conductor: Michael Stern.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs (III. Une barque sur l'ocean)

    Performer: Andr茅 Laplante.

  • Paul Simon

    成人快手less (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo)

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly, Act 2)

    Choir: Gulbenkian Choir. Orchestra: The Gulbenkian Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.

  • Donny Hathaway

    The Ghetto

  • John Williams

    The Princess Appears (Star Wars: A New Hope)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.

  • Bill Laurance

    Balm

    Ensemble: Bill Laurance & band.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto No. 2 in G minor, 'Summer'

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 (II. Andante)

    Performer: Dmitri Maximovich Shostakovich. Orchestra: I Musici de Montr茅al. Conductor: Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich.

  • Tom谩s M茅ndez

    Cucurrucuc煤 Paloma

    Singer: Caetano Veloso.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Sinfonietta (I. Allegro con brio)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.

  • Bert Kaempfert

    The World We Knew (Over and Over)

    Composer: Herbert Rehbein. Composer: Carl Sigman. Singer: Frank Sinatra. Ensemble: Quincy Jones and His Orchestra.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (II. Air)

    Performer: David Bell. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Kent Nagano.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Peanut Brittle Brigade (The Nutcracker Suite)

    Composer: Duke Ellington. Composer: Billy Strayhorn. Ensemble: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.

  • Peggy Lee

    Is That All There Is?

Broadcasts

  • Sat 4 Mar 2023 13:00
    成人快手 Radio 3
  • Sat 11 Nov 2023 13:00
    成人快手 Radio 3

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