Prom 35: Ellington, Braxton and Mary Lou Williams
Live at the 成人快手 Proms: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov and the Aaron Diehl Trio perform music by Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams and Anthony Braxton.
Live at the 成人快手 Proms: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov and the Aaron Diehl Trio perform music by Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams and Anthony Braxton.
Presented by Kate Molleson, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Duke Ellington: Solitude, Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady, Caravan
Mary Lou Williams: Zodiac Suite
c.8.30pm
INTERVAL: Kate Molleson talks to composer, sound artist, writer and broadcaster Robert Worby about Anthony Braxton's boundary-busting music and the composers and performers that have influenced him over the years.
c.8.50pm
Anthony Braxton: Composition no.27 (+46, 59, 63, 146, 147, 151, Language Music)
Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone)
James Fei (saxophone/conductor)
Katherine Young (bassoon/conductor)
Chris Lewis (clarinet/saxophone)
Brandon Lee (trumpet)
Mikaela Bennett (soprano)
Aaron Diehl Trio
成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
Ilan Volkov and friends celebrate milestones from the past 100 years of American jazz, starting with a sequence honouring the 鈥楧uke鈥�. Mary Lou Williams鈥檚 Zodiac Suite from 1945 romps between boogie-woogie and dissonance in its response to astrological signs. The evening culminates in the work of a boundary-crossing visionary. From the south side of Chicago, multi-instrumentalist and self-styled 鈥榯rans-idiomatic composer鈥� Anthony Braxton has established himself as a composer whose imagination recognises no bounds.
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Duke Ellington
Solitude
Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. -
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Duke Ellington
Sophisticated Lady
Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. -
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Duke Ellington
Mood Indigo
Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. -
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Duke Ellington
Caravan
Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. -
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Mary Lou Williams
Zodiac Suite
Performer: Aaron Diehl. Performer: Gregory Hutchinson. Performer: David Wong. Performer: Brandon Lee. Performer: Chris Lewis. Performer: Mikaela Bennett. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. -
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Anthony Braxton
Composition no.27 (46, 59, 63, 146, 147, 151, Language Music)
Performer: James Fei. Performer: Ingrid Laubrock. Performer: Katherine Young. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. -
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Anthony Braxton
Composition no.27 (46, 59, 63, 146, 147, 151, Language Music)
Performer: James Fei. Performer: Ingrid Laubrock. Performer: Katherine Young. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker - ballet Op.71 : Dances caract茅ristiques (selection)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nicolas Economou. Music Arranger: Nicolas Economou.- Martha Argerich - Chamber Ensembles.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 4.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker (Waltz of the Flowers)
Music Arranger: Nicolas Economou. Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nicolas Economou.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Uncovered.
- Azica Records.
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Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston (Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret)
Ensemble: McGill / McHale Trio.- Cedille.
Broadcast
- Thu 15 Aug 2024 19:30成人快手 Radio 3
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