Podcasts about Percy Grainger

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 16:56

Via Encylopedia Brittanica: Percy Grainger (born July 8, 1882, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died Feb. 20, 1961, White Plains, N.Y., U.S.) was an Australian-born American composer, pianist, and conductor who was also known for his work in collecting folk music. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musicspeaks-podcast/support

Percy Grainger Short Works Part 3

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 23:00

Via Encylopedia Brittanica: Percy Grainger (born July 8, 1882, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died Feb. 20, 1961, White Plains, N.Y., U.S.) was an Australian-born American composer, pianist, and conductor who was also known for his work in collecting folk music. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musicspeaks-podcast/support

Percy Grainger Short Works

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 20:15

Via Encylopedia Brittanica: Percy Grainger (born July 8, 1882, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died Feb. 20, 1961, White Plains, N.Y., U.S.) was an Australian-born American composer, pianist, and conductor who was also known for his work in collecting folk music. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musicspeaks-podcast/support

Klassiekuur: Een tocht in de natuur!

Radio Maria België

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 74:09

Tijdens deze uitzending nemen wij u mee op een tocht in de natuur; de natuur die voor vele componisten de leidraad is, als inspiratie tot vele muzikale scheppingen. Met componisten als Beethoven, Copland, Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Hamish MacCunn, Strauss, Manuel de Falla, Percy Grainger. Een bont muzikaal spektakel!

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Percy Grainger - Country Gardens

YourClassical Daily Download

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 2:04

Percy Grainger - Country GardensMartin Jones, pianoMore info about today's track: Nimbus NI7703Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

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Lincolnshire Posy

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 54:43

Via Wikipedia: Lincolnshire Posy is a musical composition by Percy Grainger for concert band commissioned in 1937 by the American Bandmasters Association.[1] Considered by John Bird, the author of Grainger's biography, to be his masterpiece, the 16-minute-long work has six movements, each adapted from folk songs that Grainger had collected on a 1905–1906 trip to Lincolnshire, England.[2][3] In a similar fashion to these folk songs, many of the movements are in strophic form. The work debuted with three movements on March 7, 1937 performed by the Milwaukee Symphonic Band, a group composed of members from bands including the Blatz Brewery and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer factory worker bands in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[4] --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musicspeaks-podcast/support

Grainger and "Country Gardens"

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 2:00

Synopsis“Country Gardens” is the best-known work of the Australian-born American composer, arranger, and pianist Percy Grainger. Its score bears this note: "Birthday-gift, Mother, July 3, 1918." Grainger's mother Rose was responsible for his excellent early musical training.In 1918, Grainger arranged a folk tune given to him in 1908 by Cecil Sharp, a major figure in the folklore revival in England. Grainger titled his arrangement “Country Gardens,” and it went over so well at his recitals that Grainger decided to have it published.It was a big hit and broke sales records. In fact, until his death in 1961, its sales generated a significant portion of Grainger's annual income. Like other composers with a mega-hit, Grainger came to resent being known for just one tune and would say to audiences: “The typical English country garden is not often used to grow flowers. It's more likely to be a vegetable plot. So you can think of turnips as I play it”.In 1931, “Country Gardens” was arranged for wind band by someone other than Grainger, but around 1950, at the special request of a Detroit band director, Grainger prepared his own wind band arrangement, which likewise became a hit.Music Played in Today's ProgramPercy Grainger Country Gardens Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra;Timothy Reynish Chandos 9549

Musik für einen Ausflug

Philipps Playlist

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 28:11

Grüner wird's nicht. Auch mitten in der Stadt kannst Du dem Alltag kurz entfliehen, zumindest in Gedanken. Diese Titel hast Du in dieser Playlist gehört: Alexis Ffrench - "Shine" // James Horner - "Cambodia III" // Elton John - "Rocket Man" // Percy Grainger - "Country Gardens" // Dave Grusin - "An Actor's Life" // Den Podcast "Dorf Stadt Kreis - starke Geschichten aus dem Norden" von den Kolleginnen von NDR 1 Radio MV findest du hier: https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/dorf-stadt-kreis-starke-geschichten-aus-dem-norden/81280474/ Wenn Du eine Idee oder einen Wunsch hast, zu welchem Thema Philipp unbedingt eine Playlist zusammenschustern muss, dann schreib ihm eine Mail: playlist@ndr.de.

Whip It Good: The “Cruel-Joy” of Sex With Percy Grainger

Ridiculous Romance

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 57:53

Percy Grainger was a talented Australian composer and a complicated guy. He was weirdly close with his mother. He was kind of a big racist. He invented weird, wacky instruments and challenged musical norms. And he left a package to be opened ten years after his death which shocked the world - because inside were whips, bloody clothes, and photographic evidence of a wild BDSM sexual lifestyle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Theremin Part 2: Recordings After 1970

The Holmes Archive of Electronic Music

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2023 172:02

Episode 89 The Theremin Part 2: Recordings After 1970 Playlist Ultimate Spinach, “(Ballad of The) Hip Death Goddess” from Ultimate Spinach (1968 MGM Records). This American psychedelic rock band was from Boston, Massachusetts, although they had a sound that had more an affinity with the free spirit of San Francisco. The Theremin has a prominent part in this song, following the vocalist and filling in some interesting instrumental parts. Bass and Feedback, Richard Nese; Vocals, Drums, Tabla, Bass Drum, Bells, Chimes, Keith Lahteinen; Vocals, Electric Guitar, Guitar, Kazoo, Barbara Hudson; Vocals, Electric Piano, Electric Harpsichord, Organ, Harpsichord, Twelve-String Guitar, Sitar, Harmonica, Wood Flute, Theremin, Celesta, Ian Bruce-Douglas; Vocals, Lead Guitar, Guitar Feedback, Sitar Drone, Electric Sitar, Geoffrey Winthrop. 8:11 Hawkwind, “Paranoia Part 2” from Hawkwind (1970 Liberty). Hawkwind was a pioneering space-rock and psychedelic group from the UK. They were known to use a theremin during their early years—1969 to 1973 and revived its use on stage in later performances using a Moog Etherwave model in the 2000s. This first album features a theremin added to much of the sonic textures, sometimes overtly but often run through effects to provide a looming background, as in this song. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish, but I think there is a theremin providing some of the droning background and then sporadic bursts of tones beginning around 4:25. 14:54 McKendree Spring, “God Bless the Conspiracy” from 3 (1972 Decca). Electric Violin, Viola, Theremin, Michael Dreyfuss; Electronics (Ring Modulator), Tom Oberheim; Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Dulcimer, Fran McKendree; Electric Bass, Larry Tucker; Electric Guitar, Martin Slutsky. This progressive band with experimental leanings was a quartet without a drummer. Dreyfus later said, “In God Bless the Conspiracy and No Regrets I was able to play viola and Theremin at the same time by bringing my body closer to the Theremin (to change pitch) while playing a harmony part on the viola,”(2006). He played a Theremin beginning 1969. He may have used a Moog theremin, such as the Troubadour. 6:53 Linda Cohen, “Horizon Jane” from Lake Of Light (1973 Poppy). Folky album from Philadelphia featuring several electronic musicians. Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Piano, Polytonic Modulator, Jefferson Cain; Classical Guitar, Composer, Linda Cohen; Flute, Stan Slotter; Producer, Electric Guitar, Matrix Electronic Drums, Modulator, Sitar, Synthesizer, Craig Anderton; Minimoog, Theremin, Charles Cohen. 3:36 Ronnie Montrose, “Space Station #5” from Montrose (1973 Warner Brothers). Ronnie Montrose added a custom-built Theremin to his equipment with the pitch antenna mounted on his aluminum (silver) Velano guitar so that he could play both at the same time. Volume for the theremin was controlled by a black box mounted on a mike stand, to which he stood nearby. He was recording with it throughout the 1970s. Here is a great live clip you where you can see how he played it. Note the end of the clip where he put the theremin guitar up against the speaker and wails on the volume control of the theremin control box. Bass, Bill Church; Drums, Denny Carmassi; Guitar, Theremin-Guitar, Ronnie Montrose; Vocals, Sam Hagar. 5:36 Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, “Time Captives” from Journey (1974 Passport). Fender Bass, Percussion, Vocals, Phil Shutt; Bentley Rhythm Ace, Vocals, Arthur Brown; Electric Guitar, Vocals, Andy Dalby; Mellotron, ARP 2600, EMS VCS 3, Piano, Theremin, Percussion, Vocals, Victor Peraino. 8:37 Michael Quatro, “Get Away” from In Collaboration with The Gods (1975 United Artists Records). Brother of Detroit rockers Suzi and Patti Quatro, he had a flare for progressive rock and electronic keyboards in the 1970s. The Theremin makes frequent appearances on this album, this track in particular. Arranger, Piano Baldwin, Electric Piano Gretsch Electro, Piano Tack Piano, Sonic Six Synthesizer, Effects Univox Phaser, Univox Stringman, EC-80 Echo, Elka Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Minimoog Synthesizer, Univox Mini-Korg, Electroharmonix Boxes, Mellotron Violin, Cello, Flute, Effects Wah-Wah Pedals, Effects Syntha-Pedal, Bass Nova Bass, Horns, Organ Pipe Organ, Sounds Ring Modulation, Maestro Theremin, Electronic Effects, Percussion , Michael Quatro;Bass, Lead Vocals, Arranged By Arranging Assistance, Dave Kiswiney; Drums, Kirk (Arthur) Trachsel; Guitar, Teddy Hale. 4:04 Melodic Energy Commission, “Revise The Scene” from Stranger In Mystery (1979 Energy Discs). This is the first album from this Canadian space-rock, psychedelic and folk troupe from British Columbia. The Theremin was a key instrument in their ensemble and was custom-built by group member George McDonald. His Theremin would eventually be known as the Galactic Stream Theremin and would take some 25 years to build and evolve into a six antennae instrument for “tuning into the performers body motions.” During this recording, a simpler, more traditional version was used. Gas & Steam Bass, Bells, Tambourine, Mark Franklin; Dulcimer, Bowed Dulcimer, Khaen, Gongs, Flute, Randy Raine-Reusch; Hydro-electric Guitar, Custom-made Theremin, Aura, Wall Of Oscillation, George McDonald; Percussion, Tablas, Brass Tank, Glockenspiel, Roland SH5 Synthesizer, Organ, Paul Franklin; EMS Synthi AKS, Delatronics, Electric Guitar, Del Dettmar; Wordy Voice, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Roland SH 1000 Synthesizer, Gongs, Vibraphone, Kalimba, Stone Drum, Egyptian Shepherd's Pipe, Xaliman. 6:13 The Nihilist Spasm Band, “Elsinore” from Vol. 2 (1979 Music gallery Editions). Canadian group that used all hand-made instruments, including the kit-made Theremin by Bill Exley. Bass, Hugh McIntyre; Drums, Greg Curnoe; Guitar, John Clement, Murray Favro; Kazoo, John Boyle; Pratt-a-various, Art Pratten; Vocals, Theremin, Bill Exley. Recorded live at the Toronto Music Gallery, February 4th 1978. 5:14 Yuseff Yancy, Garret List, “Sweetness” Garrett List / A-1 Band, “Sweetness” from ‎Fire & Ice (1982 Lovely Music). Alto Saxophone, Byard Lancaster; Maestro Theremin, Electronics, Youseff Yancy; Vocals, Genie Sherman. 4:11. Todd Clark, “Into the Vision” from Into The Vision (1984 T.M.I. Productions). Guitar, Cheetah Chrome; Theremin, Bat-wing Guitar with ARP Avatar, Todd Clark; Found Vocals, William Burroughs. 8:38 Danielle Dax, “Yummer Yummer Man” from Yummer Yummer Man (1985 Awesome). UK artist Danielle Dax. Wah Guitar, Steve Reeves; Guitar, Slide Guitar, Organ, David Knight; Producer, arranger, lyrics, Vocals, Theremin, Tapes, Danielle Dax; Drums, Martyn Watts; Music by Danielle Dax, David Knight. Dax is an experimental English musician, artist, and producer, born as Danielle Gardner. 3:16 Mars Everywhere, “Attack of the Giant Squid” from Visitor Parking (1989 Audiofile Tapes). Cassette release from this space-rock band from the 1980s. Electric Guitar, Electronics, Tape, Ernie Falcone; Synthesizer, Theremin, Keyboards, Tom Fenwick. 5:03 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, “Vacuum of Loneliness” from The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (1992 Caroline). This NY band uses an original Moog Vanguard (circa 1960). This rock and blues band was active from 1991 until 2016. Baritone Saxophone, John Linnell; Drums, Russell Simins; Guitar, Vocals, Judah Bauer; Tenor Saxophone, Kurt Hoffman; Trumpet, Frank London; Vocals, Guitar, Moog Vanguard Theremin, Jon Spencer. Here is a video of a live performance of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with a Moog Vanguard Theremin (just after the 39-minute mark). 3:02 Calvin Owens and His Blues Orchestra, “Vincent Van Gogh” from That's Your Booty (1996 Sawdust Alley). Trumpet solo and vocals, Calvin Owens; Maestro Theremin, Youseff Yancy; Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Eddy De Vos, Kurt van Herck, Peter Vandendriessche; Backing Vocals, B. J. Scott, Frank Deruytter, Mieke Belange, Yan De Bryun; Baritone Saxophone, Bo Vander Werf, Johan Vandendriessche; Bass, Ban Buls, Roman Korohek; Cello, B. Piatkowski, X. Gao; Drums, Cesar Janssens, Laurent Mercier; Guitar, Marty Townsend, Yan De Bryun; Keyboards, Rafael Van Goubergen; Organ, Peter Van Bogart; Saxophone, Jimmy Heath; Tenor Saxophone, David "Fathead" Newman, Shelly Caroll Paul; Trombone, Marc Godfroid, Yan De Breker; Trumpet, Andy Haderer, Rüdiger Baldauf; Violin, D. Ivanov, E. Kouyoumdjian; Vocals, Archie Bell, Otis Clay, Ruby Wilson. 6:23. David Simons, “Music For Theremin And Gamelan (1998-1999), parts I and II” from Fung Sha Noon (2009 Tzadik). Theremin, Rob Schwimmer; Gamelan, Theremin, Sampler, MIDI Controller, Percussion, Marimba, Zoomoozophone, 43 Pitch Zither, Harmonic Canon, Slide Guitar, Chromelodeon harmonium, David Simons; Gamelan, Barbara Benary, Denman Maroney, John Morton, Laura Liben. 6:09 (part I) and 6:29 (part II) Lydia Kavina, “Voice of the Theremin,” composed by Vladimir Komarov from Music from The Ether, Original Works For Theremin (1999 Mode). TVox Tour model theremin, Lydia Kavina. Arranged, mixed, performed by Lydia Kavina. 8:11 Lydia Kavina, “Free Music #1,” composed by Percy Grainger from Music from The Ether, Original Works For Theremin (1999 Mode). TVox Tour model theremin, Lydia Kavina; mixed and spatialized, Steve Puntolillo. This work was originally written for theremin although Grainger had many ideas around how this type of “free music” should be played. This native Australian was fascinated by the sounds of the real world and invented a mechanical machine for making such sounds. In 1938, Grainger said, "...Out in nature we hear all kinds of lovely and touching 'free' (non-harmonic) combinations of tones, yet we are unable to take up these beauties and expressiveness into the art of music because of our archaic notions of harmony.” His adaptation of free music for theremin was an attempt to create sounds that were new to music. This version was multitracked by Kavina and an old acquaintance of mine, sound engineer Steve Puntolillo, to recreate the parts for four theremins. 1:19 The Kurstins, “Sunshine” from Gymnopedie (2000 Rouge Records). Composed by Roy Ayers; Minimoog, ARP String Ensemble, Organ, Guitar, Sampler, Drums, Rhodes Electric Piano, Greg Kurstin; Moog Theremin, Theremin Vocoder, Moogerfoogers, Pamelia Kurstin. 3:47 The Kurstins, “Outside” from Gymnopedie (2000 Rouge Records). Composed by Greg Kurstin; Minimoog, ARP String Ensemble, Organ, Guitar, Sampler, Drums, Rhodes Electric Piano, Greg Kurstin; Moog Theremin, Theremin Vocoder, Moogerfoogers, Pamelia Kurstin. 3:55 Hecate's Angels, “Shrink-Wrapped Soul” from Saints And Scoundrels (2004 redFLY Records). Los Angeles-based Pietra Wexstun is a composer, singer, keyboard and theremin player. Vocals, Farfisa organ, piano, theremin, sound effects, Pietra Wexstun; bass, Bill Blatt; guitar, Stan Ridgway; drums, Elmo Smith. 3:52 Pamelia Kurstin, “Barrow In Furness” from Thinking Out Loud (2007 Tzadik). From Kurstin first solo record. Composed, Produced, Theremin With L6 Looping Pedals and Microsynth Pedal, Guitar, Piano, Pamelia Kurstin. She played the Etherwave Pro Theremin by Moog fo this recording. Pamelia Kurstin, video with she and Bob Moogdiscussing the Etherwave Pro when it was introduced. Kurstin uses the Etherwave Pro Theremin by Moog Music. 5:12 Barbara Bucholtz, “SixEight” from Moonstruck (2008 Intuition Records). Bucholtz was a German theremin player and composer. She played a TVox Tour model theremin. Drums, Sebastian Merk; Music By, Contrabass Flute, Sampler, programmed, engineered, produced, and recorded by Tilmann Dehnhard; Trumpet, Arve Henriksen. 4:01 Herb Deutsch, “Longing” from Theremin One Hundred Years (2020 Electronic Sound). Composer, Herb Deutsch; Piano, Nancy Deutsch; Moog Melodia Theremin, Daryl Kubian. Recording from 2012. The beloved Herb Deutsch, who died recently at age 90, was an early collaborator with Bob Moog on the creation of the synthesizer. Herb became acquainted with Bob by purchasing a Theremin kit—a Moog Melodia model, in the early 1960s. He was primarily responsible for convincing Moog to add a keyboard to his modular unit. Also, this is taken from a terrific compilation of modern Theremin artists to benefit the New York Theremin Society. Check it out. 3:38 M83, “Sitting” from M83 (2016 Lowlands Festival). This is a live recording from Holland. “Sitting” was a song on M83's first album in 2001. But it didn't have a theremin part until they decided to spice-up the live interpretation of the song in 2016. Jordan Lawlor uses a Moog Theremini when M83 performs this in concert. He puts down his guitar, grabs some drum sticks, beats a rhythm on some electronic drums while dancing in place and moving his hands around a theremin. You can hear the theremin in this track but don't mistake it for the keyboard tones that Gonzalez is playing on his modular system. A longer sequence of theremin begins at 1:38 in the audio. You can view the video here, beginning at 26:54 into the show. M83 is a French electronica band founded in 1999 by Anthony Gonzalez, who remains the only sole member from the original outfit. Performing members on this live tour included: Anthony Gonzalez, lead vocals, modular synthesizers, keyboards, guitars, piano, bass, drums, percussion, programming, arrangement, mixer, production; Loïc Maurin, drums, percussion, guitar, bass, keyboards; Jordan Lawlor, guitars, vocals, multi-instrumentalist; Kaela Sinclair, Dave Smith and M-Audio keyboards, vocals; Joe Berry, piano, synthesizers, electronic wind instrument, saxophone. 4:03 Radio Science Orchestra, “Theme from Doctor Who” (2019). This UK-based band unites theremin, ondes martenot, Moog and modular electronics, for its performances. They've played such events as the TEDSummit, the British Library, and Glastonbury Festival. They made a concert recording with Lydia Kavina in 2009 of the Theme from Doctor Who. This version was made more recently and appears to also include Kavina. She plays the TVox Tour model theremin made by her husband G. Pavlov. 2:18 Thorwald Jørgensen, Kamilla Bystrova, “Moderato” from Air électrique: Original Music For Theremin And Piano (2020 Zefir). Jørgensen is an accomplished Dutch classical theremin player. Piano, Kamilla Bystrova; Liner Notes, Design, Moog Etherwave Pro Theremin, Thorwald Jørgensen. 2:10 Dorit Chrysler, “A Happy Place” from Theremin One Hundred Years (2020 Electronic Sound). Issued with the magazine's 7” vinyl and magazine bundle Electronic Sound Magazine, issue 70. Written, produced, and performed by Dorit Chrysler. 2:06 Dorit Chrysler, “Calder Plays Theremin Side A” from Calder Plays Theremin (2023 NY Theremin Society/Fridman Gallery) Written for Theremin Orchestra in 5 Movements, Chrysler's work is based on a commissioned sound piece by The Museum of Modern Art in conjunction with the exhibition Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start. Chrysler identified two of Alexander Calder's sculptures, Snow Flurry, I (1948) and Man-Eater with Pennants (1945), to interact and “play” multiple Theremins on site. I believe the Theremin are various Moog models. Calder Plays Theremin is a co-release of the NY Theremin Society and Fridman Gallery. 8:48 Opening background tracks: Ronnie Montrose, “Open Fire” (excerpt) from Open Fire (1978 Warner Brothers). Bass, Alan Fitzgerald; Drums, Rick Shlosser; Guitar, Custom-built Theremin mpounted to his electric guitar, Ronnie Montrose; composed by Edgar Winter, Ronnie Montrose. 2:09 Hooverphonic, “‎L'Odeur Animale” from The Magnificent Tree (2000 Columbia). Guitar, Raymond Geerts; Keyboards, Bass, Programmed by Alex Callier; Vocals, Geike Arnaert; Maestro Theremin, trumpet, Youseff Yancy; Fairlight, Effects, Dan Lacksman. 3:46. Opening and closing sequences voiced by Anne Benkovitz. Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes. See my companion blog that I write for the Bob Moog Foundation: For additional notes, please see my blog, Noise and Notations.

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Charles Ives 3: Folk Tunes in Classical Music

Classics For Kids

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 6:00

The Country Band March has 12 recognizable popular and folk tunes in it. But Ives was not the only composer to put borrowed tunes in his music. Many classical composers -- including Ludwig van Beethoven, Mily Balakirev, and Percy Grainger -- used folk music in the pieces they wrote.

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Musique & Synthèse 2022-10-16 Impressionnisme 3/4

Radio Résonance

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 88:46

Emmanuel CHABRIER, Lily BOULANGER, Percy GRAINGER, Ralph Vaugh WILLIAM et d'autres compositeurs pour élargir "la palette"!!!

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Musique & Synthèse 2022-10-16 Impressionnisme 3/4

Radio Résonance

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 88:46

Emmanuel CHABRIER, Lily BOULANGER, Percy GRAINGER, Ralph Vaugh WILLIAM et d'autres compositeurs pour élargir "la palette"!!!

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Good old stinky French cheese …

The Sound Kitchen

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2022 23:09

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about “homemade” Roquefort. There's “On This Day”, the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, and “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy! Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week. Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your musical requests, so get them in! Send your musical requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all! Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts! 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I look forward to seeing your quiz responses and your bonus question answers every week, as well as your posts on the RFI Listeners Club Facebook page! This week's quiz: On 24 September, I asked you a question about a segment on Alison Hird and Sarah Elzas' excellent podcast, Spotlight on France. On their podcast number 80, Sarah did a story on the French cheese Roquefort, which can only be made within a 100-mile radius of the town of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, and only from milk from the Lacaune breed of sheep, or it cannot legally be called Roquefort. I asked you to send in the answer to this question: what is the name of the homemade Roquefort that farmers used to make for themselves? The answer is: Bleu de Severac. It's named after Severac le Chateau, a town close to Roquefort-sur-Soulzon. In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: Who are you going to be this time, next year? The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Yeami Sanday John Turay from Freetown, Sierra Leone, who is also this week's bonus quiz winner. Congratulations Yeami! The other winners this week are Mahesh Jain, the president of the RFI Club Delhi in Delhi, India, and three RFI Listeners Club members from Bangladesh: Adora Athoy from Munshiganj; Shaira Hosen Mo from Kishoreganj, and Sakawat Hossain from Sylhet. Congratulations winners! Here's the music you heard on this week's program: “Molly on the Shore” by Percy Grainger, arranged for violin and piano by Fritz Kreisler and performed by Tobias Ringborg and Anders Kilstrom; Allegro for harpsichord in F major, KV 33B by Mozart, performed by Mario Martinoli; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Allah Léno” by Seckou Keita, performed by Seckou Keita and Omar Sosa. Do you have a musical request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Paul Myers' article “Benzema's Ballon d'Or triumph gains presidential seal of approval” to help you with the answer. You have until 14 November to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 19 November podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number. Send your answers to: english.service@rfi.fr or Susan Owensby RFI – The Sound Kitchen 80, rue Camille Desmoulins 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux France or By text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or “ + ”, then 33 6 31 12 96 82. Don't forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number. 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Movement V - Irish Tune from County Derry

Noted

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 51:58

We are back with another great work by none other than Percy Grainger! We are so excited to talk about one of our favorite pieces of Grainger's as well as talk about what makes this work NOTEWORTHY!Follow us on social media at:Instagram: @notedthepodcastFacebook: Noted the Podcast

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Relaxing Piano Playlist Series 1 Episode 1

Relaxing Piano Playlist

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2022 31:33 Transcription Available

Feeling stressed? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle relaxing music for you to ease into. Come and join me as your host, James Quinn as I take you through some wonderful music as I play for you on my own piano ranging from Bach, Mozart, Chopin and more. In this official premiere episode, I play some music by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann and a song originally by Faure arranged by Percy Grainger.

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Jodie Blackshaw's "Letter from Sado"

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Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 2:00 Very Popular

Synopsis Australian composer Jodie Blackshaw is passionate about music for wind band and is fond of quoting her famous compatriot composer Percy Grainger on the subject: “Why this cold-shouldering of the wind band?” asked Grainger. “Is the wind band – with its varied assortments of reeds (so much richer that the reeds of the symphony orchestra), its complete saxophone family that is found nowhere else ... its army of brass – not the equal of any medium ever conceived? As a vehicle of deeply emotional expression it seems to me unrivalled.” For her part, Blackshaw has chosen to compose primarily for wind band. She also appears as a guest clinician and adjudicator for band festivals throughout Australia. “The Wind Band offers a varied and colorful contribution to instrumental music,” says Bradshaw, “and with literally millions of children world-wide entering musical performance through this medium, it is worthy of our serious attention.” On today's date in 2014, a new work by Blackshaw intended for middle-school band students was premiered by the Rosemount Middle School Band of Rosemont, Minn., under the direction of John Zschunke. The new piece, “Letter from Sado," was inspired by a Japanese haiku and traditional Japanese taiko drumming. This work is part of the BandQuest series commissioned by the American Composers Forum, intended to offer young musicians a diverse variety of fresh new wind band works by leading composers of our day. Music Played in Today's Program Jodie Blackshaw — Letter from Sado (University of Minnesota Wind Ensemble) Hal Leonard HL04004132 (sheet music)

CONCERT CAMEO "Percy Grainger"

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 30:49

Percy Aldridge Grainger was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who lived in the United States from 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918.

Isadora Duncan - The Mother of Modern Dance

Queens of the Mines

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 20:33

Queens of the Mines paperback, ebook, and hardback novel now available on Amazon. In this episode, we dive into the life of Isadora Duncan. In How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, the film from 2003, Kate Hudson's character Andy dons a yellow diamond necklace in one scene that they call the “Isadora Diamond”. That $6 million 80-carat yellow diamond in the necklace was designed by Harry Winston and is named after Isadora Duncan. whose philosophy earned her the title of “the creator of modern dance”. Angela Isadora Duncan, was born in San Francisco on May 26, 1877. The youngest of the four children of banker, mining engineer and connoisseur of the arts, Joseph Charles Duncan and Mary Isadora Gray. Soon after her birth, Joseph was caught embezzling from the two banks that he was hired to set up. He used the money to fund his private stock speculations. Joseph was lucky to avoid prison time. Her mother Mary left Joseph and moved the children to Oakland to find work as a seamstress and piano teacher. The family lived in extremely poor conditions in Oakland and Angela Isadora attended school until she was ten years old. School was too constricting for her and she decided to drop out. To make money for the family, Angela Isadora joined her three older siblings and began teaching dance to local children. She was not a classically trained dancer or ballerina. Her unique, novel approach to dance showed joy, sadness and fantasy, rediscovering the beautiful, rhythmical motions of the human body. Joseph remarried and started a new family, they all perished aboard the British passenger steamer SS Mohegan, which ran aground off the coast of the Lizard Peninsula of Cornwall England on the 14th of October in 1898. Only 91 out of 197 on board survived. Eventually, Angela Isadora went east to audition for the theater. In Chicago, she auditioned for Augustin Daly, who was one of the most influential men in American theater during his lifetime. She secured a spot in his company, which took her to New York City. In New York, she took classes with American Ballet dancer Marie Bonfanti. The style clashed with her unique vision of dance. Her earliest public appearances back east met with little success. Angela Isadora was not interested in ballet, or the popular pantomimes of the time; she soon became cynical of the dance scene. She was 21 years old, unhappy and unappreciated in New York, Angela Isadora boarded a cattle boat for London in 1898. She sought recognition in a new environment with less of a hierarchy. When she arrived, ballet was at one of its lowest ebbs and tightrope walkers and contortionists were dominating their shared music hall stages. Duncan found inspiration in Greek art, statues and architecture. She favored dancing barefoot with her hair loose and wore flowing toga wrapped scarves while dancing, allowing her freedom of movement. The attire was in contrast to the corsets, short tutus and stiff pointe shoes her audience was used to. Under the name Isadora Duncan, she gave recitals in the homes of the elite. The pay from these productions helped Isadora rent a dance studio, where she choreographed a larger stage performance that she would soon take to delight the people of France. Duncan met Desti in Paris and they became best friends. Desti would accompany Isadora as she found inspiration from the Louvre and the 1900 Paris Exposition where Loie Fuller, an American actress and dancer was the star attraction. Fuller was the first to use theatrical lighting technique with dance, manipulating gigantic veils of silk into fluid patterns enhanced by changing coloured lights. In 1902, Duncan teamed up with Fuller to tour Europe. On tour, Duncan became famous for her distinctive style. She danced to Gluck, Wagner and Bach and even Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. Female audiences adored her despite the mixed reaction from the critics. She inspired the phenomenon of young women dancing barefoot, scantily clad as woodland nymphs who crowded theaters and concert halls throughout Europe. Contracts and the commercialization of the art while touring distracted Isadora from her goal, educating the young on her philosophy of dance. "Let us first teach little children to breathe, to vibrate, to feel, and to become one with the general harmony and movement. Let us first produce a beautiful human being. let them come forth with great strides, leaps and bounds, with lifted forehead and far-spread arms, to dance.” In 1904, she moved to Berlin to open the Isadora Duncan School of Dance. The school had around 20 students who mostly had mothers who were the primary breadwinners, and the fathers were either ill or absent. The school provided room and board for the students. For three years, her sister, Elizabeth Duncan was the main instructor, while Isadora was away, funding the school from tour. Elizabeth was not free spirited like her sister and taught in a strict manner. During the third year, Duncan had a child with theater designer Gordon Craig. Deirdre Beatrice, born September 24, 1906. At the school, Duncan created a new troupe of six young girls. Anna, Maria, Irma, Elizabeth, Margot, and Erica. The group was called the "Isadorables", a nickname given to them by the French poet Fernand Divoire. At the start of World War I, the Isadorables were sent to New York with the rest of the new students from Bellevue. Occultist Aleister Crowley founded the religion of Thelema. He identified himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century. Isadora and her bohemian companion Desti fell into his circle after meeting him at a party. Crowley fell in love with Desti and she became a member of Crowley's occult order. Crowley published widely over the course of his life and wrote that Duncan "has this gift of gesture to a very high degree. Let the reader study her dancing, if possible in private than in public, and learn the superb 'unconsciousness' — which is magical consciousness — with which she suits the action to the melody." Duncan had a love affair with Paris Singer, one of the many sons of sewing machine magnate Isaac Singer. The fling resulted in a son, Patrick Augustus, born May 1, 1910. A year later, Isadora was dancing on tables until dawn at the Pavillon du Butard hunting lodge mansion in the gardens of Versailles. Paul Poiret, the French fashion designer and founder of the haute couture house, known to throw lavish parties, was recreating the roman festival Bacchanalia hosted by Louis XIV at Versailles. On the table in a Poiret Greek evening gown, Duncan tried to not knock over the 900 bottles of champagne that were consumed by the 300 guests. The following year Isadora acquired the Hôtel Paillard in Paris, which she turned into her new temple of dance called Dionysion. Dionysion was the name of a poem that Crowley had published. Which maakes m e curious how far into Crowleys cult did Isaadora dive? On a rainy afternoon Annie Sims, Isadora's nanny, loaded the children into the car for a drive to meet Isadora in Versailles. Morverand, the chauffeur, had only just pulled onto the road, when a taxi-cab bolted towards the car. Morverand jammed on his brakes, causing the engine to also stop. He got out of the car to check the engine, and turned the starting lever and the car bounded forward towards the river, down the river bank and plunged down 30 feet into the Seine. Morverand was left standing on the street. In the downpour of rain, few were out and about. The only witness, a young woman who watched the car exit the gate then crash, ran back to Duncan's house. Augustine, Isadora's brother, was the only one home. Augustine ran to the scene, seized Morverand by the throat and knocked him down on the bank. A crowd of boatmen stopped the fight and began looking for the sunken car. The search lasted an hour and a half. A motor boat that was dragging the river discovered the car, which was hauled to the surface, where the bodies of the nanny and Isadora's two small children were found inside. Two doctors made efforts to save them but there was no luck. Morverand gave himself up at the police commissary. He explained that he did not understand how the accident happened. All of Paris was sympathetic. Isadora went through a depression while mourning her children, and spent several months on the Greek island of Corfu with her brother and sister. She then went for a stay at the Viareggio Seaside Resort in Italy, where she met the beautiful and rebellious actress Eleonora Duse. Duse wore men's clothing and was one of the first women in Italy to openly declare her queerness. The two had a romantic fling in Italy yet Duncan was desperate for another child. She became pregnant after begging the young sculptor Romano Romanelli, basically an Italian stranger to sleep with her. She gave birth to a son on August 13, 1914 but he died a few hours after birth. She immediately returned to the States. Three months later Duncan was living in a townhouse in Gramercy Park in New York City. Dionysion was moved to Manhattan in a studio at 311 Fourth Avenue on the northeast corner of 23rd Street and Fourth Avenue. The area is now considered Park Avenue South. One month later, The Isadorables made their American debut on December 7, 1914 at Carnegie Hall with the New York Symphony. Mabel Dodge, who owned an avant garde salon at 23 Fifth Avenue, the point of rendezvous for the whole of New York's of the time, described The Isadorables: "They were lovely, with bodies like cream and rose, and faces unreal with beauty whose eyes were like blind statues, as though they had never looked upon anything in any way sordid or ordinary". Duncan used the ultra modern Century Theater at West 60th Street and Central Park West for her performances and productions. The keys were gifted to Duncan by Otto Kahn, sometimes referred to as the "King of New York". Kahn was a German-born American, a well known investment banker, appearing on the cover of Time Magazine. He reorganized and consolidated railroads, was a philanthropist, a patron of the arts and served as the chairman of the Metropolitan Opera. Isadora, somehow, was evicted from the Century by the New York City Fire Department after one month. Duncan felt defeated and decided to once again leave the States to return to Europe to set up school in Switzerland. She planned to board the RMS Lusitania, but her financial situation at the time drove her to choose a more modest crossing. The Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 passengers and crew. During her voyage to Europe, Isadora discovered that their manager had arranged for a tour for the Isadorables without her. She was so upset that she stopped speaking to her students, despite the man's actions being completely out of their control. After struggling to keep afloat there, the school was dispelled and the younger students sent home to their families. The girls eventually made up with Duncan and in 1917 Isadora adopted all six Isadorables. Yet troubles ensued. The Isadorables were living in Long Island and Isadora urged them to leave New York. Each girl, except for Gretel, had fallen in love and did not wish to go. When Isadora found out her brother Augustine assisted the group in a performance at the Liberty Theater, she forbade them from continuing, producing a legal contract which prevented them from separating from her. They had no choice but to cancel their time at the Liberty. The girls eventually left Duncan a few years later but stayed together as a group for some time. While Duncan ran another school in Paris that was shortly closed due to World War I, the girls entertained troops in the US. Isadora Duncan went against traditional cultural standards. Her scandalous love life as bisexual made her a controversial figure on the front pages of the papers. She was a feminist, a Darwinist, a Communist and an atheist. Her leftist sympathies took her to the Soviet Union at the end of the Russian Revolution. To her, it seemed to be the land of promise. Duncan opened a school in Moscow and Irma, one of the Isadorables, took the teaching position at the school while Isadora toured and performed. She met the poet Sergey Aleksandrovich Yesenin, eighteen years her junior in Russia and they were married in May of 1922, even though matrimony was against her beliefs. Together, they left for a US tour. Fear of the “Red Menace” was at its height in North America, and the couple was unjustly labeled as Bolshevik agents. On tour in Boston, she waved a red scarf and bared her breast on stage in Boston, proclaiming, "This is red! So am I!" For this, her American citizenship was revoked. As she left the country, Duncan bitterly told reporters: “Good-bye America, I shall never see you again!” Yesenin's increasing mental instability turned him against her and they were ultimately unhappy. He returned alone to the Soviet Union after the tour and committed suicide. Her spotlight was dimming, her fame dwindled. For a number of years she lived out public dramas of failed relationships, financial woes, and drunkenness on the Mediterranean and in Paris, running up debts at hotels. Her financial burdens were carried by a decreasing number of friends and supporters who encouraged her to write her autobiography. They believed the books success could support her extravagant waywardness. On September 14, 1927 in Nice, France Duncan was asked to go on a drive with the handsome French-Italian mechanic Benoît Falchetto in a sporting car made by the French Amilcar company. Desti sat with Isadora as she dressed for the occasion. Duncan put on a long, flowing, hand-painted silk scarf created by the Russian-born artist Roman Chatov. Desti asked her to instead wear a cape in the open-air vehicle because of the cold weather, but Isadora paid no mind. A cool breeze blew from the Riviera as the women met Falchetto at the Amilcar. The engine made a rumble as Falchetto put on his driving-goggles. Isadora threw the enormous scarf around her neck and hopped in. She turned to look at Desti and said "Adieu, mes amis. "Je vais à l'amour", "I am off to love'. They sped off and Isadora leaned back in her seat to enjoy the sea breeze. The wind caught her enormous scarf that, tragically, blew into the well of the rear wheel on the passenger side, wrapping around the open-spoked wheel and rear axle. Isadora was hurled from the open car in an extraordinary manner, breaking her neck and nearly decapitating her. Instantly killing her. At the time of her death, Duncan was a Soviet citizen. Her will was the first Soviet citizen to undergo probate in the United States. In medicine, the Isadora Duncan Syndrome refers to injury or death consequent to entanglement of neckwear with a wheel or other machinery. The accident gave rise to Gertrude Stein's mordant remark that “affectations can be dangerous.” Duncan was known as "The Mother of Dance" was cremated, and her ashes were placed in the columbarium at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. On the headstone of her grave is inscribed École du Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ("Ballet School of the Opera of Paris"). Duncan's autobiography My Life was published in 1927. The Australian composer Percy Grainger called it a "life-enriching masterpiece." A plaque commemorating Isadora Duncan's place of birth is at 501 Taylor Street on Lower Nob Hill, fittingly near the Theater District in San Francisco. San Francisco renamed an alley on the same block from Adelaide Place to Isadora Duncan Lane.

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HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT "Percy Grainger"

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 100:22

An AFRTS program / transcription. July 21, 1946. Leopold Stokowski conducting. Guest performer is composer-pianist Percy Grainger. Grainger compositions among the works by Lalo, Griffes and Tchikovsky. Percy Aldridge Grainger (born George Percy Grainger; 8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who lived in the United States from 1914.

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Country Gardens"

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 30:00

From AFRTS the 525 episode of classical music on The Enchantment of Music produced cast KCBH-FM Beverly Hills, California. Opens with Country Gardens by Percy Grainger.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY "Isaac Stern"

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2022 99:19

The series makes for a grand introduction to classical symphonic music at the Hollywood Bowl - selections include the opera Carmen sung in English, featured soloists Isaac Stern, Dorothy Eustis, Roman Totenberg, and Percy Grainger, with selections from Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, and Cellini. Leopold Stokowski organized the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra in 1945, drawing on talent from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and from various film studios. The 1946 season was celebrated as the Bowl's Silver Jubilee. The Armed Forces Radio Service was allowed to record all thirty-two concerts that season for broadcast overseas, and those recordings comprise this collection. Most of the performances are conducted by Stokowski, although guest conductors appear for some. This episode is the second in the series from July 11, 1949. Isaac Stern, violinist, is the guest artist.

The 9pm Big Long High-Gravity Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Lovefest with Dr Alice Gorman

The 9pm Edict

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2021 89:53

The Spring Series of the Edict continues with space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk and a conversation that covers many curious possibilities.We talk about many things, including some unusual ways of launching things into space, the destruction of Cosmos 1408, Percy Grainger, inter-species romance, the Family D'Alembert science fiction series, telepresence, whether humans will become a multi-gravity society, and the theremin.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00151/Please support this podcast at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

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Afternoon Delights-26-11-2021 Percy Grainger

Afternoon Delights

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021 64:58

In Afternoon Delights Tony presents a range of music and composers. This prog features Percy Grainger

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Studying Classical Music - ft. Adele

Content and Capable

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 69:29

Today I spoke to Adele all about her journey with classical music. Make sure to subscribe so you know when our next episode drops and rate and review if you like what we are doing. Socials Find Adele on Instagram (@adele.maralin) and Twitter (@adele_maralin). Find Sam's Socials on this link: https://linktr.ee/samuelobrien Find the Podcast's Socials on this link: http://linktr.ee/contentncapable Plugs and Mentions Plug: Sam plugged A Certain Music by Celeste Walters. Adele plugged This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Mentioned in the show: Beethoven, Percy Grainger, Queensland Wind Orchestra, Opera, community bands. Check out the other shows on the Movie Night Crew Network!

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Percy Grainger, wildman

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 2:00

Synopsis George Percy Aldridge Grainger was born on today's date in 1882 in Brighton, Victoria. Although born in Australia, Grainger died in America, at the age of 79, in White Plains, New York, in 1961. Percy Grainger led a long and remarkable life as composer, concert pianist, and educator. He counted among his friends the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and the British composer Frederic Delius, and Grainger shared their enthusiasm for collecting and transforming folk music themes. From 1917 to 1919 he served in the U.S. Army, first playing oboe and saxophone, and later as a band instructor. “Country Gardens,” a piano setting of a Morris dance tune, was completed during Grainger's Army years, and became his best-known composition after its publication in 1919. His subsequent work with wind bands culminated in a 1937 folksong suite entitled “Lincolnshire Posy,” a work that Grainger once described as a “bunch of musical wildflowers.” Grainger idolized Nordic languages and culture and in 1928 Grainger married a Swedish woman he dubbed his “Nordic Princess,” one Ella Ström, at a very public ceremony at the Hollywood Bowl concert featuring the première of one of his own orchestral pieces entitled (what else): “To a Nordic Princess.” Music Played in Today's Program Percy Grainger (1882 – 1961) Country Gardens Martin Jones, piano Nimbus 7703 Percy Grainger (1882 – 1961) To a Nordic Princess Danish National Radio Symphony; Richard Hickox, cond. Chandos 9721

Percy Grainger, wildman

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 2:00

Synopsis George Percy Aldridge Grainger was born on today's date in 1882 in Brighton, Victoria. Although born in Australia, Grainger died in America, at the age of 79, in White Plains, New York, in 1961. Percy Grainger led a long and remarkable life as composer, concert pianist, and educator. He counted among his friends the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and the British composer Frederic Delius, and Grainger shared their enthusiasm for collecting and transforming folk music themes. From 1917 to 1919 he served in the U.S. Army, first playing oboe and saxophone, and later as a band instructor. “Country Gardens,” a piano setting of a Morris dance tune, was completed during Grainger's Army years, and became his best-known composition after its publication in 1919. His subsequent work with wind bands culminated in a 1937 folksong suite entitled “Lincolnshire Posy,” a work that Grainger once described as a “bunch of musical wildflowers.” Grainger idolized Nordic languages and culture and in 1928 Grainger married a Swedish woman he dubbed his “Nordic Princess,” one Ella Ström, at a very public ceremony at the Hollywood Bowl concert featuring the première of one of his own orchestral pieces entitled (what else): “To a Nordic Princess.” Music Played in Today's Program Percy Grainger (1882 – 1961) Country Gardens Martin Jones, piano Nimbus 7703 Percy Grainger (1882 – 1961) To a Nordic Princess Danish National Radio Symphony; Richard Hickox, cond. Chandos 9721

A JOY FOREVER with Miriam Subirana, PhD, creator and director of the International centre for art and spirituality

White Shores with Theresa Cheung

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2021 40:38

A JOY FOREVER with Miriam Subirana, PhD, creator and director of the International centre for art and spirituality Theresa chats about the pure joy of compassion to Miriam Subirana, creator and director of the space YESOUISI, international centre of art and spirituality www.yesouisi.esTo find out more about Miriam, contact her and order The Joy of Caring visit:http://www.miriamsubirana.com/Click translate if you need to or visit:http://www.miriamsubirana.com/en/the-joy-of-caring/To find out more about Theresa's bestselling birthday, dream, afterlife, heaven, angel, and spiritual titles and mission, visit:Www.theresacheung.comYou can contact Theresa via her author pages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and you can email her directly at angeltalk710@aol.comThank you to Cluain Ri for the episode music. The piano music at the end is Percy Grainger's English Country Garden performed by Robert Cheung.White Shores is produced by Robert Cheung

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The wild times of Melbourne's eccentric musical genius

In Black and White

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 42:00

Percy Grainger was renowned as a musical prodigy, but it was his bizarre pastimes from self-flagellation to making his own towelling clothes that set him apart from other brilliant composers. Get history features and much more at heraldsun.com.au/ibaw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Percy Grainger's Free Music experiments, and the voice of a countertenor

The Music Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2021 54:07

Sunday 18 April: How Percy Grainger's chance meeting with physicist Burnett Cross changed him and his Free Music experiments. And countertenor Russell Harcourt on that magnificent voice.

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The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling - Book 1

Free Audiobooks

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 325:23

The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling - Book 1 Title: The Jungle Book Overview: The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is "Seonee" (Seoni), in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. A major theme in the book is abandonment followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, echoing Kipling's own childhood. The theme is echoed in the triumph of protagonists including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and The White Seal over their enemies, as well as Mowgli's. Another important theme is of law and freedom; the stories are not about animal behavior, still less about the Darwinian struggle for survival, but about human archetypes in animal form. They teach respect for authority, obedience, and knowing one's place in society with "the law of the jungle", but the stories also illustrate the freedom to move between different worlds, such as when Mowgli moves between the jungle and the village. Critics have also noted the essential wildness and lawless energies in the stories, reflecting the irresponsible side of human nature. The Jungle Book has remained popular, partly through its many adaptations for film and other media. Critics such as Swati Singh have noted that even critics wary of Kipling for his supposed imperialism have admired the power of his storytelling. The book has been influential in the scout movement, whose founder, Robert Baden-Powell, was a friend of Kipling's. Percy Grainger composed his Jungle Book Cycle around quotations from the book. Published: 1894 Series: The Jungle Books, Collections #11, Jungle Book Series #1 List: 100 Popular Storybook Collection Author: Rudyard Kipling Genre: Children's Book, Action & Adventure Episode: The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling - Book 1 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 5:24:48 Book: 1 Length Book: 5:24:48 Episodes: 1 - 11 of 11 Predecessor: "In the Rukh" Successor: The Second Jungle Book Narrator: Phil Chenevert Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: jungle, india, feral child, kidnapping, talking animal, singing animal, friend, elephant, ruins, python, human-animal friendship, friends, bear, orphan, orangutan, children, friendship, buddies, Rudyard Kipling Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #jungle #india #feralchild #kidnapping #talkinganimal #singinganimal #friend #elephant #ruins #python #humananimalfriendship #friends #bear #orphan #orangutan #children #friendship #buddies #RudyardKipling Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/support

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Movement I - Shepard's Hey

Noted

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 55:30

Welcome to our premiere episode of Noted! In this episode, we discuss Percy Grainger's “Shepherd's Hey,” and note all of the details that make it one of the most important pieces in wind ensemble repertoire. We also discuss the origins of Noted, how we met, why we decided to start a podcast, and why we are so obsessed with coffee. Join us every other Friday to listen in on our conversations of the best band music of our time. Follow us on social media at:Twitter: @notedthepodcastInstagram: @notedthepodcastFacebook: Noted the Podcast

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Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras et Alexander Melnikov dans le Triple Concerto de Beethoven

En pistes ! L'actualité du disque classique

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 117:24

durée : 01:57:24 - En pistes ! du jeudi 11 février 2021 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau Boulmier - Au programme aujourd'hui : la musique orchestrale de Percy Grainger ; trois concertos pour piano interprétés par Andreas Haefliger ; les suites de Bach pour violoncelle et un récital du baryton James Newby... - réalisé par : Lionel Quantin

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From Melba to Sutherland and Grainger in between

The Music Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 53:51

For Ausmusic month, a century of Australian music history from Dame Nellie to Dame Joan, and a walk through Percy Grainger's Hoard House.

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151 - Percy Grainger: Unhinged Willy Wonka of Music

Roast Mortem Cast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 103:11

Percy Grainger was the Willy Wonka of music. He tinkered, experimented, and invented throughout his musical career that spanned his life. Skeletons in his closet include, self-flagellation, racism, and army oboe tooter. And the root cause of all this is his helicopter mother!

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Antonia Sellbach, Julie Burleigh and Alison Bolger (Percy Grainger: Freedom As _____ )

Liquid Architecture

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 25:30

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Is There A Hotline? (Percy Grainger: Freedom As _____ )

Liquid Architecture

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 21:50

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Le programme classique de Saskia de Ville : de Bach à Percy Grainger

Eté Classique après-midi

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 113:12

durée : 01:53:12 - Été Classique Après-midi du mercredi 22 juillet 2020 - par : Saskia de Ville - Andreas Staier, soliste du Concerto BWV 1058 de Bach. 2 mouvements du Trio avec clarinette de Louise Farrenc par Brigitte Engerer, Romain Guyot et François Salque. Jean-Pierre Rampal, André Griminelli et l'Orchestre de Chambre Anglais pour Mercadante : Concerto pour flûte en ré Majeur... - réalisé par : Vivian Lecuivre

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Grainger and "Country Gardens"

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 2:00

"Country Gardens" is the best-known work of the Australian-born American composer, arranger, and pianist Percy Grainger. Its score bears this note: "Birthday-gift, Mother, July 3, 1918." Grainger's mother Rose was responsible for his excellent musical training that made him a successful concert pianist in Britain, Europe, and America. In 1918, Grainger arranged a folk tune given to him in 1908 by Cecil Sharp, a major figure in the folklore revival in England. Grainger titled his arrangement "Country Gardens," and it went over so well at his recitals that Grainger decided to have it published. It was a big hit and broke sales records. In fact, until his death in 1961, its sales generated a significant portion of Grainger's annual income. Like other composers with a mega-hit, Grainger came to resent being known for just one tune, and would say to audiences: "The typical English country garden is not often used to grow flowers. It's more likely to be a vegetable plot. So you can think of turnips as I play it". In 1931, "Country Gardens" was arranged for wind band by someone other than Grainger, but around 1950, at the special request of a Detroit band director named Graham Overgard, Grainger prepared his own arrangement, and wrote to Overgard: "I now have my own version, quite delicate and unlike the coarse-sounding score you rightly object to. The new setting is not based on the piano version, but on a chamber music sketch of 1908 and is a new piece in every way."

Grainger and "Country Gardens"