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.
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Steve Reich
Music for 18 Musicians (Section 1)
Ensemble: Steve Reich and Musicians. -
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Gustav Holst
The Planets (II. Venus)
Orchestra: Kansas City Symphony. Conductor: Michael Stern. -
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Maurice Ravel
Miroirs (III. Une barque sur l'ocean)
Performer: Andr茅 Laplante. -
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Paul Simon
Homeless (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
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Giacomo Puccini
Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly, Act 2)
Choir: Gulbenkian Choir. Orchestra: The Gulbenkian Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster. -
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Donny Hathaway
The Ghetto
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John Williams
The Princess Appears (Star Wars: A New Hope)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams. -
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Bill Laurance
Balm
Ensemble: Bill Laurance & band. -
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 2 in G minor, 'Summer'
Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima. -
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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. -
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Tom谩s M茅ndez
Cucurrucuc煤 Paloma
Singer: Caetano Veloso. -
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Ernest John Moeran
Sinfonietta (I. Allegro con brio)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Norman Del Mar. -
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Bert Kaempfert
The World We Knew (Over and Over)
Composer: Herbert Rehbein. Composer: Carl Sigman. Singer: Frank Sinatra. Ensemble: Quincy Jones and His Orchestra. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (II. Air)
Performer: David Bell. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. -
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John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Kent Nagano. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Peanut Brittle Brigade (The Nutcracker Suite)
Composer: Duke Ellington. Composer: Billy Strayhorn. Ensemble: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. -
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Peggy Lee
Is That All There Is?
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- Sat 4 Mar 2023 13:00麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3
- Sat 11 Nov 2023 13:00麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3
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