Friday Night Rediscovers The Planets
A unique interpretation of Gustav Holst's famous Planets Suite, presented and conducted by Charles Hazlewood, and featuring his orchestra Excellent Device!
Tonight's programme features a unique interpretation of Gustav Holst's famous Planets Suite. Recorded at the Play the Field music festival in rural Somerset, the concert is presented and conducted by Charles Hazlewood and features his Excellent Device! orchestra, and All Star band. The orchestral performance of Holst's stellar masterpiece will be interspersed with improvised electronic musical responses from the band, which features Will Gregory ( Goldfrapp) and Adrian Utley ( Portishead) Charles Hazlewood explains,"In the gaps between the orchestra's performance of each of the seven planets, my posse of sonic adventurers, the All Stars, will improvise spontaneous electronic responses using material sampled from what the orchestra have just played. It's a highly original way of giving the audience a chance to revisit Holst's material, but through a refracted lens, and with a contemporary twist. No one has ever attempted this before and I believe it will offer the audience a wonderful opportunity to climb even further inside the music!The extreme virtuosity of my symphony orchestra, Excellent Device!, coupled with the fact that the All Stars feature some of the most adventurous musicians around today, promises that this will be an unforgettable musical journey to the stars.".
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The Planets - Mars
Gustav Holst
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The Charles Hazelwood All Stars
The Planets 鈥� Mars Response
( Will Gregory, Jason Yard, Graham Sitkin,) (Ruth Wall, Adrian Utley, Tony Orrell)
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The Planets - Venus
(Gustav Holst)
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The Charles Hazelwood All Stars
the Planets 鈥� Venus Response
(Will Gregory, Jason Yard, Graham Sitkin) (Ruth Wall, Adrian Utley, Tony Orrell)
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The Planets - Mercury
(Gustav Holst)
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The Charles Hazelwood All Stars
The Planets 鈥� Mercury Response
(Will Gregory, Jason Yard, Graham Sitkin) (Ruth Wall, Adrian Utley, Tony Orrell)
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Excellent Device!
The Planets - Jupiter
(Gustav Holst)
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Alfredo Perl
Moonlight Sonata
(Beethoven)
- Beethoven 鈥� The Great Composers.
- Classic FM.
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Fran莽ois鈥怞o毛l Thiollier
Clair de Lune
(Debussy)
- Debussy: Clair de Lune and Other Piano Works.
- Naxos.
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The Planets - Saturn
(Gustav Holst)
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The Charles Hazelwood All Stars
The Planets 鈥� Saturn Response
(Will Gregory, Jason Yard, Graham Sitkin) (Ruth Wall, Adrian Utley, Tony Orrell)
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Excellent Device!
The Planets 鈥� Uranus
(Gustav Holst)
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The Charles Hazelwood All Stars
The Planets 鈥� Uranus Response
(Will Gregory, Jason Yard, Graham Sitkin) (Ruth Wall, Adrian Utley,Tony Orrell)
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Excellent Device! And The Charles Hazelwood All Stars
The Planets - Neptune
(Gustav Holst)
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Star Wars
(John Williams)
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- Fri 11 Sep 2009 19:30大象传媒 Radio 2