Highlights from the 2011 GIO Festival
Jez Nelson presents highlights from the 2011 GIO Festival in Glasgow. With avant-garde Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii, and the GIO themselves, performing a newly-commissioned work.
Jez Nelson presents highlights from the 2011 GIO Festival in Glasgow. Run by the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra for the last four years, GIO Festival presents improvisation in a variety of sometimes unusual settings. Among the featured artists this year are avant-garde Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii, a pop-influenced quartet that includes festival director and saxophonist Raymond MacDonald and Bill Wells, and the GIO themselves, performing a newly commissioned work.
Presenter: Jez Nelson
Guest: Brian Morton
Producers: Phil Smith & Russell Finch.
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Bill Wells
Different Pans
- Lemondale.
- Double Six.
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Joe Wright/James Maddren Duo featuring Alice Zawadzki
Wind
Composer: Joe Wright
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Jez talks to critic Brian Morton
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Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra
Ord (excerpt)
Composer: Liene Rozite
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Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra recorded at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow on 25 November 2011
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Line-up:
Raymond MacDonald & Graeme Wilson (saxophones), Emma Roche & Liene Rozite (flutes), Robert Henderson (trumpet), Chris Barclay & Nicole McNeilly (trombones), Aileen Campbell (voice),
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Nicola MacDonald (harmonica), Gerry Rossi (piano), Neil Davidson (guitar), Catriona McKay (harp), Peter Nicholson (cello), Una MacGlone & Armin Sturm (basses), Stuart Brown & Fritz Welch (percussion),
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Miguel Carvalhais (laptop)
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Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra
This set is freely improvised
Brian Morton speaks to Satoko Fujii
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Satoko Fujii recorded at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow on 25 November 2011
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Line-up:
Satoko Fujii (piano)
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Satoko Fujii
I Know You Don't Know
Composer: Satoko Fujii
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Satoko Fujii
Ram
Composer: Satoko Fujii
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Satoko Fujii
Take Right
Composer: Satoko Fujii
George Burt/Miguel Carvalhais/Raymond MacDonald/Bill Wells at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow on 25 Nov 2011
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Line-up:
George Burt (guitar & bass guitar), Miguel Carvalhais (laptop), Raymond MacDonald (piano & alto saxophone), Bill Wells (piano & bass guitar)
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George Burt / Miguel Carvalhais / Raymond MacDonald / Bill Wells
Sterne
Composer: George Burt
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George Burt / Miguel Carvalhais / Raymond MacDonald / Bill Wells
Ending At The Beginning
Composer: Raymond MacDonald
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George Burt / Miguel Carvalhais / Raymond MacDonald / Bill Wells
The Splattered Lift
Composer: Bill Wells
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George Burt / Miguel Carvalhais / Raymond MacDonald / Bill Wells
Part Of Me Wants You To Die
Composer: Bill Wells
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John Zorn
The Christmas Song
- A Dreamers Christmas.
- Tzadik.
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- Mon 19 Dec 2011 23:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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