Pianos Forever
Pianist Keelan Carew explores the history of piano playing. This final episode explores where the piano is today in the 21st century - in classical, pop, jazz and beyond...
Pianist Keelan Carew explores the invention of the pianoforte and the innovation that changed everything, giving the player the ability to vary the dynamics in the way you strike the keys.
This final episode explores how the piano progressed throughout the 20th century and where it is today in the 21st. Keelan will look at the popularity of American minimalist composers like Philip Glass and Steve Reich; how composers such John Cage to Sarah Nicholls (with her 鈥業nside Out Piano鈥�) started to think beyond the keyboard by experimenting with 'prepared pianos'; how in the world of Jazz, players like Herbie Hancock and Thelonius Monk forged new sounds from the instrument, while in pop circles it has remained a key feature for performers such as Tori Amos and Elton John; and how up to present day, a new genre has become one of the most streamed and listened of them all 鈥� contemporary composers like Olafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm putting the instrument front and centre in a new genre that has brought the piano to billions of new fans.
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Steve Reich
Piano Phase
Ensemble: Double Edge.- NONESUCH.
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Henry Cowell
The Banshee
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John Cage
Sonata No 6
Performer: Boris Berman.- Naxos.
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Sarah Nicolls
Sun on Sea
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脫lafur Arnalds
Doria
Performer: 脫lafur Arnalds.- Island Songs.
- Mercury KX.
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Herbie Hancock
Cantaloupe Island
- Empyrean Isles.
- Blue Note.
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Thelonious Monk Quartet
Thelonius
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Frederic Rzewski
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
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Elton John
Bennie and the Jets
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Adele
All Night Parking (Interlude)
- SONY.
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Nina Simone
I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)
- BMG.
Broadcast
- Sun 18 Dec 2022 23:00大象传媒 Radio 3