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Composer Anna Clyne considers our unique experiences of colour and music and how synaesthesia contributed to the music of Miles Davis, Alexander Scriabin and Duke Ellington.

Grammy-nominated composer Anna Clyne is fascinated by the relationship that exists between art and music. In this series she explores the stories, imagery, and colour of some of her favourite music and art, and how one inspires the other.

In this second episode, we delve into the deep hues of colour that exist in music. Anna describes how bright yellows, oranges and reds in the work of American artist Mark Rothko inspired her own orchestral work Color Field. She considers our unique experiences of colour and music and explores how synaesthesia contributed to the music of Miles Davis, Alexander Scriabin and Duke Ellington. We hear why the viola evokes the colour purple for Grammy-winning composer Joan Tower and what made Estonian composer Arvo Part describe listeners of his music as 鈥榩risms鈥�, dividing white light into the full colour spectrum.

Presented by Anna Clyne
Produced by Laura Metcalfe

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 15 Jan 2023 23:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joni Mitchell

    Favourite Colour

    Performer: Joni Mitchell.
    • Joni Mitchell Archives 鈥� Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967).
    • Rhino.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Prom茅th茅e - Le Po猫me du feu, Op. 60

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Choir: Berliner Singakademie.
    • Prometheus - The Myth in Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Anna Clyne

    Color Field - 3rd Movement 'Orange'

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.

  • Palle Mikkelborg

    Yellow

    • AURA.
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

  • Duke Ellington

    Frustration

    Performer: Duke Ellington. Orchestra: Duke Ellington Orchestra.
    • Ellington, Duke: Jam-A-Ditty (1946-1947).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Joan Tower

    Purple Rhapsody

    Performer: Paul Neubauer. Orchestra: ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Russell.
    • Triumvirate: 3 Composers 鈥� 3 Concertos 鈥� 3 World Premieres.
    • Summit Records.
    • 6.

  • Morton Feldman

    Rothko Chapel

    Choir: Houston Chamber Choir. Conductor: Robert Simpson.
    • Rothko Chapel - Morton Feldman / Erik Satie / John Cage.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 1.

  • Tyshawn Sorey

    The Inner Spectrum of Variables

    Performer: Tyshawn Sorey. Performer: Cory Smythe. Performer: Kyle Armbrust. Performer: Fung Chern Hwei. Performer: Rubin Kodheli.
    • The Inner Spectrum of Variables.
    • PI Recordings.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Fratres (1991 Version for String Orchestra and Percussion)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • Kancheli: Symphony No. 3 - P盲rt: Symphony No. 3 & Fratres.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Fratres

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Fratres.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Purple Rain

    • Purple Rain.
    • Warner Brothers.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Jan 2023 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3