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Music Inspired by Art

Anna describes how pencil sketches worked their way into Caroline Shaw鈥檚 Partita for 8 Voices, and the importance of a black-and-white print to Rachmaninov鈥檚 Isle of the Dead.

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 first episode, Anna describes how pencil sketches worked their way into Caroline Shaw鈥檚 Pulitzer prize-winning Partita for 8 Voices, and the importance of a black-and-white print to Rachmaninov鈥檚 starkly evocative Isle of the Dead. Anna also considers Debussy鈥檚 La Mer, how he musically illustrated the great waves of the sea and why he printed Japanese art onto his original score. We discover how Jackson Pollock鈥檚 paint splatters have encouraged the American jazz saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom to paint with sound and finally, we break out of the picture frame with music by Errollyn Wallen.

Presented by Anna Clyne
Produced by Laura Metcalfe

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 Jan 2023 23:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Caroline Shaw

    Partita for 8 voices: Allemande

    Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.
    • Partita for 8 Voices.
    • New Amsterdam Records.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    The Isle Of The Dead, Op. 29

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Rachmaninov: The Isle Of The Dead.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Debussy: La Mer.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Steve Reich

    Reich/Richter: Cross Fades

    Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: George Jackson.
    • Steve Reich: Reich/Richter.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 3.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: The Old Castle

    Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

  • Anna Clyne

    Abstractions: ii. 'Auguries'

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Abstractions.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Impressions: i. Bright Palatte

    Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet.
    • Jennifer Higdon: Piano Trio, Voices & Impressions.
    • Naxos.

  • Jane Ira Bloom

    Chasing Paint

    Performer: Jane Ira Bloom.
    • Chasing Paint: Jane Ira Bloom meets Jackson Pollock.
    • Arabesque Jazz.

  • Florence Welch

    What The Water Gave Me

    Composer: Francis White. Ensemble: Florence + The Machine.
    • What The Water Gave Me.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..

  • David Bowie

    Andy Warhol

    Performer: David Bowie.
    • Hunky Dory (2015 Remaster).
    • Parlophone UK.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    This Frame Is Part Of The Painting

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Singer: Catriona Morison. Conductor: Elim Chan.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Jan 2023 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3