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Composer, performer and author Kerry Andrew with repetitive rhythms and refreshing rhymes

Kerry Andrew reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including a jazz interpretation of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Björk collaborating with a string quartet.

Composer, performer and author Kerry Andrew explores music which blurs the lines between genres, from a new piece built on a traditional song to a track that blends elements of classical music with the sounds of rock and electronic dance music.

As a successful writer and musician, Kerry enjoys delving deep into the relationship between music and text - admiring the genius placement of rhymes in a song by Rogers and Hart, and revealing a piano piece by Debussy that inspired a short story.

Kerry also discovers a scherzo infused with cheekiness, a quartet born out of extreme hardship, and a surprising arrangement for brass band…

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3

Photo credit: Julia Hawkins

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Amor dormiglione

    Singer: Suzie LeBlanc. Ensemble: Ensemble Constantinople.
    • ANALEKTA.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet, Op. 38 (III. Scherzo vivace)

    Ensemble: Intercontinental Ensemble.
    • TRPTK.
  • Kerry Andrew

    The Weeper

    Ensemble: You Are Wolf. Singer: Lisa Knapp.
    • FIRECREST RECORDS.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Dawn (Four Sea Interludes, Peter Grimes, Op. 33a, No. 1)

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Bobby McFerrin

    Circlesong Three

    Singer: Bobby McFerrin. Ensemble: Voicestra.
    • SONY.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Quartet for the End of Time (IV. Danse de la furer, pour les sept trompettes)

    Performer: Robert Plane. Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
    • SONY.
  • Robert Johnson

    Care-charming sleep

    Ensemble: Dowland Project.
    • ECM RECORDS.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring

    Performer: Hubert Laws. Performer: Wally Kane. Performer: Jane Taylor. Performer: Gene Bertoncini. Performer: Stuart Scharf. Performer: Jack DeJohnette. Performer: Dave Friedman. Performer: Airto Moreira. Music Arranger: Don Sebesky. Singer: Ron Carter. Conductor: Don Sebesky.
    • CTI RECORDS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite no.3 in C Major BWV.1009 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe.
    • WARNER.
  • Traditional Baka

    Linboku celebration

    Ensemble: Baka people.
    • GRUENREKORDER.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313 (I. Allegro maestoso)

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.
  • Anna Meredith

    The Vapours

    Ensemble: Anna Meredith & ensemble.
    • MOSHI MOSHI.
  • Claude Debussy

    Images II, 'Et la lune descend sur la temple qui fut'

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • DG.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. Librettist: Lorenz Hart.
    • VERVE.
  • Meredith Monk

    Gotham Lullaby

    Singer: Björk. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • THE HOUSE FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS.

Broadcast

  • Sat 14 Jan 2023 13:00

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