Taking Notes: February 2014

18 February 2014

Series 1: Episode 9

Gary Carpenter | composer & Iain Ballamy | saxophonist

This Friday 21 February, the BBC Philharmonic will give the world premiere performance of Gary Carpenter's SET, Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and orchestra, with renowned soloist Iain Ballamy. They discuss how the piece came into being, and how - unusually for a concerto - it allows Iain to improvise freely whilst keeping the overall form in place. To finish, we hear Gary's charming orchestral piece, Fred and Ginger.

Student Pulse London | digital app

Nico Köpke, founder and managing director of Kodime Ltd, joins Lloyd to explain the concept behind Student Pulse London, an app that has become increasingly popular with students. Kodime has worked with 11 London orchestras and venues to deliver discounted student tickets for the best concerts, all in one place. Users can collect points for each event they attend, and are rewarded when they reach milestones in the total number of points they have accumulated. These range from a voucher for iTunes or Spotify, right up to an iPad mini!

Photo by Dave McKean

Show outline
01.53 Interview with Gary and Iain
18.59 Fred and Ginger by Gary Carpenter
23.55 Interview with Nico Köpke, about Student Pulse London

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Title Music 'Yentas Five' from A Proper Grown Up, by the Spike Orchestra

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14 February 2014

Series 1: Episode 8

Dame Evelyn Glennie | percussionist

This week, Lloyd meets the first person in the world to have developed a career as a solo percussionist - Dame Evelyn Glennie. In her extraordinary career spanning nearly 30 years, Evelyn has worked with most of the world's leading orchestras, and helped to create the vast repertoire that now exists for solo percussion by commissioning and performing over 170 new works. Lloyd went to meet Evelyn at her offices, where they spoke at length about her career and her vast collection of instruments.

Interview outline
01.37 Work routine
03.06 Working with composers
05.44 Early years at the Academy/early commissioning projects
09.13 Evelyn's own composing for TV and film
10.42 Her experiences of deafness and the public's perception of it
15.06 The Art of Listening
18.04 Her involvement in the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony
21.00 Evelyn's own view on her career

Instrument demonstrations
23.28 Aluphone
27.02 Cymbals
32.00 Exhaust pipes
34.01 Amadinda
35.33 Zube Tube!

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Title Music 'Yentas Five' from A Proper Grown Up, by the Spike Orchestra

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7 February 2014

Series 1: Episode 7

The Hermes Experiment | Héloïse Werner, Oliver Pashley & Anne Denholm

Three of the four members of this very exciting new music group join Lloyd to discuss the progress they have made so far. The Hermes Experiment was recently named as the joint winner of Nonclassical's Battle of the Band competition, and they have plans for future concerts in London and a tour to France in September. Next week, they will perform Lloyd's new work, composed collaboratively with the group, at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge. More info on that here.

Murray Richmond | SU President, Royal Academy of Music

Student-led concerts have become increasingly popular in our music colleges recently. On Friday 7 February, the RAM SU orchestra present A Night At the Movies with conductor James Murray, in aid of charity. As the title suggests, the evening will feature a wide selection of film scores, from classics like Gone With the Wind right up to the modern-day blockbusters such as Lord of the Rings. Organiser Murray Richmond previews the concert with Lloyd and they also talk about West End theatre, in which he can often be found playing in the pit band! More info and tickets available here.

Photo by Ben Daniel-Greep

Show outline

01.16 Interview with The Hermes Experiment

18.51 Performance of Piazzolla's Histoire du Tango, arranged by Oliver Pashley for the group