For those of you interested, the Avalon Trio - piano, saxophone and percussion - have recorded music by Vaughan Willaims, Finzi and Delius. I liked it very much. It went out yesterday evening at 23.40 and is available on the iPlayer for 7 days. The segment begins at about 19 minutes and finishes around 43 minutes.
Whether or not, the music is to your taste, I can't imagine. However, in between the 3 pieces played on Jazz Line Up, the presenter talks to the musicians. The original music is clearly very dear to them and their music-making is very loving. Whatever you may make of their musical efforts, for myself I always find it cheering to hear favourite composers spoken of with warmth, especially by perhaps unexpected people.
The last piece, the Delius, does fade up at a somewhat raucous moment that may be off-putting but please bear with it because it resolves into something much more gentle.
Whatever you make of the jazz interpretations, the Avalon Trio's warm music and clear, heartfelt love of it endeared it to me and I shall look for the original, classical pieces.
Whether or not, the music is to your taste, I can't imagine. However, in between the 3 pieces played on Jazz Line Up, the presenter talks to the musicians. The original music is clearly very dear to them and their music-making is very loving. Whatever you may make of their musical efforts, for myself I always find it cheering to hear favourite composers spoken of with warmth, especially by perhaps unexpected people.
The last piece, the Delius, does fade up at a somewhat raucous moment that may be off-putting but please bear with it because it resolves into something much more gentle.
Whatever you make of the jazz interpretations, the Avalon Trio's warm music and clear, heartfelt love of it endeared it to me and I shall look for the original, classical pieces.
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