Jonny Greenwood performs classical music set at BBC’s Maida Vale studios: Stream
Earlier this month, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood launched Octatonic, his very personal file label devoted to modern classical music. Over the weekend, the Oscar-nominated composer carried out a particular solo session reside from BBC Radio 6’s Maida Vale studios.
Greenwood’s look consisted of three classical works, as Pitchfork factors out. He began with a portion of his personal “Miniatures from Water”, adopted by his rendition of Bach’s “Partita No. 2 in D Minor”. Closing the mini set was a “quick” model of his unique association “88 (No. 1)”, which Greenwood beforehand stated he deliberate to launch some day through Octatonic.
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Stream the total Maida Vale session over on BBC Radio 6’s web site (scroll to the 1:34:10 mark).
“I hope these recordings encourage extra folks to see reside classical music, and to take an curiosity within the featured artists,” he added. “And, while a recording can solely ever be an approximation of the true factor, I’m going to work laborious to supply recordings that encourage you to see this music as one thing important and passionate.”
The Radiohead member additionally debuted a brand new compositional piece, Horror vacui, on BBC’s Proms collection this month.
