88 Keys - 88 Days
Elizabeth Alker looks back at some of the highlights of the 2018 Piano Day.
Elizabeth Alker looks back at some of the highlights of the 2018 Piano Day.
Piano Day was started in 2015 by Nils Frahm but it has since taken on a life of its own, becoming an international phenomenon with special one-off events and recordings happening all over the world. To celebrate the 88 keys on a piano, Piano Day is always celebrated on the 88th day of the year, and from Leeds to Lisbon, Shanghai to Shropshire and St Petersburg to Seoul, musicians and composers of all different disciplines came together last year on March 29th.
Elizabeth will celebrate and explore the possibilities of the piano, whether that's covering strings inside the piano with paper, hitting them with a Β£1 Ikea toilet brush or arranging new music for as many as eight pianos and tape loop. Expect the strange and the blissful, music that is freaky and gorgeous and definitely some sounds you've never heard before. There'll be brand new beautiful and experimental recordings from artists such as Nightports with Matthew Bourne, Poppy Ackroyd, Laurence Crane, Peter Broderick, Four Tet and Simeon Walker.
This is a repeat of a programme first broadcast last year.
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Laurence Crane
10,000 Green Bottles
Ensemble: Ives Ensemble.- Nimbus Alliance.
- NI6337.
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Nightports
This Trip
Composer: Matthew Bourne. Performer: Nightports. Performer: Matthew Bourne.- Leaf Records.
- BAY 108CD.
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Poppy Ackroyd
Paper
Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.- One Little Indian.
- TPLP1430DL.
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Luke Wyland
PNO
Performer: LWW.- Leaf Records.
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Simeon Walker
Shelter
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Arthur Jeffes
Black Hole 5.0
Performer: Arthur Jeffes.- EPC Music.
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Peter Broderick
We Rejoice!
Performer: Peter Broderick.- Erased Tapes.
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Four Tet
Daughter
Performer: Four Tet.- Text Records.
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Erland Cooper
Solan Goose for 8 pianos, 1 violin & 1 glockenspiel
Performer: Neil Cowley. Performer: Anna Phoebe. Performer: Hayden Thorpe. Performer: Leo Abrahams. Performer: William Doyle. Performer: Alex Kozobolis. Performer: Charlotte Greenhow. Performer: Aisling Brouwer. Performer: Jake Downs. Performer: Erland Cooper.- Phases.
- PHA001LP.
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Micachu
Riding Through Drinking Harpo Dine
Performer: Eliza McCarthy.- Foom.
- FM009.
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Sarah Nicolls
Warm
Performer: Sarah Nicolls. -
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Devendra Banhart
Middle Names (Piano Day 2018 version)
Music Arranger: Nils Frahm. Performer: Nils Frahm. -
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Nightports
This Trip
Composer: Matthew Bourne. Performer: Nightports. Performer: Matthew Bourne. -
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Poppy Ackroyd
Paper
Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.- Resolve.
- One Little Indian.
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LWW
PNO
Performer: LWW. -
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Simeon Walker
Shelter
Performer: Simeon Walker. -
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Peter Broderick
We Rejoice!
Performer: Peter Broderick. -
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Four Tet
Daughter
Performer: Four Tet. -
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Erland Cooper
Solan Goose for 8 pianos, 1 violin & 1 glockenspiel
Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Neil Cowley. Performer: Anna Phoebe. Performer: Hayden Thorpe. Performer: Leo Abrahams. Performer: William Doyle. Performer: Alex Kosobolis. Performer: Charlotte Greenhow. Performer: Aisling Brouwer. Performer: Jacob Downs. -
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Micachu
Riding Through Drinking Harpo Dine
Performer: Eliza McCarthy. -
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Sarah Nicolls
Warm
Performer: Sarah Nicolls. -
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Nils Frahm
Middle Names
Composer: Devendra Banhart. Performer: Nils Frahm.
Broadcasts
- Sun 15 Apr 2018 23:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
- Sun 26 May 2019 23:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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