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Pushing into new territory

Patricia Brennan describes how she has extended the language of the vibraphone with manipulated sounds and graceful dexterity.

The Mexican vibraphonist Patricia Brennan has been frustrated by the limited repertoire for her instrument in both contemporary music and jazz since she was a student. Now based in New York and a member of several big bands and orchestras she has just released her debut solo album of improvised pieces. Patricia talks about how she has pushed her instrument into new territory with an abundance of electronics and extended techniques alongside lyrical fluidity and graceful dexterity. Joyful flurries from the American pianist Amina Claudine Myers and her trio will lift your spirits and there’s music from the Norwegian saxophonist Signe Emmeluth, who prides herself on her β€œbig ears and good intuition”.

Produced by Rebecca Gaskell
A Reduced Listening production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

1 hour

Last on

Sun 21 Feb 2021 00:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Mark Feldman

    As We Are

    • Sounding Point.
    • Intakt Records.

  • Amina Claudine Myers

    Song From The West

    • Augmented Variations.
    • Blue Music Group.

  • Patricia Brennan

    I Like For You To Be Still

    • Maquishti.
    • Valley of Search.

  • Vipertime

    All Our Heroes Are Dead

    • Limbs / All Our Heroes Are Dead.
    • HPBC Records.

  • Francesca Ter‐Berg

    Wtybcrechk

    • In Eynem.
    • Phantom Limb.

  • A Twittering Machine

    Who Knows

    • Wasteland Songs.
    • Brazen Head Recordings.

  • Emmeluth's Amoeba

    Silhouette

    • Polyp.
    • Øra Fonogram.

  • Marilyn Crispell

    America

    • A Concert In Berlin.
    • FMP.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Feb 2021 00:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3