22 April 2006
Saturday 22 April 2006 23:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
To celebrate pianist John Tilbury's 70th birthday, Robert Worby talks to Tilbury about his long career in New Music, improvisation and more recently in Samuel Beckett's theatrical works.
The programme includes John's recordings of music by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Terry Riley, Cornelius Cardew and Howard Skempton, as well as an improvisation with drummer Eddie Prevost, and Beckett's Rough For Radio 1.
Playlist
Presenter: Robert Worby
Producer: Philip Tagney
Broadcast Assistant: Ben Warren
John Tilbury at 70
John CAGE Piano Sonatas for Prepared Piano (Sonatas No.14 & 15 played) (6'.15"): John Tilbury (prepared piano)
Morton FELDMAN Last Pieces (Vertical Thoughts; Piano Piece 1955; Number 4, played) (4'.30"): John Tilbury (piano)
Terry RILEY Dorian Mode (realised Tilbury) (extract 6'.20"):
John Tilbury (electric organ) + tape delay
Christian WOLFF For Piano With Preparations Number 1 (3'.40"):
John Tilbury (prepared piano)
John TILBURY 19 Questions (3'.38"): John Tilbury (speaker)
Samuel Beckett's Radio Play - Rough for Radio No.1 with music by
John TILBURY; Eddie PREVOST and Sebastian LEXER (19'.00):
John Tilbury & Christina Jones (voices)
SCHOENBERG Book of the Hanging Gardens (Nos 8 & 15, played) (5'.30"):
Roswitha Trexler (soprano), John Tilbury (piano)
Dave SMITH First Piano Concert ( Charleston and Ramble, played) (3'.31"; 4'.08"):
John Tilbury (piano)
Michael PARSONS Triptych (parts 2 & 3 played) (8'.40"):
John Tilbury (piano)
Howard SKEMPTON Invention; Una Barcarolla; Trace; Passing Fancy; Of Late (3'.40"): John Tilbury (piano)
Cornelius CARDEW February Piece 1960 (6'.07"); The Croppy Boy (2'.05"):
John Tilbury (piano)
AMN Norwich (excerpt) (6'.30"): John Tilbury (piano), Eddie Prevost (percussion)
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For further details of any of tonight's composers, performers or pieces, please e-mail hear.and.now@bbc.co.uk
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