Light and Shadow Orchestra of the Swan & David Le Page

• Thomas Newman (b. 1955): American Beauty:
• 1 Newman: American Beauty 03:18
• Ennio Morricone (1928 - 2020): Chi Mai:
• 2 Morricone: Chi Mai 03:42
• Traditional: Miserlou:
• 3 Traditional: Miserlou 02:20
• Philip Glass (b. 1937): Truman Sleeps:
• 4 Glass: Truman Sleeps 02:34
• Angelo Badalamenti (1937 - 2022): Twin Peaks Theme:
• 5 Badalamenti: Twin Peaks Theme 05:48
• Bernard Herrmann (1911 - 1975): Madeleine and Carlotta’s Portrait:
• 6 Herrmann: Madeleine and Carlotta’s Portrait 04:10
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992): Libertango:
• 7 Piazzolla: Libertango 04:56
• Jon Brion (b. 1963): Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind:
• 8 Brion: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 02:21
• Peter Gabriel (b. 1950): Solsbury Hill:
• 9 Gabriel: Solsbury Hill 05:37
• Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 - 2023): Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence:
• 10 Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 05:06
• Radiohead: Exit Music (For A Film):
• 11 Radiohead: Exit Music (For A Film) 04:35
• Thomas Newman: Ambient Beauty:
• 12 Newman: Ambient Beauty 04:24
• Total Runtime 48:51

Info zu Light and Shadow

Light and Shadow, ein weiteres Album der beliebten Mixtape-Reihe, ist das neue Album des Orchestra of the Swan und seines künstlerischen Leiters David Le Page. Mit Arrangements von Werken von Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman, Radiohead und anderen verspricht diese neueste Folge eine fesselnde, phantasievolle Reise, die musikalische Genres wie Jazz und Elektronik in dem typischen "Swan"-Stil verbindet.

Orchestra of the Swan
David Le Page, Klavier & Leitung

Orchestra of the Swan
Formed in 1995, Orchestra of the Swan is a British chamber orchestra which, under the artistic direction of David Le Page, is passionate about audience inclusivity and blurring the lines between genres, through its adventurous and accessible programming.

he Swan presents over 45 concerts a year – both live and digital with a catalogue of over 20 recordings. We are passionate about new music and has premiered more than 70 new works by composers including Joe Cutler, Tansy Davies, Joe Duddell, Alexander Goehr, Roxanna Panufnik, Joseph Phibbs, Dobrinka Tabakova, Errollyn Wallen, Huw Watkins, John Woolrich and many others. Our album ‘Timelapse’ creates a space where sounds of the past and present collide to form a unique musical landscape. Although the pieces were written, in some cases, centuries apart and in culturally disparate eras, it is striking how much these contrasting works inhabit such similar emotional territory. Intriguing pairings of works by Rameau and Radiohead’s Pyramid Song, Schubert, and The Smiths, Adés and Grieg, Satie and Reich, complement each other beautifully and style have become irrelevant.

The Swan has been enormously successful in making a positive and effective contribution to the communities at the heart of its ‘immersive residencies’ in Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Birmingham with an ambitious programme of work in care homes, schools and rural areas growing year by year. Based at the Stratford Play House, in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Swan is proof that an orchestra really can be an indispensable and relevant part of the community with its aim to entertain, educate and engage in a way that truly makes it a living orchestra.

David Le Page
Born on the channel island of Guernsey, David Le Page began playing the violin at the age of seven. He was offered a place at the Yehudi Menuhin school aged twelve and has since forged a diverse career as a performer, composer, producer and arranger.

Le Page’s violin playing has a natural, warm tone and an instinctive, improvisatory style, while his eclectic approach to writing, arranging and performing has been formed by an interest in many musical genres; from baroque and folk through to jazz, contemporary classical and experimental rock, pop and electronica. A passion for audience inclusion and a readiness to blur the edges of musical boundaries have contributed to his unique approach to programming. This combines a rare ability to present audiences with something new and challenging whilst allowing them to feel relaxed and engaged.

He appears regularly as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader and has formed his own groups, the Le Page Ensemble, The Harborough Collective, Subway Piranhas and Mysterious Barricades. He is leader of the Stratford-Upon-Avon based Orchestra of the Swan.

His involvement with new music has led to participation in numerous commissions and world premieres that have included working closely with composers such as John Woolrich, Thomas Ades, Douglas Cuomo, Paul Moravec, Tansy Davies, Gerald Barry, John McCabe, Huw Watkins, Joe Cutler, Joe Duddel and Errolyn Wallen.

Cross-genre collaborations have included projects with Keith Tippett, Partikel, Seckou Keita, James Schlefer, Benet McLean, Harvey Brough, Clara Sanabras, Billy Jenkins and Roger Eno. In 2017 he was invited to join Propellor, a ten piece ensemble featuring members of folk groups Mcneill & Heys and The Fair Rain, to create a sonic landscape installation as artists in residence at Snape Maltings Open Space.

He has regular duo partnerships with pianists Viv McLean and David Gordon. With Gordon, who is also a jazz pianist, composer and harpsichordist, he created Blurred Lines, an ongoing project which aims to transform the conventional recital into something unexpected and intriguing.

David Le Page has curated programmes for Chroma Ensemble and Opera North including the Balkan-influenced Parklife which was also part of the Latitude festival in 2016. He was musical director for Opera North’s Entranced in the Autumn and Winter Wonderland and in 2014 he performed Paganini Caprices for Hilary Mantel’s Shaking Hands with Satan talk at the Howard Assembly Room in Leeds and at the Royal Opera House in London.

In 2013 David created Harmony & Imagination Recordings, a label through which he has released four albums of his own material (The Reinvention of Harmony and Imagination, As The Crow Flies, Midwinter and Glimpses of the Seagull), two albums of solo violin music (Between Heaven and Earth and Metamorphosis), Barcos, an album with Argentine composer and Bandoneon player Eduardo Garcia and a recording of works by Chopin performed by British pianist Viv McLean. A new album of his own pieces for violin and piano, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page was released in the February 2018 as well as Samvaad a Balkan/Indian influenced collaboration with cellist Clare O’Connell and drummer Eric Ford.

David is artistic director of the successful Harborough Concerts and also of Le Page Ensemble Concerts in Southwell presenting around twenty performances a year. Concerts this season included a complete live performance of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper album reworked by David Le Page for its 50th anniversary.

In 2017 he created The Diving Bell with cellist Clare O’Connell, an experimental night of music that takes place in intimate venues across the UK. The Diving Bell brings together musicians from all genres and presents three contrasting sets, the last of which is an entirely new collaboration between all performers.

David plays on a violin made in 1874 by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.

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