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And There Were Giants
If you've hung around Jane's Listening Room for any length of time, you have some idea which musicians and works of music have influenced me personally and as a composer. On this page I'll be sharing more about the composers and works that have shaped and changed my life. Seasons change, and so do musical tastes, so these entries may not remain static.
Leonard Bernstein
refusing to be categorised, wrote brilliant works infused with eclecticism
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
deceptively clean and simple, yet earth-shatteringly innovative
Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy)
classical minimalist and balladeer, writing the soundtrack of our lives
Jim Steinman
monumental unsung talent in theatrical and popular song
Benjamin Britten
persevered to create deeply moving works despite ill-health and adversity
and so many others . . .
Ian Anderson, Pierre Abelard, The Beatles, Ludwig van Beethoven, Alban Berg, Bernært de Ventadorn, Johannes Brahms, Kate Bush, Harry Chapin, Nat Cole, Aaron Copland, Elvis Costello, Jamie Cullum, David Del Tredici, Ben Folds, George Gershwin, Gesualdo, Murray Gold, Henryk Górecki, Hildegard von Bingen, Gustav Holst, Karel Husa, Maurice Jarré, Billy Joel, Adrian Johnston, Elton John, Jerome Kern, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Ernst Krenek, Jonathan Larson, Oscar Levant, Stephen Oliver, Arvo Pärt, Edith Piaf, Sergei Prokofiev, Giacomo Puccini, Ottorino Respighi, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Richard Rodgers, Erik Satie, Paul Simon, Stephen Sondheim, John Tams, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Antonello Venditti, Richard Wagner, William Walton, Kurt Weill . . .
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Works that changed me . . .
Adams, John: Shaker Loops, Harmonielehre
Berg, Alban: Wozzeck, Lulu
Blitzstein, Marc: The Cradle Will Rock
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Fidelio, Symphony no 7
Bernstein, Leonard: Chichester Psalms, Symphony no 3, Make Our Garden Grow
Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Britten, Benjamin: Four Sea Interludes, Turn of the Screw
Bush, Kate: Man With the Child in His Eyes, Lionheart
Copland, Aaron: Appalachian Spring, Symphony no 3
Costello, Elvis: The Birds Will Still Be Singing
Del Tredici, David: Final Alice
Gershwin, George: Second Rhapsody, American in Paris
Hendrix, Jimi: Purple Haze
Hildegard of Bingen: Columba aspexit
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Violin Concerto
Krenek, Ernst: Jonny Spielt Auf
Lennon and McCartney: Penny Lane, Yesterday
Mozart, WA: Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, Requiem
Penderecki, Krzysztof: Devils of Loudon
Prokofiev, Sergei: Piano Concerto no 3
Schönberg, Arnold: Pierrot Lunaire
Sondheim, Stephen: Sweeney Todd
Steinman, Jim: Heaven Can Wait, Milady, Objects in the Rear View Mirror
Stravinsky, Igor: Petrushka
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Lark Ascending, London Symphony
Venditti, Antonello: Le Cose della vita, Settembre
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Finally, far too many Desert Island Tracks
Abelard: Planctus cigne
Addinsell, Richard: Goodbye, Mr Chips
Arne, Thomas: Rule Britannia (fr Alfred)
Arutunian, Alexander: Trumpet Concerto
Barber, Samuel: Adagio for Strings
Bartok, Bela: Bluebeard's Castle, Miraculous Mandarin
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Emperor Piano Concerto (no 5), Eroica Symphony (no 3)
Berlin, Irving: What'll I Do?
Berlioz, Hector: Symphonie Fantastique
Bernstein, Leonard: A Quiet Place, Jeremiah Symphony, Slavà!, Waltz (fr Divertimento)
Brahms, Johannes: Academic Festival Overture
Britten, Benjamin: War Requiem
Bryars, Gavin: Sinking of the Titanic
Bush, Kate: Wuthering Heights, Running Up That Hill
Cassidy, Eva: Live at Blues Cottage (CD)
Chapin, Harry: Gold Medal Collection (CDs)
Copland, Aaron: Music for a Great City, The Tender Land
Costello, Elvis: Still, Birds Will Still Be Singing, When It Sings
Crumb, George: Voice of the Whale
Glass, Philip: Songs from Liquid Days
Gonzalez, Ruben: Indestructible
Górecki, Henryk: Totus Tuus
Charlie Haden Quartet West: Haunted Heart (CD)
Holst, Gustav: In the Bleak Midwinter
Honegger, Arthur: Pacific 231, Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher
Isaac, Heinrich: Innsbruck, ich muß dich lassen
Jenkins, Gordon: Manhattan Tower
Jethro Tull: Fire at Midnight
Le Jeune, Claude: Revecy Venir le Printemps
Lloyd Webber, Andrew: Requiem, Unexpected Song
Mussorgsky, Modeste: Pictures at an Exhibition
Orff, Carl: Carmina Burana
Parry, C H H: Jerusalem
Part, Arvo: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten, Spiegel im Spiegel
Perotin: Viderunt Omnes
Piaf, Edith: Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
Prince: Hits I & II (CDs)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Symphony no 5
Puccini, Giacomo: Tosca, La Bohème
Reich, Steve: Different Trains
Respighi, Ottorino: Church Windows, Roman Trilogy
Rolling Stones: Lady Jane
Saint Louis Jesuits: Earthen Vessels (CD)
Schwartz, Stephen: Pippin
Steeleye Span: All Around My Hat, Rocket Cottage (CDs)
Steinman, Jim: Bad for Good (CD), Bat Out of Hell I and II (CDs), Tanz der Vampire, Whistle Down the Wind
Strauss, Richard: Salome
Strawhead: I Live Not Where I Love, Westlin' Winds
Taktakishvili, Otar: Sonata for Flute and Piano
Talbot, John Michael: Regathering (CD), Troubadour of the King (CD)
Tippett, Sir Michael: Child of Our Time
Venditti, Antonello: Nel paese delle meraviglie (CD)
Verdi, Giuseppe: Simon Boccanegra
Wagner, Richard: Tristan und Isolde, Ring Cycle
Wakeman, Rick: Six Wives of Henry VIII
Weill, Kurt: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Berlin Requiem, Threepenny Opera
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