Jazzy D's Soul Notes

Is classical music having a millennial moment? In March 2019, the streaming service Deezer reported a 270% rise in the number of subscribers to its most popular classical music playlist, with 43% of those new listeners being millennials. BBC research also shows that young people are increasingly seeking out classical music online to relax, focus and energise.

So here are a few modern ones which I enjoy.

Bang on a Can All-Stars: Reeling (Julia Wolfe)



Gavin Bryars - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet




John Dowland - Flow My Tears



Flow my Tears is an ayre by the accomplished lutenist and composer John Dowland.
Originally composed as an instrumental under the name Lachrimae pavane in 1596, it is Dowland's most famous ayre, and became his signature song, literally as well as metaphorically: he would occasionally sign his name "Jo. Dolandi de Lachrimae"

Paul Agnew (Tenor)
Christopher Wilson (Lute)

Serpentwithfeet - Four Ethers



Written and Produced by serpentwithfeet
Additional Production by The Haxan Cloak
Mixed by The Haxan Cloak
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Artwork by Elliott Brown Jr.

Isn't that track awesome and is based and sampled on this-

Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique - March To The Scaffold




Herbie Hancock - Ravel Concerto For Piano & Orchestra



Yes - Herbie jazz man and funkmeister of the Headhunters does classical.

Enjoy.

Time for some music -

Radiohead - Kid A



( More music here )

Enjoy.

I am looking forward to travelling down with Phil next Tuesday as we both have a love of early classical music.So on our sojourn to Brighton i shall be bringing two CD's - the one by Concordia with works by Christopher Tye, Thomas Tallis, William Lawes, and others and another CD I found in a charity shop by Fretwork playing  the music of Thomas Tomkins "These Distracted Times"  (Obsidian).




Tomkin's music was written during the troubling times of the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell to which he wrote a pavan shortly after Charles I execution  This is a collection of his church and chamber music.