Previews from John Hardy's soundtrack for the major BBC Radio 4 dramatisation 'Life and Fate' starring Kenneth Branagh.
The album of 11 MP3 tracks is available to download directly from John Hardy Music and at iTunes, Amazon and all other major MP3 stores.
Hear more and buy at http://www.johnhardymusic.net/projects/radio/project111/life-and-fate.html
The eight-hour adaptation from the novel by Vasily Grossman has been described as a 'fabulous, mind-expanding drama' (The Telegraph), and 'vivid, heartbreaking, illuminating and utterly brilliant... Life and Fate represents the pinnacle of radio drama' (the Guardian).
The original music for Life and Fate was composed and produced by John Hardy with Rob Whitehead and performed by Oliver Wilson-Dickson (violin), Tom Jackson (Clarinets), Stacey Blythe (Accordion) and Max Pownall (Hammer Dulcimer).
Music for orchestra by John Hardy inspired by adventures told in the letters that his mother sent home from East Africa during the 50's. Find out more at http://www.johnhardymusic.com CD available at: Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003TNXTGW John Hardy Music http://www.johnhardymusic.net/shop/ Ffin Records http://www.ffinrecords.co.uk/news/16/cd-blue-letters-from-tanganyika.html
MP3 album available at: iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=336840520&... John Hardy Music http://www.johnhardymusic.net/shop/ Ffin Records http://www.ffinrecords.co.uk/news/16/cd-blue-letters-from-tanganyika.html and all major download stores.
"Powerfully cinematic" (South Wales Echo) "Rhythmically charged, open and immediately engaging... bright and colourful while still managing to evoke the African landscape" (Gramophone Magazine) "Colourful, finely crafted movements... 4 stars" (Classical Music Magazine) "masterpiece of creation... an extraordinary piece of history" (Roy Noble, BBC Radio Wales) "Colourful, filmic, and open to pleasurable listening at a single sitting" (Howard Smith, Music & Vision)
John Hardy is a highly-acclaimed and in-demand composer for the concert stage, film and other media such as television, theatre, dance, and many other forms of collaboration. He has written original music for over 200 films, drama series, documentaries and broadcasts viewed worldwide, and is regularly commissioned to write substantial choral and instrumental works for organisations such as Welsh National Opera, DV8, BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales, Test Dept, and Westminster Abbey. His music creates evocative atmospheres which capture the audience and transport them into a private world where aural and emotional integrity are unified in a single, poignant experience.
John Hardy is a highly-acclaimed and in-demand composer for the concert stage, film and other media such as television, theatre, dance, and many other forms of collaboration. He has written original music for over 200 films, drama series, document...
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