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    Posted: October 27 2009 at 07:29
There is a Pete Townshend documentary this week on BBC Radio 4 (Tuesday 1.30pm GMT, repeated Saturday 10.30am) on how the late English renaissance music of Henry Purcell influenced his and the Who's music....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nf3kr

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Points: 3449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2009 at 22:42

Well now when time permits I'm going to have to watch this.  I don't know much about Purcell (mainly his works on the Clockwork Orange soundtrack are familiar to me) but if we're talking the first Who album (My Generation) I clearly don't know enough about Purcell. 
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Points: 4252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 28 2009 at 02:19
this doesn't surprise me at all, musicians are an open -minded lot and pick up infuences from many obscure sources, i know Paul Macartney listened to Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and included  a similar horn solo on "Penny Lane".
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Points: 12816 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 28 2009 at 07:36
Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

Well now when time permits I'm going are familiar to me) but if we're talking the first Who album (My Generation) I clearly don't know enough about Purcell. 

 
"Listen"- it's a radio broadcast by the Beeb and should be on their play again service.
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I knew he was a big Terry Riley fan, but I was not aware of this.
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Points: 12816 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 29 2009 at 04:52
Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I knew he was a big Terry Riley fan, but I was not aware of this.
 
Big hint on his 2000 multi-CD box set, The Lifehouse Chronicles:
 
 
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I was unaware of this collection's existence. Obvious influence now looking at the track listing. I would love to hear what he does with Scarlatti's  213 Sonata.
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Points: 12816 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2009 at 09:41
Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I was unaware of this collection's existence. Obvious influence now looking at the track listing. I would love to hear what he does with Scarlatti's  213 Sonata.
 
That disc is a mix of either chamber orchestra or Townshend I guess on synth - so you may get something akin to Scarletti's  original concept of that piece. I'm impressed by the complete 1999 live rearrangements of Who Are You and Won't get Fooled Again on another disc.


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Points: 15784 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2009 at 12:43
That's disappointing then. If I want to hear faithful Scarlatti I'll listen to Ross and be done with it. I'll probably check out that collection though it sounds tasty as a whole.
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Points: 4828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2009 at 08:14
Purcell did some really lovely orchestral works for both female solo voice and choir.
Nice to learn this influence on Pete's work, thanks for sharing the interview.
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