Rick Wakeman domani a Udine

UDINE. Rick Wakeman, tastierista e compositore britannico, fra i principali esponenti del progressive rock mondiale degli anni Settanta, storico componente degli Yes, interprete solista di dischi...
From The Interesting Film Company PERSPECTIVES: RICK WAKEMAN ON VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS Sunday 3rd May 2015 on ITV Pictured: Rick Wakeman Antonio Vivaldi’s the Four Seasons is the most popular piece of classical music of all time. There have been over 1000 different recordings , selling tens of millions of copies. It’s become so ubiquitous – in lifts, as phone ring tones or on call-centre answering machines – that it has been denounced as Muzak for the middle classes. Rick Wakeman – platinum-selling prog rock keyboardist and television Grumpy Old Man – thinks the critics are wrong. He believes that the Four Seasons was so far ahead of its time that it was actually the first ever concept album – and that Vivaldi was the world’s first rock superstar. But how could a sickly 18th century priest create the prototype for Rick’s very modern genre? And why did Vivaldi and the Four Seasons disappear into obscurity for more than 200 years after his death? Rick turns detective to solve the mystery: his journey takes him to Venice – in the 18th century the most debauched city on the planet – where he encounters some of those who have devoted their lives to studying and worshipping Vivaldi … and uncovers the whiff of a very modern rock star sex scandal. Which may have contributed to Vivaldi’s downfall. But the investigation also leads Rick to unexpected places and people. He meets fellow prog rocker Mike Rutherford from Genesis and debates whose band Vivaldi would join; and he encounters the Croatian arranger and keyboard player whose multi-national assembly of musicians is turning the Four Seasons into heavy metal. Along the way Rick also discovers the only existing original score for the Four Seasons … in just about the last place anyone would have thought to find it… © The Interesting Film Company For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITV and can on
From The Interesting Film Company PERSPECTIVES: RICK WAKEMAN ON VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS Sunday 3rd May 2015 on ITV Pictured: Rick Wakeman Antonio Vivaldi’s the Four Seasons is the most popular piece of classical music of all time. There have been over 1000 different recordings , selling tens of millions of copies. It’s become so ubiquitous – in lifts, as phone ring tones or on call-centre answering machines – that it has been denounced as Muzak for the middle classes. Rick Wakeman – platinum-selling prog rock keyboardist and television Grumpy Old Man – thinks the critics are wrong. He believes that the Four Seasons was so far ahead of its time that it was actually the first ever concept album – and that Vivaldi was the world’s first rock superstar. But how could a sickly 18th century priest create the prototype for Rick’s very modern genre? And why did Vivaldi and the Four Seasons disappear into obscurity for more than 200 years after his death? Rick turns detective to solve the mystery: his journey takes him to Venice – in the 18th century the most debauched city on the planet – where he encounters some of those who have devoted their lives to studying and worshipping Vivaldi … and uncovers the whiff of a very modern rock star sex scandal. Which may have contributed to Vivaldi’s downfall. But the investigation also leads Rick to unexpected places and people. He meets fellow prog rocker Mike Rutherford from Genesis and debates whose band Vivaldi would join; and he encounters the Croatian arranger and keyboard player whose multi-national assembly of musicians is turning the Four Seasons into heavy metal. Along the way Rick also discovers the only existing original score for the Four Seasons … in just about the last place anyone would have thought to find it… © The Interesting Film Company For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITV and can on

UDINE. Rick Wakeman, tastierista e compositore britannico, fra i principali esponenti del progressive rock mondiale degli anni Settanta, storico componente degli Yes, interprete solista di dischi magistrali come “The six wives of Henry VIII” e “Journey to the center of the eartth”, arriva nel Friuli Venezia Giulia.

Forte della fresca pubblicazione del nuovo album “Piano portraits”, in cui interpreta pezzi classici e canzoni moderne da Debussy e Tchaikovsky, passando per Beatles, David Bowie, Yes e Led Zeppelin, la “chioma bionda del rock” sarà protagonista in concerto al Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, domani alle 21. Il concerto è organizzato da Zenit srl.

Nato nei pressi di Londra nel 1949 e diplomato all'Opera della capitale, pianista classico passato alle tastiere, Wakeman ha iniziato la sua carriera negli anni ’60 come turnista, arrivando a incidere anche trenta pezzi l’anno. Entrato a far parte di uno dei gruppi precursori del rock sinfonico, gli Strawbs, è poi approdato agli Yes, con i quali ha inventato un nuovo modo di usare le tastiere e il Minimoog.

Con gli Yes ha inciso tre capolavori assoluti: “Fragile”, “Close to the edge” e “Yessongs”, che hanno superato i 40 milioni di copie vendute nel mondo. Nella sua carriera da solista ha inciso, tra gli altri, il disco “The Six Wives of Henry VIII”, con oltre 10 milioni di copie vendute. Fra le collaborazioni, Wakeman è stato per anni l’arrangiatore di David Bowie, con cui ha scritto "Life on Mars", e di Elton John. Ha collaborato anche con Cat Stevens, Black Sabbath e Lou Reed.

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