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We hear вЂSubterranean Homesick AlienвЂ™ over an undercurrent of Brahms' pedal tones the stark opening music of the symphony adding to the frenzy of вЂParanoid AndroidвЂ™ the final lyric of вЂNo SurprisesвЂ™ floating over the gorgeous conclusion of the second movement themes of the third movement evoked in the distance during the experimental middle section of вЂLet DownвЂ™ and the ostinato bass figure of the fourth movement coda providing the rhythmic motor of вЂElectioneeringвЂ™.ДЄ final note: some may purport that these two pieces are separated by more than just time. I took advantage of those similarities in the synthesis, and it is those moments that I am most excited about. For example: the iv-I chord progression of вЂNo SurprisesвЂ™ is used by Brahms (with an added 6th, in inversion) in the final moments of the 2nd movement or the fact that вЂSubterranean Homesick AlienвЂ™, like the Brahms first movement, is in 6/8 time (rare for an alternative rock song).

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Secondly, both pieces represent вЂinvention within conventionвЂ™- adhering to existing structures but innovating within them (in BrahmsвЂ™ case, the symphony form, and in RadioheadвЂ™s, the concept album).ДЇinally, they have distinct musical similarities beyond the fact that both are dense, substantive and full of rich counterpoint, I heard unmistakably similar melodic and harmonic devices. For Radiohead, the themes of social alienation, consumerism, emotional isolation, and political turmoil are channeled electrically through every anxious note and lyric of OK Computer. Brahms, unendingly plagued by the shadow of the great Beethoven, took more than a decade to write this symphony, for fear of not living up to his predecessor, and that pressure is felt in each tightly-wound measure.

These two works share striking and defining characteristics the most significant is their mood of anxiety and brooding pathos. This was the first large-scale work of this type that I endeavored, and what a thrilling process of analysis, discovery, de/re-construction and creation it was. Radiohead is an orchestral synthesis of the Brahms First Symphony (1882) and RadioheadвЂ™s OK Computer (1997), wherein ten songs from RadioheadвЂ™s seminal album are experienced through the lens of Brahms, drawing upon the latterвЂ™s harmony, form, counterpoint and motives. 68 - Movement 1 - Un poco sostenutoВ Allegro: ExpositionД«RAHMS Movement 2 - Andante sostenuto: BeginningД«RAHMS Movement 3 - Un poco allegretto e grazioso: BeginningД«RAHMS Movement 4 - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio: ExpositionД«rahms V.

Every combination is explored, and we constantly move from one to the other- but the piece is seamless and many times the audience is left wondering which is which, and how the combination was even possible.Дў.2.2.3 | 4.2.3.0 | timp+1 perc | strings At times we hear the melodies and words of Radiohead suspended over BrahmsвЂ™ original music at times we hear the orchestra playing the music of Radiohead but with the dense counterpoint Brahms. The piece stays in the romantic sound world of Brahms, using only the instruments he would have used to debut his Symphony, but woven in, superimposed, and inserted are the melodies and music of Radiohead. Radiohead is an epic symphonic synthesis of RadioheadвЂ™s album OK Computer and the Brahms First Symphony, utilizing a full 70-piece orchestra and three pop vocalists.