SERIES 1: EPISODE 6

HOW CAN YOU CONNECT
A HAMMER AND A COCONUT THROUGH CLASSICAL MUSIC?

MUSIC FEATURED:

Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1
Satie: Jack in the Box

THE PIANO:

Originally built in 1908, the fully restored Steinway & Sons Model B piano that Robert is playing on, was built in the Hamburg factory during the height of the piano industry’s ‘golden age’.

CLASSICAL CONNECTIONS - A NEW SERIES

Classical Connections is a new digital TV series with a twist. Ever thought classical music is boring? Well, you thought wrong - and pianist & conductor Robert Emery will prove it.

The 'Grand Master' composers have led fascinating lives. There are stories of cross-dressing, murder, sabotage, gluttony, love, hate, divorce, and much, much more.

Nothing formal. Nothing stuffy. This is classical music at its most raw.

These great composers are connected through the trials and tribulations of being a celebrity of their time. Robert Emery takes you on a whirlwind tour, discovering these stories in an unusual way.

It's possible to connect classical music to anything… And Robert proves it by connecting two seemingly random items through the world of classical music, he is challenged to link a toothbrush to nursery rhymes through classical music. He is asked to connect a plastic frog to a drainpipe. Can he do it?

Robert will show and prove that these composers not only wrote music that has stood the test of time, but their character shines through in ways you'd never imagine.

ERIK SATIE GYMNOPEDIE | CREDITS

Director & Producer: Nick Thorogood
Executive Producer & Production Manager: Jane Mote for beechtobeach
Development Producer & Researcher: Alisdair Kitchen
Senior Camera Operator: Josh Kershaw
Camera Operator: Steve Mann
Camera Assistant: Will Bolton
Editor: Connor Whitfield
Audio Mix: Gareth Williams
Piano Technicians: Graham Ward & Jonathan Adams
Hair & Makeup: Daisy Holubowicz
Props, Wigs & Costumes: Annika Magnberg
Location Facilitator: Jonathan Adams

Special thanks go to David Houlgate, Michael Maine & Richard Andrews for providing the piano & location.

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