Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra Tedd Joselson, Matthieu Eymard, London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra & Arthur Fagen

• Manu Martin:
• 1 Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 1: Overture 01:45
• Joi Barua, Manu Martin:
• 2 Barua, Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 1: Jungle Song 01:11
• 3 Barua, Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 1: Alan Song 01:35
• Manu Martin:
• 4 Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 1: Transition to Origins 00:56
• Joi Barua, Manu Martin:
• 5 Barua, Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 1: Origins 01:59
• Manu Martin, Ron J Danziger:
• 6 Martin, Danziger: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 2: Life on the Shelf 00:43
• Manu Martin:
• 7 Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 2: Transition fo Companion Friend 00:37
• Manu Martin, Matthiew Eymard:
• 8 Martin, Eymard: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 2: Companion Friend 02:12
• Manu Martin, Ron J Danziger:
• 9 Martin, Danziger: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 2: Off to College 01:00
• 10 Martin, Danziger: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 3: Timeless 02:04
• Manu Martin:
• 11 Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 3: Transition to Ode to Alan 00:58
• 12 Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 3: Ode to Alan 02:09
• Joi Barua, Manu Martin:
• 13 Barua, Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 4: Synthetic Dna 01:27
• Manu Martin:
• 14 Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 4: Transition fo New World Order 01:18
• Joi Barua, Manu Martin:
• 15 Barua, Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 4: New World Order 02:15
• Manu Martin, Ron J Danziger:
• 16 Martin, Danziger: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 5: Evil Professor 01:16
• 17 Martin, Danziger: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 5: Transition to Boy Scientist 00:56
• Manu Martin:
• 18 Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 5: Boy Scientist 01:40
• Manu Martin, Matthiew Eymard:
• 19 Martin, Eymard: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 6: Tribal Bushman Song 02:11
• Manu Martin:
• 20 Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 6: Transition to Teleportation 00:33
• Joi Barua, Manu Martin:
• 21 Barua, Martin: Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra, Act 6: Teleportation 03:52
• Total Runtime 32:37

Info for Lim Fantasy of Companionship for Piano and Orchestra

"For over a decade, my partner in the operating room has been a robot surgeon. Outside of surgeries, I have noticed the changing landscape of companionship driven by two forces facing us in society today: longevity and loneliness, on the one hand, and disruptive new technologies on the other.

This, coupled with a love for music, and a great partnership with composer and orchestrator Manu Martin, led me to imagine a futuristic companionship between Human and Inanimate, life and non-life, in this post modern classical work, the Lim Fantasy of Companionship for piano and orchestra.

Created and composed in 2019, it draws inspiration from the original songs composed by Joi Barua, Ron J Danziger and Matthieu Eymard, for the ALAN the Musical soundtrack. The Fantasy imagines—with compassion, sensitivity and with optimism—what possibilities may exist for a future companionship in this new world order of synthetic life forms and embodied artificially intelligent inanimates.

Who is ALAN? A plush inanimate baby lion with a soul, who craves the new science of synthetic DNA, and the new disruptive technologies to become an enabled companion. It pleads for some intelligence, perhaps a sprinkling of artificial neurons embedded in its cotton-filled head, that may enable it to communicate a little louder than the imaginary whispers which reach its partner's ears as an echo of her own thoughts. It demands respectability.

The lnanimate's journey unfolds through the six acts of the Fantasy, artfully delivering the storyline of ALAN the Musical. It culminates in a riveting musical climax of 'Teleportation' and an ultimate, shared existence through the phenomenon of quantum entanglement; two hearts, one soul.

It is after all a fantasy, and one Christina Teenz, co-creator and I, hope you will enjoy.'

Tedd Joselson, piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Fagen, conductor

Tedd Joselson
Belgian-American pianist Tedd JoseIson was only 17 when he auditioned for the Philadelphia Orchestra's music director, Eugene Ormandy, after which the famous conductor remarked: 'Anything you want, you can play with us.' He was offered a recording contract by RCA whilst still a student at Juilliard, and quickly became, and remained until his retirement, one of the most sought after performers regularly appearing with nearly every important symphonic ensemble and conductor. He gave his debut piano recital on the Great Performer's series in Lincoln Center in NYC in 1975. Thereafter, his annual sold out recital tours were eagerly awaited events on the music calendar. Noted for his lyrical playing across a wide range of repertoire, his recordings of works span 400 years of music from Bach to Lim, and have won numerous awards including several Grammy nominations.

He retired from public performance in 1999 and now mostly resides in Singapore where he spends much of his time preparing young gifted pianists from around the world for their careers in music, and where he is affectionately known as the nation's adopted son.

Arthur Fagen
Music Director of the Atlanta Opera since 2010, and Chair of Orchestral Conducting at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, Arthur Fagen is a regular guest at prestigious opera houses, concert halls and music festivals, and has conducted many distinguished orchestras globally, including the Vienna State Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro Colon, Czech Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio, Tokyo Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and more.

He has held positions as Generalmusikdirektor of the Dortmund Philharmonic and Opera, Chief Conductor of the Antwerp Opera and First Conductor of the Kassel and Braunschweig Operas. He won First Prize at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Conductors' Competition and he has recorded extensively for Naxos, BMG and the Bayerischer Rundfunk. Arthur recalls having conducted for Tedd Joselson on at least one of these prestigious performances, and has shared a memorable pie from the glorious past.

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