From Netflix's "Bridgerton" to HBO's "The New Pope", Peter Gregson Continues Winning Streak with Release of Deutsche Grammophon Album, "Patina"

<p>My guest today is the cellist and composer <a href="https://petergregson.co.uk/" target="_blank">Peter Gregson</a>, whose music you've most likely heard on Netflix's crazy-popular <em>Bridgerton</em>, and HBO's <em>The New Pope</em> starring Jude Law and John Malkovich. His output even reaches the heights of haute couture in campaigns for Balenciaga, Burberry, and Dior.</p> <p>He's now released his fifth studio album called <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7aAavljDRxaxDMCq2c3YlV?dl_branch=1&amp;si=CwhWHWFhRPCu3PkMfgLXVw" target="_blank"><em>Patina</em></a> on the premier label Deutsche Grammophon. It's an unusual album in that it explores the theme of absence, particularly with the posed question, "What happens when you remove a melody?"</p> <p><em>Patina</em> is his most expansive and expressive work to-date, featuring an astonishing array of analogue electronic instruments, a string ensemble, and his unique solo cello.</p> <p>This is the type of art that makes you pause and reconsider reality. It's not something that is just casual, but rather forces you to understand what is happening through a heightened awareness.</p> <p>My conversation in this podcast explores numerous examples in which Peter articulates this "hyper-awareness" through subtraction: from Disney's Pixar and the concept of "uncanny valley" to Paul McCartney's recordings to photography in a Phaidon coffee table book.</p> <p>While this might seem very philosophical, it really is quite relatable when you think about Andy Warhol's work focusing on Campbell's soup cans or his icon-type paintings of Marilyn Monroe.</p> <p>Examples abound of this hyper-sensitivity to the subject matter, not the subject's existence in the real world. It's the representation of reality versus reality itself.</p> <p>Listen to Peter Gregson's full story in this episode. I hope it gives you a new sense in which to experience life—and most likely a certain angle that you haven't explored.</p> <p>--</p> <p><a href="https://classicalpost.com/" rel="ugc noopener nore