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Jonathan Cohen

ep, p, GB
Musician / Composer of Children's Music and Soundtrack

British pianist, composer and musical director. He is particularly well known for his work on many BBC children's programmes from the 1960s to the 1990s, including Play School, Play Away, Rentaghost and Jackanory. He had joined Play School in 1967 after graduating from the Royal Academy of Music.

     
Instruments
  • Electric piano
  • Piano
  • Vocals
Genres
  • Children's Music
  • Soundtrack
  • Electronic
  • Reggae
  • Blues
Plays With
Play Away
Popular Tracks   
Canon and Gigue in D Major, P 37: I. Canon on Classical Hits: Pachelbel's Canon by Johann Pachelbel
Concerto in D Minor: II. Adagio on Baroque by Miloš Karadaglić
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 482: III. Allegro on Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 24 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Charles Richard-Hamelin, Les Violons du Roy & Jonathan Cohen
Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 207: II. Adagio on Mozart for Studying & Concentration by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Various Artists
L'Apothéose de Lully: XIIIc. Rondement on Couperin: L'Apothéose de Lully & Leçons de ténèbres by François Couperin, Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen
Sinfonia in D Major, H. 663: II. Largo on Arias for Guadagni: The First Modern Castrato by Iestyn Davies, George Frideric Handel, Arcangelo, Johann Adolf Hasse, Jonathan Cohen, John Christopher Smith, Thomas Arne, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Christoph Willibald Gluck & Gaetano Guadagni
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219: II. Adagio (Cadenzas: Joachim) on Guter Schlaf für´s Baby mit Mozart by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto grosso No. 4 in F Major, Op. 3/4, HWV 315: III. Allegro on Handel: Finest Arias for Base Voice, Vol. 2 by George Frideric Handel, Christopher Purves, Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen
Leçons de ténèbres: IIa. Vau. Et egressus est a filia Sion on Couperin: L'Apothéose de Lully & Leçons de ténèbres by François Couperin, Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen
Concerto in B Minor, RV 580: I. Allegro (Arr. for Guitar by Michael Lewin) on Baroque by Miloš Karadaglić

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Band Members
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Singing In The Band, Songs From BBC TV's Play School And Play AwayBrian Cant And Floella Benjamin With Jonathan Cohen And Peter Gosling1984Album
Songs From PlayschoolRick Jones / Julie Stevens / Jonathan Cohen1969Album
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