The son of public school music educators, Timothy Judd began violin lessons at the age of four through Eastman’s Community Education Division. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music where he earned the degrees Bachelor of Music and Master of Music, studying with world renowned Ukrainian-American violinist Oleh Krysa. Photograph: About Timothy JuddĪ native of Upstate New York, Timothy Judd has been a member of the Richmond Symphony violin section since 2001. Christopher O’Riley’s complete discography.Hold Me to This: Christopher O’Riley Plays Radiohead, Christopher O’Riley iTunes.This track is from his 2005 album, Hold Me to This: O’Riley has long been a Radiohead fan, citing the harmonic and contrapuntal sophistication of the band’s music. His first album featuring the music of Radiohead, True Love Waits, came out in 2003. During performances, O’Riley often includes his arrangements of the music of Radiohead, Elliott Smith, Pink Floyd, Nirvana and Nick Drake alongside Mozart and Shostakovich. (You may know him as the host of the weekly NPR program, From the Top).

No Surprises takes on a different quality in this beautiful, shimmering transcription by pianist Christopher O’Riley.

That childlike guitar sound set the mood for the whole album. Recorded in a single take, the song pays vague homage to the Beach Boys classic, Wouldn’t it Be Nice. According to Radiohead singer-songwriter Thom Yorke, The result is something which feels numbly detached. No Surprises, from the British alternative rock band Radiohead’s 1997 album OK Computer, has been described as “a lullaby of despair.” Its sweet, sensuous melody, laced with the delicate sounds of glockenspiel, meets lyrics infused with helpless desolation.

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