JacobTV provides personalized introductions to many of his controversial and innovative works and in doing so offers a rare, exclusive insight into the creative process of one of today's most daring composers.  

You can hear JacobTV's comments throughout the JacobTV on the Radio festival followed by the pieces in question, from his boombox works, such as Jesus is Coming and Grab it!, through his portraits of pop icons Billie Holliday and Marilyn Monroe and his transformation of politcal and advertising sloganeering to the monumental oratorio Paradiso. Hear the introductions in their entirety here, as part of Q2's permanent, on-demand tribute to JacobTV.

For more information on JacobTV on CD+DVD, go to www.bastamusic.com.

Able to be (2005)
quartet, soundtrack, soprano, electric violin, flutes, percussion

Billie (2003)
alto saxophone and soundtrack

The Body of Your Dreams (2003-2005)
two guitars and boombox

Buku (2006)
alto saxophone and soundtrack

Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra (1993)
piano and orchestra

The Garden of Love (2001)
soprano saxophone and soundtrack

Goldrush (1995)
percussion duo

Goldrush Concerto (1997, rev. 1999)
percussion duo and orchestra

Grab it! (1999)
orig. tenor saxophone and soundtrack

Gulf War (1998)
tape

Heartbreakers (1982)
orig. jazz sextet and soundtracks, with video

Jesus is Coming (2003)
saxophone/trombone quartet and soundtrack

May This Bliss Never End (1996)
orig. cello and piano

Nivea Hair Care Styling Mousse (1999)
piano trio

Piano Concerto No. 2, "Sky Falling" (2008)
piano and orchestra

Paradiso (2000)
soprano, tenor, sampler, women's choir, and orchestra

Postnuclear Winterscenario No. 1 (1991)
orig. piano

Rainbow Concerto (2002)
cello and orchestra

The Shining City (2002)
grand organ, percussion, and soundtrack

Les Soupirs de Rameau (1995)
harpsichord, soundtrack, and images

String Quartet No. 3, "there must be some way out of here" (1995)
string quartet

Tallahatchie Concerto (2001)
alto saxophone

Tatatata (1998)
viola and boombox

Toccata (1988)
piano

13 in 12 (1977)
clarinet, flutes, vibes, and double bass

Cello photo: Flickr/schoeband