Stephen Nessen, Reporter, WNYC News
Stephen Nessen reports for the WNYC Newsroom and can often be heard live on Morning Edition.
Slideshow: Junkyard Instruments at Avery Fisher Hall
Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 05:22 PM
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Q2 Music
Living Music. Living Composers.
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Kraft
Follow Q2 and Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg from junkyard to concert hall, as we investigate his seminal 1985 work, Kraft.
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On Thursday morning, composer Magnus Lindberg and the New York Philharmonic held the final rehearsal before the New York premiere of his 1985 industrial work Kraft. That piece features an arsenal of noise-making instruments augmented by various found objects, including scrap metal, an oxygen tank and other junk, all of which were picked up from a Staten Island junkyard.
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I really don't know what all the fuss is about. Is this man the next Stravinsky???
Last time I heard someone say "Philharmonic Hall," WQXR management wasn't born yet!
I can't imagine any performance more likely to gladden the hearts of the current QXR management than to see and hear real live Staten Island junk on the stage at Philharmonic Hall. How perfectly perfect!
A metaphor from God.
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