Open or Close Your Ears

Sometimes art can downright offend us. On tonight's All Ears, we explore the varying degrees in which offensiveness rules over taste, brushing closely against our sensitivities.

Mar 31, 2012

The Meaning of a Dream

This week on All Ears, we examine the dream state through sound. We feature works by John Cage, Erik Satie, Tod Machover, Ingram Marshall and Gavin Bryars, among others.

Mar 24, 2012

The Witching Hour

This week, Terrance McKnight spins Sebastian Currier's epic work for violin and harp, Night Time. Also: music by J.S. Bach, Meredith Monk, Mulgrew Miller, and Nino Rota.

Mar 17, 2012

Don't Get Too Comfortable

On this week's All Ears we shake things up a bit with a kind of musical hopscotch. Terrance McKnight explores colorful works produced with movement in mind.   Mar 10, 2012

Rainy Days

Tonight we hear music for the weeks leading up to Spring. Sounds that peak through a fog; sounds that are lights at the end of a wintry tunnel; sounds for hopping over puddles on daily walks.

Mar 3, 2012

I, Too, Sing America: Music in the Life of Langston Hughes

On this week's All Ears, Terrance McKnight shares with us a musical documentary of Langston Hughes.  Hughes is an enduring icon of the Harlem Renaissance, and is best-known for his... Feb 25, 2012

Dreadful and Precious Memories: A Thin Line

On this week's show, several artists re-imagine music of the past, including Jacques Loussier, Bobby McFerrin, the NOW Ensemble, Frederic Rzewski and Toby Twining.

Feb 18, 2012

Music Matters

This week, music of prayers and nature. Highlights include the Ave Maria sung by Chanticleer, and a Native American sunrise melody performed by the string quartet Ethel. 

Feb 11, 2012

Fingers of Fury

This week, All Ears puts musicians into overdrive. We listen to performers blaze through the tricky fingerings and aural somersaults demanded by Art Tatum, Haydn, Bartok and others.

Feb 4, 2012

The Many Roads To Devotion

This week, Terrance McKnight connects the concept of devotion that artists express through their music. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein is heard along with music by Jacques Loussier, Philip Glass and Bessie Smith.

Jan 28, 2012