For this debut edition of All Ears, we welcome Alex Ross. Ross caused a stir when he opened his new book, Listen To This, with the provocative declaration: “I hate 'classical music'.” He joins us to talk the various genres of music that actually fall under the “classical” category, exploring the similarities between Beethoven and rapper Eminem, between Radiohead and Bach. Also, we ponder musical expressions of sorrow and lament from various cultures and centuries.
Ross is a longtime New Yorker magazine critic and an author of two books. His first book, The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, is a social and historical survey of 20th century music that won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Ross's latest book, Listen to This, is a collection of pieces culled from his columns in The New Yorker. Its coverage ranges from Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony to Dylan's Tangled Up in Blue.
Playlist
Blues For A Dancer - Mvt. 4
David Baker
Prague Radio Orchestra
Troy/Albany
Improvisation (Saxophone Solo)
Eugene J. Bozza
Paquito D'Rivera, saxophone
Chesky
Lullaby and Doina
Osvaldo Golijov
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Todd Palmer, clarinet
Angel/EMI
Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” – Mvt. 1 & Mvt. 4
Beethoven
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS Records
Motet
Carlo Gesualdo
Everything in its Right Place
Radiohead
Album: Kid A
EMI
Chacona: A La Vida Bona (Arañés)
Jordi Savall
Hespèrion Xxi
La Capella Reial De Catalunya
Alia Vox
B-Minor Mass, Crucifixus
J.S. Bach
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
harmonia mundi
Future Blues
Willie Brown
Album: Son House & The Great Delta Blues Singers
Simple Twist of Fate
Bob Dylan
Album: Blood on the Tracks
Going to Sleep
Dave Brubeck
John Salmon, piano
Naxos
Lute-Book Lullabye
Traditional
Arturo Delmoni and Friends, String Quartet
John Marks Records
The Things Our Fathers Loved
Charles Ives
Thomas Hampson, baritone
RCA
Land of My Fathers
James James
Paul Robeson, bass-baritone
Angel/EMI
Soundiata
Mamadou Diabate
Mamadou Diabate, kora
World Village
Apartment House 1776
John Cage
Walter Buckingham, protestant
Darrell Dunn, native american
Semenya McCord, african american
Chiam Parchi, sephardi
Mode
Indian Lament
Antonin Dvorak
Yo-Yo Ma, cello;
Patricia Zander, piano
CBS/Sony
Quarry Lullaby
Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble
ECM
Weather Two
Michael Gordon
Ensemble Resonanz
Evan Ziporyn, conductor
Nonesuch
Blues For Bass
Arvell Shaw
Louis Armstrong, trumpet
Decca Jazz
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About All Ears with Terrance McKnight
All Ears with Terrance McKnight is a weekly show about musical discovery. Covering a wide range of styles, genres and periods, the show celebrates the diverse musical passions of its host, Terrance McKnight, as well as occasional guests -- including performers, composers, choreographers, critics and others. As music and ideas are experienced side by side, the power of music to transform is revealed and celebrated.
Hosted by Terrance McKnight
Comments [8]
I have to complain about some of the WQXR programming and announcers. There is too much "cute" talk by the announcers rather than announcing the music and giving some useful information. Terrance McKnight is a big pain and Q2 is untenable. Fortunately
I have a good CD collection so when I turn off the radio I have something better. Saturday and Sunday evenings are mostly CD times for me
Joanne, thanks
Enjoying the Cage piece, Terrance.
Found this: Airs Saturday nights at 10pm on 105.9 FM [WQXR]; encores on Sundays at 4pm and Mondays at 8pm on Q2
Will this be available on archive? Sounds like a terrific show and I hate to miss it but holiday parties this evening, you know
The book is a good synoptic canvass of
the state of serious music briiliantly writtern from a benevolent non-jaundiced view. It is mandated reading for the concert fan of the modern state of the discipline..
I second the question, and the capital letters... The most basic info was left out. What time?
WHAT TIME????
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