Hammered!
Produced by WQXR. Airs weekdays at 10 am on Q2 Music
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When The Piano Isn't Enough ...
Late in his life, the famed Italian pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni felt so straightjacketed by the tonal system that he said one of the only viable method of escape was the inv... Oct 8, 2012
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Composing With The Nature Of Sound
Gerard Grisey, one of the godfathers of the spectral school, had an almost tactile relationship to sound, saying "I start more with the physical aspect of things, the physical aspect ... Oct 1, 2012
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Solid Gould
Glenn Gould would have been 80 years old on Tuesday. To celebrate we've programmed an entire hour's worth of solid Gould, and, the rest of the week, profile four other titans of the contemporary piano world.
Sep 24, 2012 -
Celebrating Cage and Debussy
Two of arguably the most influential composers of the twentieth century turned super old this year: John Cage (100 this month) and Claude Debussy (150 last August). This week on Hamme... Sep 17, 2012
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One Track Mind
This week on Hammered! we hear five consecutive cases of works that require an extended temporal space to achieve a more slowly evolving mode of expression. Otherwise put: works that ... Sep 10, 2012
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Palpably Organic: Keyboard Glass
Let’s face it — the piano is organic to Philip Glass. His palpable patterns ring and echo with nostalgia and exuberance. He connects directly to our emotions with those gentle triadic... Sep 3, 2012
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Post-Minimalism For A Post-Celebration
The champagne may be flat but we're still riding the celebratory wave of birthday boy Philip Glass's 75th by exploring the fertile genre of post-minimalism that he helped inspire. Tun... Aug 27, 2012
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Group Dynamics
This week on Hammered! we explore the mountains of chamber music that includes piano(s), or, otherwise put, music for piano+. Hear music from Thomas Ades, Ezequiel Vinao, Benjamin Broening and many more.
Aug 20, 2012 -
Family Trees
Did you know that Stephen Sondheim was a pupil of Milton Babbitt? Or that Cage studied with Schoenberg? This week we tease out the often unexpected musical relationships between some ... Aug 13, 2012
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Returning To The Source
This week on Hammered! we hear Schoenberg's five incomparable piano works alongside the music of composers he may – or may not – have impacted.
Aug 6, 2012