Overheard In New York City

This week on Hammered!, we offer the finest golden nuggets from recent piano performances in and around New York City.

Oct 7, 2013

Curatorial Genius: Revisiting Jeremy Denk's American Mavericks

To honor the pianist and newly-minted MacArthur Fellow Jeremy Denk, we revisit the programs of his weeklong Hammered! residency from the 2012 American Mavericks Festival.

Sep 30, 2013

Twenty-First Century Piano Problems

The early modernists had Claude Debussy, the post-war György Ligeti, and the twenty-first century may very well point to the French master Pascal Dusapin as the torchbearer for reinve... Sep 23, 2013

Color, Spontaneity, and the Music of Pierre Boulez

Despite this month's phenomenal, forward-looking programs on Q2 Music's Lucerne Festival webcasts, there is a conspicuous absence of music by one of the festival's artistic gurus—and ... Sep 16, 2013

Happy Birthday, John Zorn

Maverick force of nature and New York new music fixture John Zorn turned 60 last week and the whole city is celebrating. This week on Hammered! we explore his tremendously varied keyb... Sep 9, 2013

The Road Less Traveled

This week on Hammered! we queue up portions of Frederic Rzewski's epic musical novel The Road—in addition to a few driving playlists of our own. Tune in all week at 10 am.

Sep 2, 2013

The Kids are Alright (Keyboard Music from Composers Under 40)

All this week on Hammered!, pianist David Friend features keyboard music by composers under the age of 40. Listen weekdays at 10 am for music by Chris Cerrone, Judd Greenstein, Ryan Francis, Conrad Tao and more.

Aug 26, 2013

Piano +

This week on Hammered! pianist David Friend examines music by John Cage, Frederic Rzewski and others that takes traditional piano writing as a starting point, but deviates from the ba... Aug 19, 2013

Piano Bands

This week, pianist David Friend continues his Hammered! residency with music for multiple pianos, featuring performances from the British piano sextet Piano Circus, as well as Friend'... Aug 12, 2013

Mechanical Music with David Friend

For the month of August, pianist David Friend of ensemble TRANSIT and the Bang on a Can Festival Ensemble guest hosts Hammered! Week One: Mechanical Music from John Adams, Donnacha Dennehy, Conlon Nancarrow and more.

Aug 5, 2013