In lieu of a chat this week, the New Canon is all new with some recent releases worth a closer listen. We'll hear some selections from our latest Album of the Week, Ben Frost's and Daníel Bjarnason's Tarkovsky-inspired Solaris, a Messaien-inspired piano and birdsong concerto, and more.

On Friday at 1 pm, the New Canon celebrates John Cage's 100th birthday with a live chat featuring composer Randy Gibson, whose Avant Music Festival this year features a nonstop Cage marathon.

This Friday at 1pm, the New Canon celebrates the centennial of Pierrot Lunaire with Steven Mackey, a composer who derives much influence from Schoenberg's masterpiece and whose own homage to the work plays at Symphony Space, asking the question: How much did one work change the way music is made?

This Friday at 1pm, the New Canon jams with composer and Slow Six bandleader Christopher Tignor, asking in advance of his Ecstatic Music Festival appearance: Should there be a line between Indie Rock and Indie Classical?

This week, the New Canon takes a break from its weekly live chats but sets sail down the Mississippi with composer Eve Beglarian.

On Friday at 1 pm, The New Canon asks composer Mohammed Fairouz and violinist Rachel Barton Pine why two is the happiest number in the music world.