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Chilean Birdsong to Drone Aircraft: Bang on a Can All-Stars' 'More Field Recordings'
At times intense, unsettling and raw, the Bang on a Can All-Stars’ new release "More Field Recordings," is a shadowy sequel to their charming and equally substantial 2015 album. Nov 27, 2017
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Listen: Britten, Lutoslawski and Thomas Adès
Q2 Music at the Proms kicks off with a program featuring the music of two centenarians, Benjamin Britten and Witold Lutoslawski, alongside a world premiere from British composer Thomas Adès.
Jul 20, 2013 -
Special Ks
Does your last name have to start with "K" to write awesome new music? No, but apparently it helps! This show pays homage to the eleventh letter of the alphabet and the remarkable com... Jul 18, 2013
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Profound Simplicity with Caleb Burhans
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Caleb Burhans has become a truly ubiquitous figure in the New York new-music scene. His Mixtape includes music by Jóhann Jóhannsson and Godspeed You... Jul 17, 2013
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John Luther Adams Channels Nature's Savage Beauty
April 14, 2014, John Luther Adams was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for "Become Ocean." Get a primer on this exciting composer of expansive, environmentalist music. Jul 16, 2013
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The Duality of Man and Machine as Told by Dan Trueman and So Percussion
“neither Anvil nor Pulley,” the new record from omnivorous new-music quartet So Percussion and composer Dan Trueman, explores the relationship between man and machine in the digital a... Jul 15, 2013
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Musical Landscapes
Pianist-composer Conrad Tao continues his Hammered! residency with a week of keyboard music that's inspired by, or creates vast landscapes. Listen weekday mornings at 10 am for music ... Jul 15, 2013
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New Marriages of the Organic and Synthetic
This week's episode of The New Canon features selections from So Percussion's recording of Dan Trueman's "neither Anvil nor Pulley," Florent Boffard's exploration of the music of Arno... Jul 15, 2013
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Watch So Percussion and Eli Keszler Perform Under the Manhattan Bridge
On June 21, the quartet So Percussion and the composer and percussionist Eli Keszler set up under the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn for the premiere of Archway, a NPR Music commission.
Jul 12, 2013 -
The Brothers' Bastille Day Special
Hot on the heels of their America the Dissonant show, the Brothers move to la France to explore the wealth of the nation's great new music. Celebrate Bastille Day a few days early wit... Jul 11, 2013
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Mixtapes /
Visceral Connections with Jóhann Jóhannsson
The music of Iceland composer and producer Jóhann Jóhannsson draws from a palette of ambient music, post-rock and orchestral music. His Mixtape includes visceral music from Mahler, Me... Jul 10, 2013