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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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Bonus Track: JACK Quartet Performs Georg Friedrich Haas' String Quartet No. 9
Meet the Composer is thrilled to bring you a world premiere recording as our first bonus track of Season Three! The JACK Quartet performs Georg Friedrich Haas' String Quartet No.9. Mar 7, 2017
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Béla Fleck and Colorado Symphony's 'Juno Concerto'
Perhaps no musician has done more to transform the image of the banjo than Béla Fleck. His second concerto for banjo is all Fleck and features the Colorado Symphony. Listen now. Mar 6, 2017
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Watch: Kronos Quartet and Face the Music From The Greene Space
Tuesday, March 7 at 7:30 pm, watch a live video-stream of the trailblazing Kronos Quartet and Face the Music, Kaufman Music Center's acclaimed youth ensemble, live from The Greene Space. Mar 6, 2017
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The Performer: Part One
We're kicking off Season Three of Meet the Composer with a look beyond the composer to the performer, that unusual intermediary between the artist and the audience. Mar 6, 2017
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From the Vaults, Part Five: Meet the Composer With Leonard Bernstein
The ramp-up to the next season of Meet the Composer concludes with another archival mini-episode featuring a conversation between host Tim Page and the legendary Leonard Bernstein. Mar 3, 2017
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From the Vaults, Part Four: Meet the Composer With Libby Larsen
A blast from the past, courtesy of the WNYC Archives: We revisit the original Meet the Composer. Today, a conversation between host Tim Page and composer Libby Larsen. Mar 2, 2017
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Watch: Animated Video for Sarah Kirkland Snider's 'The Barn' With DM Stith and Shara Nova
Watch a new animated video for Sarah Kirkland Snider's 'The Barn' from her opera 'Unremembered' featuring vocalists DM Stith and Shara Nova and The Unremembered Orchestra. Mar 1, 2017
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From the Vaults, Part Three: Meet the Composer With Otto Luening
Today we revisit a conversation between host Tim Page and composer Otto Luening, from the original Meet the Composer of the mid-'80s, as we gear up for next week's new season. Mar 1, 2017
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From the Vaults, Part Two: Meet the Composer With John Cage
We continue the week-long ramp-up to our next and third season of Meet the Composer with an interview with the widely influential patriarch of 20th-century experimental music John Cage. Feb 28, 2017
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Rothko and Americana Inspire Orchestral Works of Adam Schoenberg
Adam Schoenberg possesses a directly approachable compositional idiom, marked by a sweet-toothed tonal language, widely spaced chords and generous orchestral textures. Feb 28, 2017