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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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Peter Maxwell Davies, Pioneering Composer and Conductor, Dies
The celebrated and prolific composer and conductor Peter Maxwell Davies has died at the age of 81. Mar 14, 2016
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Listen: yMusic Performs Son Lux, Marcos Balter and Sufjan Stevens
As part of violist Nadia Sirota's week-long Fuse Project residency at Symphony Space, her ensemble yMusic performed music by Son Lux, Judd Greenstein and Sufjan Stevens. Mar 8, 2016
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Maximum Messiaen: A 24-Hour Marathon with Alan Gilbert
Thursday, March 24, celebrate the expansive but intimate music of the late iconic French composer, organist and bird-lover Olivier Messiaen with a 24-hour marathon of his works. Mar 8, 2016
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Download: Pianist Sarah Cahill Performs Terry Riley and Samuel Adams
Terry Riley remains eternally youthful, continuing to work at an invigorated pace. Samuel Adams, the composer-in-residence with the Chicago Symphony, wrote “Shade Studies” in his honor. Mar 8, 2016
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Paul Moravec’s Dramatic Flair Prevails in Intensely Lyrical Violin Concerto
New recordings of Paul Moravec's recently-revised Violin Concerto and Shakuhachi Quintet illustrate the composer's gift for intense lyricism. Mar 7, 2016
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Let's All Reconsider the Organ as a New Music Instrument
What do American composer David Brynjar Franzson, Romanian-German educator Adriana Holszky, and accordion virtuoso Teodori Anzelotti have in common? The Brothers Balliett know. Mar 3, 2016
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Listen: Nadia Sirota Premieres Dennehy’s ‘Tessellatum’ for Solo Viola and Viol Consort
Hear violist Nadia Sirota give the premiere of Donnacha Dennehy's "Tessellatum" - a 40-minute work with solo viola and viol consort. Mar 3, 2016
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Download: John Luther Adams's Crowd-Sourced 'Soundwalk 9:09'
Last summer, Q2 Music collaborated with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to crowd-source found sounds for a commission by John Luther Adams. You can download that piece today. Mar 1, 2016
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Glenn Kotche's Sketches of Time, Place and Quiet Virtuosity
On "Drumkit Quartets," Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche created a travel diary which doubles as a set of drum etudes, inspired and sonically colored by European and American cities. Feb 26, 2016
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New Adventures in Grand Piano Literature
This week the Brothers Balliett take a look at two composers with....well...let's say "unusual" approaches to piano composition. Listen Thursday at 3 pm. Feb 25, 2016