New Sounds
Produced by WQXR. Sunday - Friday at 11pm on 93.9 FM. Saturday at midnight on 93.9 FM.
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#4739, List Songs
Hear every stop on NYC's F train in a work by Michael Gordon, sung by YPC; to a setting of “The Talk” from the opera 'The Grey Land'; and 'Lost Objects' from Bang on Can, in list songs. May 3, 2024
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#4878, Musical Prayers
Hear prayers from many traditions around the world in work by Julius Eastman played by Wild Up, Barcelona-based duo Tarta Relena, and a Scandinavian-rooted duo project called Gabbarein. May 2, 2024
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#4736, Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto
It's a New Sounds tribute to the late Japanese-born composer, producer, pianist, actor, activist, DJ, and electronic music pioneer, Ryuichi Sakamoto, who passed in late March 2023. May 1, 2024
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#4877, New Releases, April 2024
Hear new music from Niger's Mdou Moctar, Indian-born vocalist/composer Kiran Ahluwalia, and a work by New York-based David Crowell for Sandbox Percussion. Plus, London's Ezra Collective. Apr 30, 2024
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#4876, New Sounds Live: Pamela Z at Merkin Hall
From the New Sounds Live Concert Series, composer, vocalist, and media artist Pamela Z performs her work (and a song by Meredith Monk), recorded at Kaufman Music Center on Apr. 4, 2024. Apr 29, 2024
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#4608, Chamber-Pop Song Cycles
Hear new art-pop song cycles by Ellis Ludwig-Leone of San Fermin with vocalist Eliza Bagg, and Attacca Quartet, from Big Ears Festival 2022, Gabriel Kahane, and Elizabeth & the Catapult. Apr 28, 2024
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#4618, Music With Gamelan Instruments
Hear music that incorporates Indonesian gamelan, including work by Lou Harrison, Irish composer Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, and 13-piece multi-national band, Balungan, formed in France. Apr 27, 2024
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#4738, Raga-Inspired Music For Flute
It's nocturnal music inspired by Indian ragas, especially ragas for bansuri flute, by Dutch composer Jacob TV for Laura Lentz, drummer Sameer Gupta, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and others. Apr 26, 2024
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#4875, Central Asian Throat Singing
Hear music from the steppes of Central Asia on this New Sounds with the growly rumbles and high-pitched whistles of throat singing by Huun Huur Tu, The HU, and Sainkho Namtchylak. Apr 25, 2024
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#4737 The Anglo-Indian Tradition
Hear hybrid music of the Indian subcontinent blended with opera, pop, and jazz in work by sitarists Jasdeep Singh Degun and Anoushka Shankar, and tabla player Sarathy Korwar. Apr 24, 2024
