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Lights, Camera, Music! A Pre-Oscars Listening Party
On Wednesday, Feb. 24 and Sunday, Feb. 28, Q2 Music presents Lights, Camera, Music!, a 24-hour kaleidoscopic survey of innovative and new-music inflected film scores. Feb 24, 2016
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Christopher Cerrone's 'High Windows' Finds an Elusive Balance
Christopher Cerrone’s music strikes that elusive balance between intense emotion and meticulous craft, and combines ornamental dissonance with luminous triadic harmony. Feb 23, 2016
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On-Demand: Ensemble Intercontemporain Unleashes Hannah Lash and Matthias Pintscher
Listen to Ensemble Intercontemporain's performance of new works by Hannah Lash and Matthias Pintscher, recorded live in concert at the Library of Congress on Nov. 13, 2015. Feb 23, 2016
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Nathan Davis and Phyllis Chen Surge Forward with 'On the Nature of Thingness'
On the International Contemporary Ensemble's new album, Nathan Davis, Phyllis Chen and their ICE colleagues manage to be as satisfying to the intellect as they are exciting to the ear. Feb 22, 2016
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In-Studio: Marc-André Hamelin and the Composer-Pianist Tradition
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin stopped by the WQXR studios to perform his "Pavane Variée" and George Gershwin's "Liza," arranged by Earl Wild. Watch his performance on-demand. Feb 17, 2016
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Pulitzer Prize-Winner Steven Stucky Has Died
Leading American composer Steven Stucky, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Music, died Feb. 14 at the age of 66. Feb 15, 2016
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From the Elemental to the Incalculable in Lisa Moore's 'The Stone People'
What all the pieces in Lisa Moore's latest album have in common is the use of simple, even elemental materials to gesture at something awe-inspiringly vast. Listen all week. Feb 15, 2016
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Video: Sō Percussion Plays Glenn Kotche Piece from Brooklyn Navy Yard
We visited Sō Percussion's Brooklyn studio to film the quartet perform Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche's 'Drumkit Quartets.' Feb 11, 2016
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Edgard Varèse: Another Cutting-Edge Composer Over 130
Every now and then it occurs to me: Edgard Varèse! Such explosive sounds, like forces of nature, with as much visionary energy as ever existed in one composer... and hair to match! Feb 11, 2016
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Listen: Composer-Pianist Rachel Grimes and Longleash Piano Trio
Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 pm, Q2 Music and New Sounds Live present a live stream of composer-pianist Rachel Grimes with the piano trio Longleash from Merkin Concert Hall. Feb 10, 2016
