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Travel Journal: Oslo's Ultima Festival of Contemporary Music
Oslo, Norway's Ultima Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary this Fall. With two Norwegian performances happening this week, Q2 Producer Hannis Brown recalls the opening weekend. Nov 10, 2015
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Listen: Jürg Wyttenbach's Collage Opera and Swiss Folk Music Live at Lucerne
August 22, 2015, Swiss composer Jürg Wyttenbach presented a world-premiere arrangement of his "Collage Opera" inspired by French Renaissance novelist François Rabelais. Nov 10, 2015
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Brian Eno's Electronic Classic in Acoustic Re-Imagining
Brian Eno first composed the electronic Discreet Music in 1975 after a car accident that put him in a full-body cast. Stream Toronto-based Contact ensemble's new recording all week. Nov 10, 2015
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Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Composing Is Second Nature
Anna Thorvaldsdottir is an Icelandic composer whose work conjures entire environments of sound, surrounding the listener in a dark and forbidding landscape. Listen to the complete show. Nov 9, 2015
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Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Playlist
Hear a piece of music you loved in the show? Click for a complete breakdown of all the music in Episode Nine – Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Composing Is Second Nature. Nov 9, 2015
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Anna Thorvaldsdottir: III. Heima er Best (Home Sweet Home)
For all that Icelanders yearn to see the world, there is some deep tug that brings them home, time after time. No matter where Anna is on the planet, she feels tied to Iceland. Nov 9, 2015
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Anna Thorvaldsdottir: II. Composing a Space
Icelandic is a language of whispers and sub-audible subtlety. It is a sort of an ancient thing, it feels like it wasn’t workshopped as extensively as other European languages. Nov 9, 2015
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Listen: Nieuw Amsterdams Piel at Le Poisson Rouge
On October 19, Dutch ensemble Nieuw Amsterdams Peil presented five premieres at Le Poisson Rouge as part of the 2015 SONiC Festival. Nov 9, 2015
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Anna Thorvaldsdottir: I. Small Town Living
Anna grew up in a tiny town surrounded by incredible beauty — mountains, ocean — studying music under the guidance of her music-teacher mother and aunt. Nov 9, 2015
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Interview: Richard Reed Parry on the US Premiere of 'Wave Movements'
A new work by Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire) and Bryce Dessner (The National) gets its US premiere this Friday and Saturday. Parry joins us in the studio to discuss the concept. Nov 5, 2015
