Q2's Requiem Project
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Reflections on Elgar's Cello Concerto
On the 70th anniversary of her birth, read this archival reflection on Jacqueline du Pré’s life and career, and watch a video of her performance of the Elgar Concerto. Sep 11, 2011
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Stories of Loss and Recovery
Listen As part of The Requiem Project, we searched the WNYC Archives for voices that offer perspective on loss, grief and remembrance. The goal was for these voices to augment the mu... Sep 10, 2011
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Requiem Project: Part V
Listen The fifth segment of Q2's 10-hour Requiem Project mix features suggestions from listeners, a composition from Ingram Marshall, stories from a musician, a scientist, a policema... Sep 10, 2011
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Requiem Project: Part IV
Listen The fourth segment of Q2's 10-hour Requiem Project mix features suggestions from listeners, compositions from composers including Meredith Monk and Arvo Part, stories f... Sep 9, 2011
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Requiem Project: Part II
Listen The second segment of Q2's 10-hour Requiem Project mix features suggestions from listeners, compositions from contributing composers including Gavin Bryars and Toby Twining, s... Sep 9, 2011
Q2 Music /Requiem Project: Part I
Listen The first two hours of Q2's 10-hour Requiem Project mix features suggestions from listeners, compositions from contributing composers Meredith Monk and Ingram Marshall, a work... Sep 9, 2011
Q2 Music /Meredith Monk on New York Requiem
Read In 1993 during the period of the AIDS crisis, my friend Tom Bogdan asked me to write a piece for him to sing. As I began working, I realized that this could be the requiem I had... Sep 8, 2011
Q2 Music /David Del Tredici Performs Missing Towers
Watch There are only a few, fleeting moments when one feels instantly thrust in to history. How does a seasoned artist react to such ephemera? In the video below, New York com... Sep 8, 2011
Q2 Music /William Basinski on The Disintegration Loops
Read In the process of archiving and digitizing analog tape loops from work I had done in 1982, I discovered some wonderful, sweeping pastoral pieces I had forgotten about. Beautiful... Sep 7, 2011
