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In this series, we examine various aspects of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, in both modern and historical context. From the players themselves to the legendary conductors, WNYC takes you behind the scenes to discover what makes the BPO one of the world's greatest ensembles.

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PATH OF MIRACLES
US premiere of "Path of Miracles," by Joby Talbot.

World Financial Center Winter Garden
Monday, November 12th at 7PM
Tuesday, November 13th at 7PM
220 Vesey Street
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"This could only happen in Berlin!"

Sadiq Bey is a poet and musician. Three years ago he moved from New York City to Berlin, where his career exploded. He published two books of poetry and ...

Alex Ross has written a book. It's called The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century — which is a terrific subtitle — and I'm still a little confused about the title. Who, you might ask, is Alex Ross. Well, Alex Ross is the music critic of the New ...

Join star chanteuse Ute Lemper, as she takes us on a musical tour of cabaret — from the classic songs of Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht to a roundup of her favorite international artists. We hear rare samples from Ute's personal collection, as well as her own recordings and related ...

In this series, WNYC examines various aspects of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, with a different theme every evening. Featured segments focus on the members of the orchestra and their unique sound, the Philharmonic's legendary ...

Listen on demand to WNYC's first-ever online music festival, celebrating the life and legacy of the patriarch of American contemporary music, John Cage. Helga Davis guides us through 24 hours and 33 minutes of exclusive audio from the WNYC archives, as well as Cage tributes, commentary, and performances by some ...

WNYC announces The New Americans, an ongoing station-wide celebration of foreign-born artists now residing in the United States.

In addition to special programming on Evening Music and our HD/Internet channel WNYC2, we feature in-depth interviews with artists on shows including Ear to Ear and Soundcheck, as well as ...

During the week of November 5-9 Soundcheck turns its focus to Berlin. It’s a city that historically has been at the crossroads of Western culture and which has reemerged as one of the world's preeminent arts capitals and a magnet for music-lovers. Host John Schaefer and ...

In his notes for the new opera, "Margaret Garner," which is playing at the New York City Opera, the composer, Richard Danielpour, writes as follows:

"First of all, Toni Morrison, who wrote the libretto based on her novel, Beloved, and I were aware, from the start, that while we admired Gershwin's ...

During the week of November 5-9 Soundcheck turns its focus to Berlin. Host John Schaefer and members of the Soundcheck staff travel to the city to speak with musicians, journalists, producers, and other industry figures to find out what’s new and unique in that city’s pop, rock, and electronic music ...

 The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) has announced that the 2007 Deems Taylor Multimedia Award goes to WNYC FM and wnyc.org for the online festival 24 Hours and 33 Minutes, The Playful and Playable Cage.

Established in 1967, the ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards recognize books, articles, ...

The 21st annual New Sounds Live concert series this fall of 2007 at the World Financial Center is full of several US and world premiere works. The first is Joby Talbot's Path of Miracles, making its US debut on November 12 & 13. Conducted by Judith Clurman,the work is an a capella song cycle in four movements drawing inspiration from the ancient pilgrimage to the grave of St James at Santiago di Compostella in north-west Spain. Later that month, the New York City-based quartet So Percussion, performs three more premieres - works by Martin Bresnick, Arvo Pärt, and Paul Lansky -on November 20.

The groups Do Make Say Think and Electric Kompany perform music for rock quartet by composers Nick Didkovsky, Jacob TV, and Marc Mellits. Hosted by Radiolab's Jad Abumrad.

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The world-renowned London Symphony Orchestra returns to Lincoln Center in October, as Sir Colin Davis celebrates his 80th birthday with an all-Mozart program. Co-hosted by WNYC's John Schaefer and American Public Media's Brian Newhouse, the concert features pianist Imogen Cooper in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27, and Mozart's final work, ...

Recently, a debate broke out in the blogosphere over what are the "essential" minimalist recordings. In the New York Times, music critic Steve Smith recently nominated five seminal works by Philip Glass and John Adams. Writing on his blog, critic and composer Kyle Gann suggests a more offbeat selection, with ...

Lately a debate has heated up in the blogosphere over the minimalist canon. Is there more to the genre than the "big three" of Philip Glass, Steve Reich and John Adams? As music critics Steve Smith and Kyle Gann debate the matter on Soundcheck, check out their favorites and ...

Legendary dance figure Merce Cunningham shares anecdotes and personal memories of his life partner John Cage, in video excerpts from an August 22nd, 2007 interview conducted by Laura Kuhn for WNYC.

 

Browse our web-exclusive materials, including videos of John Cage talking about and performing his music; a detailed timeline of events in Cage's life; some notable Cage quotes; interviews, and art.