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And Now For Something Completely Different ...
Monday, March 18, 2013
The timbral language of the harpsichord intriguingly, if not unexpectedly, connects the modern and pre-Classical eras. This week on Hammered! we explore that lineage by juxtaposing music from the Baroque era with more recently written scores, all composed for the harpsichord.
Stop, I'm Feeling Cyclical
Monday, March 11, 2013
Almost all cogent musical structures are built on some kind of repetition or cycle. This week on Hammered! we decode the musical cycles behind some of the century's most fascinating architectural blueprints.
Conceptions of the Concept Album
Monday, March 04, 2013
The mark of a well-constructed album is that its individual parts form a greater whole, each work elevated through the connections made with adjacent tracks. Tune in this week on Hammered! for five such albums.
Loops, Ladders and Wind-Up Birds
Monday, February 25, 2013
Brooklyn-based composer Ryan Anthony Francis draws on the influences of artist M.C. Escher, author Haruki Murakami and poet Wilhelm Muller. Hear what they've told him this week at 10 am on Hammered!.
Also Sprach A Living Composer!
Monday, February 18, 2013
Songs WIth / Out Words
Monday, February 11, 2013
Differentiating the piano from other percussion instruments is partly, and perhaps most meaningfully, its ability to imitate the human voice, to sound cantabile. This week on Hammered! the piano takes center stage and accompanies itself in a series of one-instrument art song recitals.
When The Piano Isn't Enough ...
Monday, February 04, 2013
Studying the Etude
Monday, January 28, 2013
Taking a page out of the great Nicholas Hodges' recent programatic playbook, this week on Hammered! we re-contextualize a handful of classic etudes by throwing in fistfuls of freshly composed ones, some so difficult only a machine can play them!
All Things Ecstatic
Monday, January 21, 2013
A beloved addition to the NYC festival circuit, the multi-dimension and ultra-collaborative Ecstatic Music Festival kicks off this Friday. Q2 Music is its proud digital partner, and this week on Hammered!, to get into the mood, we not only survey music from the festival's composers, musicians and ensembles, but more generally embrace all things ecstatic.
Born from Silence
Monday, January 14, 2013
What is it about the opening measures of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, or Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring that generates such intense musical magnetism? This week on Hammered! we explore how the starts of pieces impact the music that follows.
Composing With The Nature Of Sound
Monday, January 07, 2013
Postnuclear Winterscenario
Monday, December 31, 2012
The Technicolor Music of Olivier Messiaen
Monday, December 24, 2012
Portrait Of The Artist
Monday, December 17, 2012
As a follow-up to our five-day pianist profile series last fall, aptly titled Solid Gould, Hammered! presents a week's worth of hour-long musical portraits of some of the great pianists of the contemporary music world, including performances from the late Charles Rosen.
Remembrance Of Things Past
Monday, December 10, 2012
This fall has seen the passing of William Duckworth, Elliott Carter and Jonathan Harvey, who died last week at age 73. This week we present the music, influences and echoes of these three compositional giants.
Celebrating Cage and Debussy
Monday, December 03, 2012
Two of arguably the most influential composers of the 20th century turned super old this year: John Cage and Claude Debussy . This week on Hammered! we pay homage to these modern musical titans.
Sonatas For All Ages
Monday, November 05, 2012
Let's lead with a nerdy but apt musicological posit: the sonata is a shifty and elusive form. It contracts, expands and reconfigures to hold any type of musical material, so much so that it is perhaps most accurate to evoke the sonata's original and most basic meaning, simply "to sound."
Living For The Live Performance
Monday, October 22, 2012
This week on Hammered!, in coordination with our Fall Pledge Drive, we hear highlights from our vast archive of live piano performances.
When The Piano Isn't Enough ...
Monday, October 08, 2012
Composing With The Nature Of Sound
Monday, October 01, 2012
Gerard Grisey, one of the godfathers of the spectral school, had an almost tactile relationship to sound, saying "I start more with the physical aspect of things, the physical aspect of sound, the quality of spectrums" before composing. This week on Hammered! we try to understand what the heck that actually means with a deep dive into the music of the spectral school.