Hear from Nico Muhly's "I Drink The Air Before Me," on this New Sounds. There's also music from Jason Moran's "Ten," which features some sampled sounds as well. Plus, Michael Formanek Quartet and the new "23 Neo" along with Donnacha Dennehy's "Reservoir" for solo piano, played by Isabelle O'Connor, and more.
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On Being, hosted by journalist and theologian Krista Tippett is a regular series of programs produced and distributed by American Public Media. Being will not always have "religion" itself as a subject, but it will grapple with common and larger themes of American life—asking how perspectives of faith might offer illumination.
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Music by Steve Reich on this New Sounds - a piece of classical music for a rock band - his "2 x 5," from a new recording. There's also music for electric guitar in a chamber music setting by Canadian composer Tim Brady, inspired by Dmitri Shostakovich, "Hocket, Canon, Fugue." Plus, listen to a work for a hybrid electro-acoustic ensemble by Paola Prestini.