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Jóhann Jóhannsson
Icelandic-born composer/performer/producer Jóhann Jóhannsson looks to unusual subjects around which to frame his musical constructs. We hear from his recent album Fordlândia, which develops the idea of "failed utopia," as represented by Henry Ford's infamous attempt to create an idealized American town in the middle of the Amazon jungle during the 1920s. Also, other works which deal with the idea of utopia from Fauré, Wagner, Messiaen, Gershwin — and even Led Zepplin.
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Dear David Garland,
I have listened to "Evening Music" for years. Terrence McKnight is a great and creative host...as are you. I was so interested in the part tonight about "Fordlandia". I had never heard about that before...and I am old! (Not that it matters.) WNYC is great and so are you!
Please do the "Mask of the Red Death" again, next Halloween.
Connie Smith
P.S. I think some of your listeners are real "soreheads"..at least those that email your show. If you need to relax...go relax...already. If you find "talk radio" so bad, just don't turn it on, already!
While I respect the comments made by the listener looking for R&R music, I applaud this new format. I am not a young listener, but an experienced one trained in the art. I therefore appreciate new music greatly at any time of the day alongside the great traditional canon.
I seem to notice a sharp increase in promotional announcements about evening music. I have to wonder whether your new format has resulted in a loss of audience. I often go to live concerts and enjoy newer and less well known good music. I am all for it.I enjoy every kind of music you now play but I cannot support your new format. Too jarring, too intrusive, too distracting for a program at that time of the evening. That would have been better in the afternoon had you not turned to the endless and repetitious talk-talk-talk shows. But somehow at 7 PM after a long hard day and along commute, the music that starts the evening music show is often an assault on the ears. It cannot be said that the programming is designed to relax and sooth the damage of the day. I generally have work to do for 2-3 hours in the evening and I find it very difficult to play evening music as a background to work or to read a book or newspaper by. Perhaps you are looking for a new and younger audience. But as for me I have to seek my comforts elsewhere on the air or on my shelf. How has the rest of the NY audience taken to this new format and how many are going elsewhere for their few hours of relaxation.
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