On Demand
WNYC's Coverage of the Republican National Convention
Live performances in Soundcheck's studios
Studio 360: How Animals Communicate with Each Other
Selected Shorts featuring "The Trouble of Marcie Flint," by John Cheever
Radio Rookies: Brooklyn Broadcast Workshop
On the Media: Challenging Convention
Street Shots Challenge
Evening Music
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Chiaroscuro
"Chiaroscuro" (Italian for "lightdark") is a term that originated with Rennaisance drawings and extended throughout the world of art, including music. When composer John Corigliano wrote a piece by the same name in 1997, he created bold contrasts in his music by utilizing two pianos — tuned one half step apart from each other. We'll hear it in our second hour tonight from pianists Andrew Russo and Steven Heyman.
In our first hour, we'll hear the first part of Keith Jarrett's "The Köln Concert" (a live improvisation recorded in 1975); also, "Sleeping Beauty" — by Respighi, not Tchaikovsky. Later this week, violinist Sergey Khachatryan begins a three-concert appearance with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher; we'll hear his version of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto. Some Catalan Folksongs for guitar are heard later in the show; wrapping things up is Ned Rorem's song cycle to texts by W. H. Auden (born on this date in 1907).
The Mostly Mozart Festival on WNYC
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This year's annual Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center is rife with sounds stretching the spectrum of Requiems, Metamorphoses, and Passions — including the American premiere of composer-in-residence Kaija Saariaho's tale of the sufferings of French mystic Simone Weil, who died of starvation in protest to the Nazi occupation of Paris in 1943.
Deerhoof/Metropolis Ensemble Live Webcast
Evening Music
WNYC and NPR Music team up to bring you this live webcast from the Prospect Park Bandshell, which pairs indie rock sensation Deerhoof with the progressive Metropolis Ensemble. Presented by Celebrate Brooklyn! and Wordless Music, and hosted by David Garland, the program features an ambitious re-imagining of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, The Rite: Remixed.
Related Links:
Video: Deerhoof fans perform leaked track for WNYC
View photos from the concert
Deerhoof on Spinning on Air (March 18, 2007)
NPR Music
Metropolis Ensemble
Deerhoof
Celebrate Brooklyn!
Wordless Music
Listen on Demand to more Wordless Music Concerts
Wordless Music
Concerts on Demand
WNYC presents web-exclusive concerts from the Wordless Music Series, hosted by Radio Lab's Jad Abumrad. Devoted to the desegregation of musical boundaries, Wordless Music pairs rock and electronic musicians with more traditional chamber and new music performers, to create an entirely new concert experience.
2008 American Music Festival
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Hosts Terrance McKnight and David Garland curate the 68th annual American Music Festival, featuring "America's Classical Music." Guests include LD Brown a.k.a. Grey Reverend; acclaimed jazz pianist Jason Moran; composer and musicologist Gunther Schuller; culture critic John Rockwell; new music guru John Zorn, and Pulitzer prize-winning composer William Bolcom.
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention (08/25/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from Denver (08/29/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 4 (08/28/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 3 (08/27/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 2 (08/26/2008)
- The Leonard Lopate Show: 1-2-3 (08/26/2008)
- The Leonard Lopate Show: Layered Look (08/27/2008)