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Evening Music

Thursday, May 31, 2007
  • American Music Festival 2007

    Generation 4.0

    George Steel, a member of the generation that recently turned 40, chats with and plays the music of his coevals, including Derek Bermel, Jennifer Higdonand Jason Eckardt. Also, composer Arlene Sierra talks with David Garland about her experiences as an American composer working in the UK.

    The 2007 American Music Festival on WNYC

George Steel

Turning 40 with George Steel

Airs Thursday, May 31 at 7PM on 93.9FM
George Steel has been an important advocate for new music as director of the Miller Theater. In this segment of WNYC's American Music Festival, Steel talks with composers who recently joined the ranks of those in their 40s (a group Steel belongs to as well). Derek Bermel, Jennifer Higdon and Jason Eckardt join Steel to examine how pop forms such as punk, hip hop and '80's rock informed the musical dialect of their generation.

Arlene Sierra

Spotlight on: Arlene Sierra

Airs Thursday, May 31 at 10PM on 93.9FM
David Garland chats with composer Arlene Sierra about her creative process, inspirations, and upcoming performances. An American living and working in the UK, Sierra explores the interplay between structure and atmosphere in her works, which have been performed by some of the world’s foremost orchestras, chamber ensembles and soloists.

The Mostly Mozart Festival on WNYC

Listen on Demand

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

Listen on Demand

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.