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Mark O'Connor
The Life and Times of Johnny Appleseed
Composer/fiddler Mark O'Connor has "classicized" everything from Blues to Jazz, with a distinctly American bent. We hear his light-hearted take on that agricultural hero of yore, in the "Johnny Appleseed" Suite.
Double Violin Concerto
O'Connor's "Johnny Appleseed" Suite grew out of the music he wrote for a children's CD narrated by Garrison Keillor about the folk hero. This fully orchestrated version from 1994 appears on O'Connor's release with violinist Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg, Double Violin Concerto (which also features Marin Alsop and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra).
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
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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.
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Wordless Music
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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.
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