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Evening Music Archive
April 2008
Which Side Are You On?
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
That's the title of the Newspeak Ensemble's concert Friday night at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Subtitled "Music by, for, and against Frederic Rzewski at 70," the concert features Rzewski's music as well as the man himself, who joins Terrance McKnight in our studio tonight to talk about his politically charged artistic career.
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Moon Over Bourbon Street
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Violinist Leila Josefowicz takes a stab at Sting with "Moon Over Bourdon Street." Also, music by Renaissance composer William Byrd, guitarist Andrew York, and Ingram Marshall, as well as a piano concerto by Roy Harris, led by the composer and featuring his wife Johana as soloist.
Composer Frederic Rzewski joins Terrance in the studio tomorrow night: post your questions at the Evening Music Blog!
Private Dances
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Author, critic, and professor Kyle Gann's musical tastes run far and wide; as a composer he's written microtonal and electronic works that take their cue from rebels like Harry Partch and Conlon Nancarrow. We sample some tracks from a recent Gann CD, Private Dances. Also, New York-based composer Stefania De Kenessey's "Magic Forest Dances," and the "Karelian Dances" of Finnish composer Uuno Klami.
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Talk to David at the Evening Music blog
Music from the 92nd Street Y: Tokyo String Quartet
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Sara Fishko curates and hosts this 10-part series, which features the greatest live performances from the stage of the Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall. In this premiere episode, The Tokyo String Quartet performs music by Haydn, plus a rarely-heard Septet by German composer Hanns Eisler, drawn from his own music for a Charlie Chaplin film.
View the upcoming 92nd Street Y Concert Season
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The American Melting Pot
Friday, April 25, 2008
David launches the evening with several "Quadrilles" by Stephen Foster, which take us into Henry Cowell's "American Melting Pot." Richard Auldon Clark conducts the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra in this boisterous work, which celebrates various immigrant groups in each of its 7 movements: Celts, Teutons, French, Orientals, Slavs, Africans, and Latin Americans.
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Hilary Hahn and Josh Ritter in concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Terrance McKnight takes you on a special musical travelogue, so put on your finest duds and some comfortable shoes as we travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a sold-out concert with world renowned violinist Hilary Hahn and singer-songwriter Josh Ritter.
Afterwards, follow Terrance to the downtown club Drom for the after-party celebrating the release of Hahn's new CD of Sibelius and Schoenberg Violin Concertos. Find out what's behind this uncommon musical pairing from both artists and weigh in with your own dream combos as Terrance takes you this unique, intimately guided tour.
Our Technical Director for this program was Edward Haber; our engineer was Irene Trudel. The program was produced by Brian Wise with Alex Ambrose; our Executive Producer was Limor Tomer. A special thanks to Anya Grundmann from NPR Music.
Scenes from Childhood
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Terrance ruminates over music with children in mind, including Heitor Villa-Lobos' "A prole do bebe" (The Baby's Family), and Schumann's "Kinderszenen" (Scenes from Childhood). Also, a haunting Japanese art song from Fumio Hayasaka, and piano music from Meyer Kupferman.
Talk to Terrance at the Evening Music blog
Impermanence, Part Two
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Terrance samples a few more tracks from Meredith Monk's new album, Impermanence. Also, cellist Steven Isserlis and composer/pianist Thomas Adès take up music by David Popper, and José Serebrier wields his baton for one of his own works — as well as some dances by Manuel De Falla.
Talk to Terrance at the Evening Music blog
Theo Bleckmann
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Terrance spins songs from genre -bending, -skipping and -skirting vocalist/composer Theo Bleckmann, whose presence on the jazz and new music scene in New York has been felt for over 15 years. Featured music includes an excerpt from Phil Kline's "Zippo Songs" and one of Bleckmann's own tracks from his recent release, Berlin. Also, music by pop/classical luminary Alec Wilder, including his Suite for Flute and Marimba.
Browse Theo Bleckmann CDs at Amazon.com
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Related Audio: Theo Bleckmann talks with David Garland on Ear to Ear (November 3, 2007)
Chinese Take Out
Monday, April 14, 2008
We hear from pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-Fen in "Chinese Take Out," featuring her group the Blue Pipa Trio. Also, music for violin by William Bolcom, works for woodwinds by Paul Schoenfield and Howard Sandroff, and another track from Steve Reich's new release, "Daniel Variations."
Related Audio: Min Xiao-Fen talks with David Garland on Ear to Ear (January 26, 2008)
Beethoven's Ghost
Sunday, April 13, 2008
When Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his "Ghost" Trio in 1808, it was his first venture into the genre in eleven years. Named for the "spooky" second movement of the piece, the "Ghost" is undoubtedly one of the composer's most original chamber works (we hear a performance from the Trio Fontenay). Also tonight, music from Baroque viol master Marin Marais, and J.S. Bach's ever-popular Cello Suite No. 1, from Dutch performer Pieter Wispelwey.
Talk to David at the Evening Music Blog.
IBM 1401: A User's Manual
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Released on the market in 1959, the IBM 1401 was the first "affordable" general-purpose computer (if you consider $2500 a month affordable). It also had a distinctive noise profile, which nearly fifty years later inspired Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson to create an entire album around it, IBM 1401: A User's Manual. Originally written as a string quartet for a dance piece (and based on a reel-to-reel recording Jóhannsson's father had made of the computer many years before), the work was expanded for a sixty-piece string orchestra (with electronics) for this recording, which we hear tonight.
South American Rhythms
Friday, April 11, 2008
We get into the beat of South American music with works by Alberto Ginastera, Arturo Marquez, and Antonio Lauro, while Aaron Copland adds Cuban flavor with his "Danzon cubano." Also, composer/conductor Victoria Bond stops by for an informal chat with David Garland.
Talk to David at the Evening Music Blog.
Satyagraha
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Philip Glass's opera "Satyagraha" premieres at the Metropolitan Opera tomorrow night, in a co-production with the English National Opera. We offer an excerpt, as well as some other music by Glass, including his Harpsichord concerto. Also, at 10PM, Sara Fishko profiles Glass in a special encore episode of The Fishko Files.
More about Satyagraha at the Met
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Reich Variations
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Terrance breaks out a new CD from Steve Reich, Daniel Variations (we hear part of Reich's variations for vibes, piano, and strings). Also, in the tradition of Carlos Chavez and Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer Arturo Marquez writes flashy orchestral music with a distinctly local flavor. We hear a colorful example in his "Paisajes bajo el signo del cosmos" (Landscapes under the sign of the cosmos).
Browse Steve Reich CDs at Amazon.com
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Impermanence
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Terrance McKnight samples a track from the CD release of Meredith Monk's celebratory and moving meditation on life, Impermanence. Also, bassist/composer Peter Askim performs his Concerto for Double Bass and String Orchestra, and we anticipate the upcoming new production of "Satyagraha" at the Metropolitan Opera with an excerpt from Philip Glass's "Symphony for Eight."
Talk to Terrance at the Evening Music Blog.
Days and Nights in Rocinha
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Home to the "Samba School" made famous by Rio de Janeiro's Carnevale, the neighborhood of Rocinha is known for its vibrant cultural life. We hear a musical impression and tribute from none other than Philip Glass, in his "Days and Nights in Rocinha." Also tonight, music by Terry Riley, Gerald Finzi, and Carlos Guastavino; plus Lou Harrison's first suite for tuned guitar.
Days and Nights in Rocinha
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Home to the "Samba School" made famous by Rio de Janeiro's Carnevale, the neighborhood of Rocinha is known for its vibrant cultural life. We hear a musical impression and tribute from none other than Philip Glass, in his "Days and Nights in Rocinha." Also tonight, music by Terry Riley, Gerald Finzi, and Carlos Guastavino; plus Lou Harrison's first suite for tuned guitar.
Elmer Bernstein
Friday, April 04, 2008
Film composer Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004) came to prominence with his soundtracks for movies like "The Ten Commandments," "The Man With the Golden Arm," and "The Magnificent Seven." In later years, he enjoyed a resurgence writing music for the comedies of director John Landis. In honor of today's anniversary of Bernstein's birth, we sample his long and varied catalog of movie scores.
David Garland discusses Bernstein on the Evening Music Blog.
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Robert Spano
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Terrance is re-united with a luminary from his former base, as Atlanta Symphony Music Director Robert Spano joins him in the studio for a candid conversation on the arts. We also hear musical examples of the maestro at work, including works by Jennifer Higdon and Osvaldo Golijov. This weekend, Spano leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in a program including the New York premiere of Christopher Theofanides' "The Here and Now."
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Harry Partch
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
A composer like none other, Harry Partch lived alternately as an acclaimed maverick and a depression-era hobo — all the while creating his own instruments to realize his particular brand of music. We hear his raucous house-party of a choral ballad for gymnasts, "Rotate the Body in All its Planes." Also on the playlist tonight, music by Aaron Jay Kernis, Joaquin Turina, and George Walker.
Visit the Harry Partch Information Center
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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Live from Carnegie Hall
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
WNYC presents this live broadcast of the world-renowned Orpheus Chamber Orchestra from Carnegie Hall, hosted by Evening Music's Terrance McKnight and Soundcheck's John Schaefer. Featured are Aaron Copland's "Latin American Sketches," Ernest Chausson's "Poème de l'Amour et de la Mer" (Poem of Love and the Sea) with Dame Felicity Lott, and George Bizet's Symphony in C Major.
Also on the program is a new work by Cuban-born composer Tania León, "Ácana." Based on a 1944 poem by Cuban poet laureate Nicolas Guillen, the work takes its name from a tree indigenous to the American meridian. According to the composer, "Ácana" is meant to be "a sonic palette of sounds that invisibly connect the cultures and soul of the peoples in the American continent."
This program is supported, in part, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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