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WNYC's 85th Anniversary Bash
On the 85th anniversary of the launch of WNYC, David Garland hosts an evening that gives our live, web and radio audience a glimpse into the birth-year of our station, 1924. Combining music, film and chat, the evening explores iconic, epoch-defining pieces of music from 1924, including George Antheil's Ballet Mechanique, George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Giacomo Puccini's Turandot, and Jelly Roll Morton's Big Foot Ham and Bucktown Blues. The featured artists, which include Marta Eggerth, Jason Moran and Alicia Hall Moran, Matt Marks, and Dave Burrell, share an evening that's grounded in the touchstones of the past but still bears the unmistakable imprint and flavors of the present.
Evening Music presents WNYC's 85th Anniversary LIVE from the Greene Space on July 8th at 7pm, on 93.9 FM and with streaming video at wnyc.org/thegreenespace. To see the complete evening's video as well as more information on the featured artists please go here.
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Marta Eggerth
Born in 1912 in Budapest, Marta Eggerth displayed at a young age the precocious talents that would grant her a long and prolific career as an actress and singer. She performs Anniversary Waltz and Wien, Wien, nur du allein and talks about the secrets of her longevity and vivaciousness.
Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran
The versatile duo of Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran, trained in both classical and jazz repertoires, return to the Greene Space to perform Ma Rainey's See See Rider and their take on Giacomo Puccini's Turandot. They also give a encore to the whole evening with George Gershwin's The Man I Love.
Music Playlists
View WNYC's music playlists dating back to 2001 (full playlists are generally posted the day after broadcast). For playlist inquiries, please contact Listener Services via email or at 646-829-4000.
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Festivals and Specials
Listen on demand to our online archive of music festivals and specials, where you'll find a treasure-trove of stimulating conversations, opinions, reflections, and of course, great music!
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Ear to Ear
Ear to Ear takes innovative musicians off the New York stages and into the studio for relaxed, insightful conversation, as they share their personal recordings with host David Garland.
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69th American Music Festival: American Blend
May 21-22, at 7pm; May 23-24 at 8pm; May 25-27 at 7pm
Hosts Terrance McKnight and David Garland will curate and host a weeklong festival with special guests and rare recordings, concluding with live performances in WNYC's Jerome L. Greene Performance Space by Dafnis Prieto, Paola Prestini, Ezequiel Vinao and Yungchen Lhamo May 27.
globalFEST 2009
Listen on Demand
On January 11th, WNYC and NPR Music presented a live webcast of globalFEST 2009, the annual showcase that provides a "sneak peek" of global musicians on the verge of international fame.
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.
Deerhoof/Metropolis Ensemble
Live Webcast
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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Holy jeez....poor George Gershwin...his beautiful work savaged into that hideous unlistenable charmless mess. So characteristic of today's composers; unable to squeeze any music out of their own brains, they trash up other people's work and claim it. Can anyone write anything these days? Of beauty? Anyone able to write a decent melody?
I wanted to say a big thank you to WNYC for seeking such diverse programming for this event. While one could easily spend a luxusrious evening listening to Marta Eggerth or the Moran couple, I really appreciated the adventurous programming of the Ballet Mechanique and the Remix'd Gershwin. I found both pieces to be deeply satisfying if also challenging.
As for the above commenter, I'm not quite sure Nick from the UWS understands the concept of a remix, but personally, I can't think of a better way to show how a piece can live again in the ears of the young than by adopting the same electronic techniques our young composers are reaching to use.
(Let us also remember that Gershwin was criticized on the very night of his premiere for bastardizing the concert hall with his jazz licks- for his trite, feeble and vapid harmonic treatment, and lifeless melody....) Sometimes certain ears are just not ready to be challenged, some of us are ready, and eager- thank you WNYC for listening!
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