New Music for Electric Violin (Special Podcast)
Monday, August 15, 2011
Listen to compositions for electric violin on this New Sounds program. We'll hear Nico Muhly's Seeing Is Believing, a concerto for electric violin, which features the Aurora Orchestra and Thomas Gould on electric six-string violin, Also, we'll hear music by John Adams from his work, "The Dharma At Big Sur" - "Sri Moonshine" for electric violin and orchestra. It's an homage to the beat poets and to minimalists, like Terry Riley, with its Eastern-tinged strings and shimmering suspended chords. Plus, other works.
PROGRAM #3224, music for electric violin
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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John Adams |
Dharma at Big Sur |
Part 1. A New Day [14:28] |
Nonesuch Records** |
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Nico Muhly |
Seeing is Believing |
Seeing is Believing [24:28] |
Decca 478 2731** |
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Shankar |
M.R.C.S. |
Ocean Waves [7:47] |
ECM Records #1403** |
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John is a treaure and I think there's no better music program on the air anywhere. I've been listening since 1982 when the show started. "New Sounds" not only introduced me to great music but WYNC as well. Now I just leave all my radios on WYNC and only very rarely even scan any other station, thanks largely to John.
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