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Songs and Poems
Composer Philip Glass and cellist Wendy Sutter present Glass's major new seven-movement work for solo cello, "Songs and Poems" for this edition of New Sounds. The pieces are intense, dark, and beautiful, at times reminiscent of Bach and but also steeped in the romantics. There is definitely an awareness of using the cello’s range to sing and approximate the human voice, and Sutter’s playing is lyrical and warm, invoking comparisons to late Mstislav Rostropovich, and less brutal Janos Starker. We’ll hear highlights from the recording, which also contains “Tissues,” for cello, piano and percussion (2002), written for the original soundtrack recording to Godfrey Reggio's Naqoyqatsi.
PROGRAM #2790, Glass & Sutter (First aired on Wednesday, 4-16-08)
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Philip Glass |
Songs and Poems for Solo Cello |
Songs I-VII [32:00] Tissues 7+6 [3:00 + 3:00] |
Orange Mountain #0037 **
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Shoghaken Ensemble |
Traditional Dances of Armenia |
Shatakhi Dzernaper [2:30] |
Traditional Crossroads #4322 www.traditionalcrossroads.com |
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I am greatly looking forward to tonight's broadcast, but am also wondering if there is a way to stream previous shows?
Gregory, click "Archives" under "Links" in the grey box to the right. You can get selected programs by the date of the broadcast.
Is it true that the artist who did the artwork for 'Songs and Poems', Erika Haarsch, is going to be with you tonight also?
Eric! Thank you so much! I feel like I have been shown the way to a gold mine.
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