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Before "crossover" became a controversial marketing term in classical music, Alec Wilder was a composer who managed to bridge the worlds of serious and popular music, jazz and classical, the concert hall and the dance hall, without losing credibility in any of those areas. Since his death in 1980, he's had few modern-day champions but that appears to be changing. The New York-based chamber ensemble, the Four Bags, has developed some intriguing and idiosyncratic interpretations of Wilder's music, as we hear on today's show. We're also visited by music writer and Time Out New York contributor Marion Lignana Rosenberg, who reviews some important new reissues of the coveted and controversial recordings of the soprano Maria Callas.
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Introducing our Video Contest
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John Schaefer gives the lowdown on Soundcheck's music video challenge with the Fiery Furnaces.
In Studio: Angel Deradoorian
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The 22-year-old multi-instrumentalist performs live in our studio.
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Cucu Diamantes Performs Amor Cronico
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Cucu Diamantes went from a tough childhood in Havana, Cuba, to an art school in Rome to underground New York City, where she co-founded the Latin alternative band Yerba Buena.
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In Studio: Stephanie McKay
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The local singer-songwriter performs "Jackson Avenue," a nostalgic toast to her childhood in the South Bronx.
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In Studio: The Decemberists
The Portland, Ore., band's latest album, "The Hazards of Love," is a concept album with a mythological flair. They joined Soundcheck to play live for a studio audience in WNYC's Greene Space.
Sound Off
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Throughout May, Soundcheck presents “Sound Off” a Friday series on the many aspects of noise in music and our lives. The series -- which coincides with “Better Hearing and Speech Month” -- looks at issues like New York’s noisiest neighborhoods, the latest research on iPods and hearing loss, and what happens when noise becomes a musical ingredient.
