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Soundcheck / September 20, 2006

Soundcheck

Wednesday, September 20, 2006
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  • The Project Room
    The Project Room

    Offbeat Concert Venues, from Silos to Rocking Boats

    Only in New York can you hear jazz inside an old grain silo, opera in a converted shoe factory, and chamber music on a barge in the East River. Today, a look the city's unusual performance spaces, in all their charm and grittiness. Joining us is Suzanne Fiol, the executive & artistic director of the Issue Project Room (the aforementioned converted silo on the shores of the Gowanus Canal), and Frank Oteri, the editor of NewMusicBox.org, the online magazine of the American Music Center. Also on the show: the Russian-born pianist Vladimir Feltsman has embarked on an unusual project to kick off the season: he's playing Mozart's sonatas on a replica of a fortepiano by Anton Walter, Mozart's favorite piano maker. He joins us to demonstrate the sound of the fortepiano alongside that of a modern instrument.

Pavilions of Harmony

New York is home to some of the oddest performance spaces around, from an old WWII rescue boat to a converted grain silo. We look at these spaces in all their grit and charm.
Issue Project Room Web site
New Music Box

Vladimir Feltsman

The restless, Russian-born pianist Vladimir Feltsman is performing Mozart's sonatas on a fortepiano over five concerts this fall. Hear a preview today.
Vladimir Feltsman's Web site
Image of an Anton Walter fortepiano

The Pacifica Quartet

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Carter Burwell and Maya Beiser

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Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar's Ode to Jack Kerouac

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The Ill Effects of Urban Noise

The Ill Effects of Urban Noise

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Soundcheck received an overwhelming response to our segment on the effects of urban noise. So much so that Arline Bronzaft decided to address the feedback. Listen to the original segment and read Bronzaft's response.

RZA on the Tao of Wu

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