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The Wordless Music Series on WNYC
The Wordless Music Series pairs rock and electronic musicians with more traditional chamber and new music performers, to create an entirely new concert experience. As Wordless Music opens on a new season, WNYC presents four one-hour specials that highlight and underscore the ground-breaking '07-'08 season, hosted by Radio Lab's Jad Abumrad.
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The Wordless Music Series on WNYC was written and produced by Jonathan Mitchell. Support for this program comes, in part, from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Episode One: Mihailova/Electrik Company/Do Make Say Think/Greenwood
Kyrgyzstani pianist Katya Mihailova takes on Chopin; Rock quartet Electric Kompany performs music by Jacob TV; Toronto-based indie band Do Make Say Think bring their own brand of eclectic music to the stage, and we hear the US premiere of Radiohead lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood's "Popcorn Superhet Receiver for String Orchestra." Jad Abumrad hosts, joined by composer David Lang, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Music.
Episode Two: Jacobsen & Mihailova/Fischer/Perri
Violin/Piano duo Colin Jacobsen and Katya Mihailova perform Arvo Pärt's "Fratres"; vocalist Abby Fischer premieres Nico Muhly's "Mothertongue," and Toronto-based songwriter/producer Sandro Perri (a.k.a. "Polmo Polpo") performs his own set. Jad Abumrad hosts, joined by composer/performer Meredith Monk — whose latest album Impermanence was recently released on the ECM label.
Episode Three: Hauschka/Beruit/Fifth Veil
German pianist/composer Volker Bertelmann (a.k.a. "Hauschka") plays the prepared piano; indie rock band Beirut performs their own gypsy-inspired set, and Bard College quartet Fifth Veil perform Osvaldo Golijov's "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind." Jad Abumrad hosts this program, which also features conversations with Hauschka and Beirut's Zach Condon.
Episode Four: Lubman and the Wordless Music Orchestra/Torngat
Conductor Brad Lubman leads the Wordless Music Orchestra in John Adams' "Christian Zeal and Activity"; Montreal band Torngat perform their own set, and the Wordless Music Orchestra returns for Gavin Bryars' "The Sinking of the Titanic." Jad Abumrad hosts this program, which also features a conversation with conductor Brad Lubman.
Comments
Only Jad's love affair with doubt can produce a program of inclusion like this. Inclusion of the most distant opposites. The highest principle of arts.
Thank you.
I hope you keep this in podcasts for a while. After 10pm is a little late.
Thank you so much for this series. Ronan (sp?) and WYNC for the coverage. I am so glad for the recordings. More please.
Brad is closer to the professionalism of David Garland. Can he switch with Mcknight?
So, please someone deconstruct for me "wordless music".
Does that mean, like, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Mahler, Dizzy, Brubeck, Ahmad Jamal, Terry Riley, Mrk O'Connor,Both John Adams'
Get it?
I'll try to come back and see if anyone can explain to me why we need to propose this as a what? New art form?
And, hey, the K in McKnight, is, as you can see, capitalized.
>>RSM
I have been enjoying Terence McKnight on Evening Music, and think the Wordless Music Series has been a great addition.
Love this series... Just a note: Episode 2 seems to not play all the way through unless I launch it in the player window. Glad I did, there was a bunch I would have missed.
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