Alexander Overington appears in the following:
Kaija Saariaho: Ears Open
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Kaija Saariaho's music evokes all sorts of natural sounds, the kinds of complex, white noise-y sounds that we often tune out - wind rustling through trees, or waves hitting the shore.
Download: 'Stringsongs' by Meredith Monk
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Written in 2005, "Stringsongs" is Meredith Monk’s first string quartet. Meet the Composer is offering the first available in-studio performance of the piece.
Meredith Monk: II. Choreographing Sound
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Meredith rarely writes traditional scores. Many of her pieces live primarily in the heads of their performers, often members of Meredith's own ensemble. Listen to part two of the show.
Meredith Monk: I. Learning Her Body Through Music
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
From an extremely young age, music and movement were braided together for Meredith. Listen to part one of the show.
Meredith Monk: Creation as Spiritual Practice
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Living legend Meredith Monk is a composer, vocalist, dancer and filmmaker. While all of these descriptors are on point, none quite gets to the bones of who she is as an artist.
Meredith Monk: III. Becoming Whole
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
When Meredith first encountered Buddhism in the 1970s, a whole lot of things clicked into place. Listen to part three of the show.
Not Your Mom's Pot Brownies (with Radiolab's Jad Abumrad)
Monday, June 08, 2015
Dan and Radiolab's Jad Abumrad explore the new frontier of weed-infused foods. They'll tell you how it tastes, how it makes them feel, and what happens when you eat way too much of it.
Announcing Season Two of Meet the Composer
Tuesday, April 07, 2015
Announcing five more episodes of the radio show about today's exciting, dynamic and all-around inspiring composers, with host Nadia Sirota. Help fund Season Two today via Kickstarter.
Kickstart Season Two of Meet the Composer with Nadia Sirota
Monday, April 06, 2015
Support five more episodes of the radio show about today's exciting, dynamic and all-around inspiring composers, with host Nadia Sirota. Help fund Season Two today via Kickstarter.
'Behold'
Thursday, December 18, 2014
For the 18th day of Q2 Music's inaugural Advent Calendar, download "Behold," a track influenced by Handel's "Messiah" by Meet the Composer producer, Alexander Overington.
Coventry Carol
Monday, December 15, 2014
For the 15th day of Q2 Music's inaugural Advent Calendar, download an electro-acoustic arrangement of Coventry Carol, by Nadia Sirota and Alexander Overington.
'Knee Xmas'
Friday, December 12, 2014
For the 12th day of Q2 Music's inaugural Advent Calendar, download Phillip Glass-inspired "Knee Xmas," from Meet the Composer producers Nadia Sirota and Alexander Overington.
'Christmas Phase'
Friday, December 05, 2014
For the fifth day of Q2 Music's inaugural Advent Calendar, download a Christmas treat called Christmas Phase, inspired by one of the grandfathers of minimalism, Steve Reich.
'In Christmas'
Monday, December 01, 2014
Download In Christmas, based off Terry Riley's In C, as part of Q2 Music's 2014 Advent Calendar.
Free Download: 'Intercepting a Shivery Light' by Composer Marcos Balter
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Building on a long-standing collaborative relationship, Marcos Balter wrote Intercepting a Shivery Light for the Anubis Quartet, a saxophone ensemble, in 2012. Download the full track.
Marcos Balter: Failure Is an Option
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Called "whimsical" and "surreal" by The New York Times, Marcos Balter is writing music that has made its way into the repertoires of some of the most influential musicians today.
Marcos Balter: III. Failure Is An Option
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Marcos settles into his Chicago new-music community and figures out that some of his best work comes from allowing himself to fail.
Marcos Balter: I. Reading, Reich & Rio
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Marcos Balter grows up a precocious kid in Rio de Janeiro plying piano at his aunt's house. Everything changes when he's introduced to the mind-expanding works of Berio, Reich & Ligeti.
Marcos Balter: II. Libraries are Magic
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Marcos Balter discovers the library and falls in love with maps, tablature and smart scores.
Free Download: 'Its Motion Keeps' from Composer Caroline Shaw
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw shares "Its Motion Keeps," written for and performed by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus under the direction of Dianne Berkun-Menaker.
