Conor Hanick appears in the following:
Color, Spontaneity, and the Music of Pierre Boulez
Monday, September 16, 2013
Despite this month's phenomenal, forward-looking programs on Q2 Music's Lucerne Festival webcasts, there is a conspicuous absence of music by one of the festival's artistic gurus—and one of the most influential musicians of the last fifty years—Pierre Boulez.
Listen: World Premieres from Benjamin Attahir and Christian Mason
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Happy Birthday, John Zorn
Monday, September 09, 2013
Iannis Xenakis and Bela Bartok Live from Lucerne
Sunday, September 08, 2013
The Road Less Traveled
Monday, September 02, 2013
This week on Hammered! we queue up portions of Frederic Rzewski's epic musical novel The Road—in addition to a few driving playlists of our own. Tune in all week at 10 am.
Pledging Allegiance To Charles Ives
Monday, July 01, 2013
This Fourth of July week on Hammered!, tune in for the piano-based repertoire of American music's great experimental pioneer.
Music For A Summer Evening
Monday, June 24, 2013
Nothing accompanies a sweated-through T-shirt and an oppressively humid summer evening like George Crumb, right? Get your dog day's musical antidote all week on Hammered! with summertime music not written by George Gershwin.
When The Piano Isn't Enough...
Monday, June 17, 2013
Born from Silence
Monday, June 10, 2013
What is it about the opening measures of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, or Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring that generates such intense musical magnetism? This week on Hammered! we explore how the starts of pieces impact the music that follows.
Hosting a New-Music Cliburn Competition
Monday, June 03, 2013
The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is one of the most prestigious competitions in the world. But it must be asked: can someone play something—ANYTHING?—after, like, maybe 1910!?
The Many Musical Caps of Igor Stravinsky
Monday, May 27, 2013
Music For The Uncommon Mind
Monday, May 20, 2013
On-Demand Video: An Evening with Nico Muhly and Two Boys
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Pierre-Laurent Aimard's Contrapuntal World
Monday, May 13, 2013
Few pianists have impacted contemporary music more profoundly than the Frenchman Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Hear his insights and performances of Ives, Ligeti and Messiaen all week on Hammered!
In Their Own Words
Monday, May 06, 2013
Runs in the Family
Monday, April 29, 2013
Studying the Etude
Monday, April 22, 2013
Group Dynamics
Monday, April 08, 2013
This week on Hammered! we explore the mountains of chamber music that includes piano(s), or, otherwise put, music for piano+. Hear music from Thomas Ades, Ezequiel Vinao, Benjamin Broening and many more.
Portrait Of The Artist
Monday, April 01, 2013
As a follow-up to our five-day pianist profile series last fall, aptly titled Solid Gould, Hammered! presents a week's worth of hour-long musical portraits of some of the great pianists of the contemporary music world, including performances from the late Charles Rosen.