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There must be some deep-seated, funny, psychologically-sound logic behind the release of big-budget disaster films during the hottest months. Summer is a season of excess, and this we...

The New Canon on Q2 Music is a weekly show devoted to new CDs and world premiere recordings from across the new-music spectrum. The New Canon offers listeners the chance to experience pieces never-before-heard on Q2 Music and with hosts — composers, musicians, producers, writers — who share their passion for the newest of the new.

There must be some deep-seated, funny, psychologically-sound logic behind the release of big-budget disaster films during the hottest months. Summer is a season of excess, and this we...

The practice of musical quotation has always been a part of the music-making tradition. Sometimes it’s the artist’s way of acknowledging his or her admiration for a composer, or just a mere infatuation with a specific theme or passage. At times it is of a practical nature—conjuring up a distinguishing event or character within the mind of the listener.