Spotlight on: Vijay Iyer

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer joins David in the studio to talk about his new work that receives its premiere performance next month with the American Composers Orchestra. we'll also hear a preview of the New World Symphony's upcoming Carnegie Hall concert with Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras" No. 7. Today marks the anniversary of composer Michel Legrande's birth in 1932; later in the evening, we'll offer a tribute with one of his classics "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg."

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