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This week Jeremy and Reid are talking through thousands of hours of Television, Dance, Opera and Theater! Topics include Nico Muhly, Étoile, Conclave, Gladiator, The Last of Us, Hacks, The Wedding Banquet, Cécile McLorin Salvant, A Stolen Life (1946) and much much more.◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠➩ WEBSITE ◦YOUTUBE ◦ INSTAGRAM ➩ SUPPORT:✨VIA VENMO!✨ or PATREON➩ REID ◦ JEREMY ◦ JACK◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠➩ withdanceandstuff@gmail.com
Award-winning director Michael Mayer has worked in a broad spectrum of media from theatre and opera to television and film. Current theatre: Swept Away, a new musical featuring songs of The Avett Brothers which opened November 19, 2024 on Broadway, the hit revival of Little Shop of Horrors now playing at the Westside Theatre, the national tour of his hit Broadway revival of Funny Girl (which starred Lea Michele) and the national tour of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, which recently ended its Broadway run. Recent opera: Jeanine Tesori and George Brant's new opera Grounded which opened the Metropolitan Opera season on September 23, 2024 with performances running until October 19. Upcoming opera: a new production of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera this season opening on December 31, 2024. Other Broadway credits include Adam Driver and Keri Russell in Burn This, Head Over Heels (featuring the songs of The Go-Go's), Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony Award, best musical revival, also National Tour), Spring Awakening (Tony Award/Best Musical and Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Director; also London, National Tour, Vienna, Tokyo, and Seoul productions); Green Day's American Idiot (also co-author, Drama Desk Award for Best Director; also US, UK and Asia tours); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award/Best Musical also London and National Tour), Side Man (Tony Award/Best Play also London and Kennedy Center Productions), A View from the Bridge (Tony Award/Best Revival), Michael Moore's The Terms of My Surrender, Everyday Rapture, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Triumph of Love; off-Broadway credits include Lin-Manuel Miranda's 21 Chump Street (BAM), Chess (Kennedy Center), Love, Love, Love (Roundabout), Brooklynite (Also co-author, Vineyard), Whorl Inside A Loop (with Dick Scanlan, Second Stage), 10 Million Miles (Atlantic): Angels in America. London: a record-breaking West End run of Funny Girl and a UK tour. Tokyo: As You Like It (Toho Theatre). Film: A Home at the End of the World (Excellence in filmmaking, National Board of Review, GLAAD nomination), Single All the Way for Netflix, Flicka, The Seagull. He was featured in both the documentaries Those You've Known on HBO and Broadway Idiot. Television credits Include: SMASH (Pilot, producing director: Season One), two seasons of Alpha House (Amazon), and producer for the HBO film WIG. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut with a celebrated new production of Rigoletto, followed by a co-production (with the English National Opera) of Nico Muhly's Marnie, and a new production of La Traviata, which broke box office records. He directed the world premiere of Jeanine Tesori's Grounded at the Washington National Opera. Grounded opened the Met's 24/25 season on September 23, 2024, and his new production of Aida will premiere at the Met on New Year's Eve 2024. Additional Awards and fellowships: the inaugural Daryl Roth Creative Spirit award, Drama League Founders Award, Jefferson, Ovation, Alan Schneider, and Carbonell awards; Fox Foundation, Drama League and TCG/NEA Directing Fellowships. He serves on the Boards of SDC (Stage Directors and Choreographers Society) and the Arthur Miller. Photos by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.Com- assisted by BrookeBellPhoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
See the NOISE Interview with composer Emilie LeBel and Violinist Laura Reid ahead of the New Works Calgary event "Field Studies / VINES" on February 1st on NOISE Instagram page! (@cjswnoise) The Event showcases the music of Emilie LeBel played by ultraviolet, Jane Berry, and Laura Reid with live choreography by Melanie Kloetzel/Kloetzel&co. Tickets at Showpass.com Tonight we'll hear selections from Emilie LeBel & Laura Reid's musical catalogues, along with a fine array of neo-classical and jazz!Playlist: Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Smiling For Me - Instrumentalk. - I Wouldn't MindJune McDoom - On my Way - With StringsWho Cares - after the rainOsmanthus - In Early SpringJoel Jeschke - KoskelaDaskal - ObsidianPhillip Golub, featuring DanielHaas - At the 11th HourEmilie Cecilia Lebel, Jane Berry, UltraViolet - DriftEmilie Cecilia LeBel, Jane Berry, UltraViolet - ...and the Higher Leaves of the Trees Seemed to Shimmer in the Last of the Sunlight's Lingering Touch of Them...Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister - UranusFKA Twigs - EusexuaBadge Époque Ensemble - Milk Spilt on EternityMary Ocher - Cosmic Rock
Send us a textDoug & Ben discuss Nico Muhly's DARK SISTERS and W.A. Mozart's DON GIOVANNI with Kiana Lily, Metropolitan Opera District Winner.
Organist and pianist James McVinnie's new album 'Dreamcatcher' is a beautiful series of works by contemporary composers including Nico Muhly, John Adams, Giles Swayne, Gabriella Smith, Meredith Monk and others, all based around ideas of imagining – be that to do with memory, architecture, musical form or social justice. He joins Editor Martin Cullingford in this week's Podcast to talk through the programme, and about the sound world he's created for this captivating recording. 'Dreamcatcher' is available on the Pentatone label from next Friday, January 17.
Arianne Phillips is an American costume designer. Phillips was recognized for her work on the Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Neil Patrick Harris, earning her a Tony award nomination for Best Costume Design. Phillips has a long-standing relationship with Madonna, with collaborations including photo shoots, music videos and designing tour costumes for six world tours over the past two decades. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times, for James Mangold's Walk the Line (2005), Madonna's directorial debut, W.E. (2011), and for Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). Phillips has also received a two BAFTA Award nominations for Tom Ford's A Single Man (2009) and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Her film career also includes Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals (2016), Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), James Mangold's Girl, Interrupted (1999) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007), John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig And the Angry Inch (2001), Mark Romanek's One Hour Photo(2002), and Milos Forman's The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996). In between film and music projects, Phillips works as a freelance fashion editor and stylist, collaborating with photographers for publications such as Italian Vogue, V Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, German & Spanish Vogueand W Magazine. She continuously challenges herself by taking on projects that explore new expressions of her creativity. In 2018, she made her New York City Metropolitan opera debut, designing Nico Muhly's opera, Marnie. Miuccia Prada selected Phillips for her Iconoclasts project; to curate installations for the brands flagship stores in London and Beijing which included a short fashion film for the brand, which Phillips wrote and directed, called Passages. Her friend Alessandro Michele, Creative Director of GUCCI commissioned her to create content for a special issue of A Magazine he guest edited and to style a brand film directed by Gia Coppola. She has also collaborated on special projects with Van Cleef and Arpels, Cartier, Valentino and Swarovski. Phillips was an inaugural member of the TIMES UP coalition and was asked by Reese Witherspoon to design its logo. Lawrence Sher, ASC,is an American cinematographer and film director, best known for comedy films such as Garden State, The Dictator, and The Hangover series, frequently collaborating with directors Todd Phillips and Zach Braff.[ He made his directorial debut with Father Figures, which began a wide theatrical release on December 22, 2017, by Warner Bros. Pictures. He was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for the 2019 film Joker, directed by Phillips. As cinematographer of the 2009 film The Hangover, Sher described how a scene early in the movie shows the main characters on the roof of their hotel overlooking a stereotypical shot of the Las Vegas Strip; Sher indicated that he had tried to evoke the behind-the-scenes Vegas—after the characters wake up the following morning—by shooting a scene behind the hotels where the real action takes place. Actor Bradley Cooper credited Sher's visual style with enhancing the film's comedy, noting how Sher has "a great eye, a lot of energy and he just knows what's funny" and that "Some guys just can't shoot comedies, but Larry knows exactly what he's doing." With the success of Zach Braff's Kickstarter, Sher worked on Braff's 2014 feature, Wish I Was Here. In January 2020, Sher was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the movie Joker, but lost to Roger Deakins for 1917.
Today we speak to one of America's most acclaimed classical composers. Nico Muhly has worked big-time organizations like the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Tomorrow night, some his music, juxtaposed with music that has been formative to Nico, will be performed at a local church that has one of the area's finest music programs.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
Brìghde Chaimbeul, Rhodri Davies, Sam Amidon and Linda Buckley discuss the roles of tradition and place in music, and what they might think about when performing.Brìghde Chaimbeul is a Gaelic musician, composer and bagpipe player. Her music stems from traditional Gaelic material, particularly sourced from archival recordings, of songs, stories and music from the Highlands and islands of Scotland. It also explores wider musical influences, such as a variety of global piping traditions from eastern Europe, Cape Breton and Ireland. She has collaborated with artists including Ross Ainslie, Gruff Rhys, Martin Green, Carlos Nunez and Allan MacDonald. Last year she released the album Carry Them With Us in collaboration with Colin Stetson, weaving together textural drones, trance atmospheres and instrumental folk traditions.Rhodri Davies is a Welsh musician who plays harp, electric harp and live electronics, as well as building harp installations. He started playing the harp at the age of 7 and is classically trained on the orchestral pedal harp; he also plays harps from a range of different cultures, modifying their sounds with different techniques and pushing the boundaries of how the instrument can sound. He's released seven solo albums and regularly works with groups such as Hen Ogledd, Cranc, the Sealed Knot and Common Objects. Sam Amidon is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Vermont. He plays the fiddle, guitar and banjo, and is a member of the Icelandic music collective/record label Bedroom Community. He has released a string of acclaimed albums, ranging in theme from interpretations of traditional Irish fiddle pieces to old-time melodies and tales from traditional American folk history. His collaborators include classical composer Nico Muhly, experimental composer/producer Ben Frost, composer/violinist Eyvind Kang, guitar legend Bill Frisell and veteran jazz drummer Milford Graves.Linda Buckley is an Irish composer and musician who creates electronic and acoustic music working across many disciplines, most notably film, and drone and dark ambient music. She's worked in many collaborative contexts, including scoring films such as Nothing Compares by Kathryn Ferguson and To The Moon by Tadhg O'Sullivan. Recent collaborators include Liam Byrne and Crash Ensemble, Gudrun Gut and Andrew Zolinsky.
In our forthcoming podcast episode, we're joined by the distinguished James McVinnie to delve into the fascinating world of organ music, marking the 70th anniversary of the Royal Festival Hall organ. McVinnie will discuss the instrument's significant historical impact and its role in the evolution of organ music in London and further afield. We'll explore how the organ, conceived in the post-war era, reflects the cultural shifts of its time through the vision of Ralph Downes. Our guest is James McVinnie, known for his broad repertoire that ranges from early organ music to contemporary compositions by Nico Muhly and Tristan Perich, will share how he navigates the vast musical landscapes of different eras in his performances. The discussion will also touch on "Infinity Gradient" by Perich, an innovative piece that reimagines the organ's potential in synthesis and music, potentially setting the direction for the instrument's future. As McVinnie travels performing across the globe, he plays an increasingly important role in redefining the organ as an instrument of both historical depth and modern relevance. Looking ahead, he'll share his vision for the organ's future and how he aims to contribute to its ongoing evolution. Finally, McVinnie will offer invaluable advice for young musicians interested in exploring the organ and its possibilities in contemporary music. Join us for an engaging journey into the heart of organ music with one of its most forward-thinking performers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/londonguidedwalks/message
Jordan talks with artist and writer Maira Kalman about the death of her husband Tibor Kalman, the process of grief, and her irrepressible creative spirit.MENTIONED:Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenSarah Berman's ClosetThe Diaries of Franz Kakfa by Franz Kafka, tr. by Ross Benjamin"Cheek to Cheek" by Irving Berlin, sung by Fred AstaireMaira Kalman was born in Tel Aviv and moved to New York City with her family at the age of four. She has written/illustrated over 30 books for adults and children, been a frequent contributor to The New York Times and The New Yorker, and created textiles for Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade and sets for Mark Morris. Other collaborations have been with Nico Muhly, Alex Kalman, Michael Pollan, David Byrne, John Heginbotham, and Gertrude Stein. Her watch and clock designs appear under the M&Co label, the design studio created by her late husband Tibor Kalman. She has won many awards and given numerous talks, including several TED talks. Her art has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. Her latest book is Women Holding Things. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
La cima del éxtasis; cómo contar en primera persona lo inefable, cómo narrar y expresar lo indecible, aquello que está al margen de los sentidos, fuera de los límites del lenguaje y de la razón. En este nuevo (y diferente) capítulo de El Libro Rojo tengo el honor de conversar con Luce López-Baralt, Doctora por la Universidad de Harvard y una de las mayores expertas en el ámbito de la mística. Programa emotivo y sobrecogedor. La música que acompaña a la entrevista pertenece al disco 'David Hockney: Bigger & Closer' de Nico Muhly. La música de cabecera es, como siempre, de Den Sorte Skole.
For more than a year now, I've been obsessed with TÁR, the 2022 Todd Field film starring Cate Blanchett as an orchestral conductor whose power plays lead to her devastating downfall. Yes, the story is gripping and suspenseful, but it's the music interlaced throughout the film that keeps me coming back. Aside from the two works performed in the film — Mahler's Fifth Symphony and Elgar's Cello Concerto — which were baked into Field's script, the music you hear throughout TÁR is the result of months of work by the film's music supervisor, Lucy Bright. A specialist in the arenas of film and television scoring, Bright has worked with some of today's biggest composers — including Nico Muhly, Michael Nyman, and Volker Bertelmann — on projects ranging from Assassin's Creed to Aftersun and The Iron Claw. But what exactly does a music supervisor do on a film of this scale? Turns out, it's a lot. From working with a team of on-set sound engineers who specialize in recording symphony orchestras to developing the film's Deutsche Grammophon concept album and recreating Urbie Green's 1967 recording of "Twenty-one Trombones," Bright was kept busy managing countless aspects of the film's musical atmosphere across three countries. In this episode of the Classical Post podcast, I speak with Bright about the expert levels of coordination and collaboration vital to her work, working with the Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir to realize Lydia Tár's compositions, and what it was like seeing Cate Blanchett raise a baton to conduct Mahler. Plus, she shares her fascinating history with modern architecture, her go-to burger place in New York City, and the therapeutic benefits of swimming in the natural springs of London's Hampstead Heath. Stream TÁR (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, or wherever you stream music. - Classical Post® is created and produced by Gold Sound Media® LLC, a New York-based marketing agency for the performing arts industry. Explore how we can grow your audience to make a lasting impact in your community.
Melodisk, nænsomt, lystigt, nostalgisk og nyt. Nico Muhly, Florence Price, Sibelius, Norah Jones, Ulla Neumann, Hildur Guðnadóttir gemmer sig I mængden. Vært: Minna Grooss.
On Friday, November 3, 2023, Scribe Records releases Penitence & Lamentation, the Byrd Ensemble's new album marking 400 years since the death of its namesake, William Byrd, and coinciding with Byrd Ensemble's 20th anniversary season. Praised for their “rich, full-voiced, and perfectly blended” (Early Music America) sound, the Byrd Ensemble's new project focuses on the unifying theme of guilt and grief, forming a collection of songs by Byrd and his contemporaries; Thomas Tallis's monumental 40-part motet, Spem in alium; and the world premiere recording of Nico Muhly's Fallings (2023), based on Byrd's motet, Ne irascaris Domine. The album's first single, Nicolas Gombert's Lugebat David Absalon, will be released on all streaming services on October 13. Penitence & Lamentation Album Tracklist1. Nicolas Gombert – Lugebat David Absalon [8:20]2. William Byrd – Domine secumdum actum meum [6:52]3. Thomas Tallis – In jejunio et fletu [4:06]4. Thomas Tallis – Absterge Domine [5:33]5. Thomas Crecquillon – Pater paccavi [8:36]6. Robert Ramsey – How are the mighty fallen [5:14]7. William Byrd – Emendemus in melius [3:17]8. William Byrd – Ye sacred muses [3:09]9. William Byrd – Ne irascaris Domine [7:56]10. Nico Muhly – Fallings (2023) (World Premiere Recording) [7:00]11. Robert Carver – O bone Jesu [12:36]This album is broadcasted with the permission of Katy Salomon representing Primo Artists.
Drillepindene og de legesyge dukker op om natten. De snor sig ind og ud mellem skovens træer, prikker dig på skulderen og puster dig i øret. Meredith Monk, Tomasz Kukurba, Madeleine Peyroux, Yma Sumac, Bizet, Nico Muhly, Kroke, Kate Moore, Bach og andre legesyge kunstnere. Vært: Minna Grooss. (Sendt første gang 16. februar).
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durée : 01:00:09 - Christopher Cerrone - par : Laurent Vilarem - Le grand compositeur américain Christopher Cerrone possède un univers marqué par la faute et les paradoxes. Ses confrères Nico Muhly et Timo Andres, ainsi que le pianiste Shai Wosner nous livrent leurs témoignages/condamnations sur les péchés dont la musique de Cerrone est coupable ou innocente ! - réalisé par : Fanny Constans
Pour l'épisode 72, Fred discute avec le multi-instrumentiste Richard Reed Parry. Richard Reed Parry est l'un des membres d'Arcade Fire. Multi-instrumentiste, il joue notamment de la guitare, de l'accordéon, du piano, du célesta et de la contrebasse. Il fait également partie du groupe Bell Orchestre, avec entre autres Sarah Neufeld et Tim Kingsbury. Travailleur acharné et prolifique, Richard a collaboré et joué avec un éventail exceptionnel d'artistes, notamment : David Bowie, David Byrne, New York Philharmonic, Neil Young, Kronos Quartet, The National, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, LaLaLa Human Steps, Spike Jonze, Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, The Unicorns, Islands et bien d'autres. En 2014, il sort son premier album solo « Music for Heart and Breath » sur Deutsche Grammophon. Il a occupé son temps durant la pandémie à étudier le japonais et à composer des musiques de films tels que « The Nest ». Il a également sorti et interprété son opus folk sonore en deux volumes « Quiet River of Dust ». Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
En esta emisión del podcast Allegro con batuta, el director Iván López Reynoso nos platica sobre las coincidencias, casualidades y puntos en los que ha encontrado una sinergia especial, dos de las más importantes fuentes artísticas (expresiones artísticas) de nuestros días: la ópera y el cine. Con grandes ejemplos en los que se mezcla la herencia del enorme Verdi con el cine de grandes realizadores del celuloide como Luis Buñuel, David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman, con las adaptaciones a la ópera de importantes compositores como Benjamin Britten, Jake Heggie, Nico Muhly, Sebastian Fagerlund, Thomas Adés, Gustavo Dudamel, Olga Neuwirth e incluso el importante compositor mexicano Daniel Catán, entre otros.
This week on Beethoven Walks into a Bar, Mike and Stephanie are joined by mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke who is town to sing Hindemith's When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd with the Kansas City Symphony and Chorus. We talk about Sasha's work with former podcast guests Caroline Shaw, Gabe Kahane, Nico Muhly and Joel Thompson on her Grammy award winning album "How do I Find you?" and discuss exploring "new music" vs. "new to you" music. Sasha also shares how finding a good coffee shop can make her feel at home no matter where she is in the world. We also reveal our Top 5 works for solo voice and orchestra. Listen now for all of this and more, this week on Beethoven Walks into a Bar.Episode 705 PlaylistALBUM: Sasha Cooke: "How Do I Find You?"
Welcome back to a second episode of a brand new season of The Contemplative Podcast. On today's instalment, Matt Emery chats with Clarice Jensen, an American (NYC-based) cellist, a graduate of the Julliard School, and an artistic director of ACME (the American Contemporary Music Ensemble). As an instrumentalist, collaborator, and in her role in ACME, Jensen has recorded and performed alongside many of my all-time favourite modern classical composers, including Jóhann Jóhannsson, Max Richter, Björk, Stars of the Lid, Nico Muhly, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich. As a solo composer, she has been celebrated on these pages for her albums on FatCat's 130701 imprint - see the writeup on the debut, For This From That Will Be Filled (2018, Miasmah), a track premiere from the album The Experience Of Repetition As Death (2020, 130701), and the review of her latest, Esthesis (2022, 130701), with many ending up on my Best of the Year selections. I have also previously published this In the studio with Clarice Jensen. In this episode, Matt talks with Clarice about her recent tour with Dustin O'Halloran, the ACME string ensemble, performing Max Richter's SLEEP, her live set-up, and of course, the new album. And as always, there will be music along the way, with snippets from her past releases. If you're new to this podcast, please subscribe to keep up to date with the latest episodes and catch up on the past seasons. You can find us directly on Spotify and Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app using the links on the sidebar. Enjoy!
This episode takes a look at some of the gorgeous collaborations with contemporary artists in the Wise Music catalogue, including: Ólafur Arnalds, Anoushka Shankar and Ngaiire to name a few.Wise Choice is an official Wise Music Group podcast celebrating 50 years of Wise Music and taking the opportunity to delve into the vast catalogue of incredible songs and artists that are part of the Wise family. The show is hosted by Wise Music songwriting and composing team Adam and Paula Pickering aka The Daydream Club. They asked the Wise Music teams from all over the world to choose their absolute favourite songs from the Wise Music catalogue (their Wise Choice). From this list Adam & Paula look into the history surrounding the songs and where the story leads them with connections to other notable versions, covers and samples.New episodes every other Wednesday.If you liked this you might also enjoy Composing Myself - an official Wise Music podcast featuring interviews with composers and songwriters, taking an in-depth look at their process.Tracklist:Loom - Ólafur Arnalds feat. BonoboLose My Way - Ane Brun & Dustin O'HalloranHorizons (From ‘Puzzle') - Dustin O'Halloran, Ane BrunIn This Mouth - Anoushka Shankar (feat. Alev Lenz)Bright Eyes - Anoushka Shankar (feat. Alev Lenz)Jupiter - Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly & James McAlisterOrdinary - Ngaiire (ft Brian Campeau and Elana Stone) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gyan Riley graced the dublab studio to share a live solo guitar piece, insight into his music explorations and some rare recordings. Gyan has collaborated with some of the brightest music minds in the world, from contemporary peers such as Nico Muhly to elder pioneers including his father, Terry Riley. This interview found him fresh from performing at Walt Disney Concert Hall and soon on his way to further world touring. Listen in to discover a musician sending golden currents across our world.
Wise Music Group CEO Dave Holley and Creative Director Gill Graham beam out to the south of France in this latest episode of Composing Myself, to chat to American composer, performer and founding member of The National Bryce Dessner. Stops on this week's conversational journey include:- learning how to play at a school with no music department, utilising the musical skills of a rebellious English teacher- why taking time off is as critical for creativity as the creative process itself- the fascinating genesis of Mari, conceptualised and created during the COVID-19 pandemic- what it's like living with another singer-songwriter, his wife Mina Tindle, and how they leverage their co-existence to influence and hone their works- the inspiration behind The National's latest album The First Two Pages of FrankensteinAs ever, a thoroughly riveting and illuminating listen.https://brycedessner.com/Bryce Dessner is a vital and rare force in new music. He has won Grammy Awards as a classical composer and with the band The National, of which he is founding member, guitarist, arranger, and co-principal songwriter. He is regularly commissioned to write for the world's leading ensembles, from Orchestre de Paris to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and is a high-profile presence in film score composition, with credits including The Revenant, for which he was Grammy and Golden Globe nominated, Fernando Mereilles's The Two Popes and Mike Mill's C'mon C'mon.Dessner collaborates with some of today's most creative and respected artists, including Philip Glass, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Paul Simon, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Sufjan Stevens, Fernando Mereilles, Thom Yorke, Bon Iver, Nico Muhly, and Steve Reich, who named Dessner “a major voice of his generation.” Dessner's orchestrations can be heard on the latest albums of Paul Simon, Bon Iver and Taylor Swift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Shara Nova has released five albums under the moniker My Brightest Diamond and has composed works for The Crossing, Conspirare, Cantus Domus, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Roomful of Teeth, many community choirs, as well as yMusic, Brooklyn Rider, violist Nadia Sirota, Aarhus Symfoni, North Carolina Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, American Composers Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra, among others.In 2019, she composed for over 600 community musicians and the Cincinnati Symphony in celebration of their 125th season, a piece entitled "Look Around," with director Mark DeChiazza. Her baroque chamber p'opera “You Us We All” premiered in the US in October 2015 at BAM Next Wave Festival. With co-composer and performer Helga Davis, Nova created a four-screen film entitled “Ocean Body,” along with director Mark DeChiazza, which premiered at The Momentary in August 2021, shortly followed by the premiere of “Infinite Movement,” her baroque masque for 100 musicians, set to text by artist Matthew Ritchie, which premiered at The University of North Texas in November 2021.Ms. Nova is the featured singer on “The Blue Hour” with the string orchestra A Far Cry and co-composers Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Sarah Kirkland Snider and Caroline Shaw on Nonesuch Records (Sept ‘22). A collection of songs by Nico Muhly with Detroit's acclaimed wind ensemble Akropolis Quintet also features Ms. Nova's voice entitled Hymns for Private Use (Oct ‘22). A number of music composers, including Sarah Kirkland Snider, Bryce and Aaron Dessner, Steve Mackey and David Lang have created works specifically for her voice. She has collaborated with Matthew Barney, The Decemberists, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Sufjan Stevens, David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, and many others.Shara has a couple different branches to her life:Singer and Composer Branch: https://shara-nova.com/Pop Music Branch: https://www.mybrightestdiamond.com/Instagram: @mybrightestdiamondTwitter: @MyBrightestDmndWriting on Substack: https://substack.com/profile/91251132-shara-nova
Celebrated American composer Nico Muhly's brain is wired to work at the speed of sound. His compositional style embraces old and new, and he rebels against the old-fashioned notion of being a tortured artist. Nico is smart, hilarious, and spontaneous as he discusses his musical life and invites us into his compositional workflow from brainstorming on paper to a live performance.Check out Nico Muhly on Instagram, Twitter, Spotify, Apple Music, or the web.Follow Speaking Soundly on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok.Follow David on Instagram.You can find out more about Artful Narratives Media on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, or the web.The Speaking Soundly theme song is composed by Joseph Saba/Stewart Winter and used by permission of Videohelper.Speaking Soundly was co-created by David Krauss and Jessica Handelman. This interview has been edited and condensed to fit the time format.Episode copyright © 2022 Artful Narratives Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
durée : 00:30:09 - Les Ensembles de guitares - par : Sébastien Llinares - "Les ensembles instrumentaux de cette émission sont formés majoritairement de guitares, de harpes, de mandolines, bref, de cordes pincées ! une idée qui paraît naturelle de réunir, des instruments de la même famille mais ça n'est pas évident, par la nature même de ces instruments" Sébastien Llinarès - réalisé par : Patrick Lérisset
The Labeque Sisters, Katia and Marielle Labeque, shot to fame in 1980 with their arrangements of Gershwin, including the Rhapsody in Blue, and for more than half a century have made a unique musical life together. Tom Service talks to Katia and Marielle about the broad range of music that they are creating, the boundaries that they are constantly pushing, and their sound-world within two pianos. Before the release of their award-winning Gershwin disc in 1980, Katia and Marielle Labeque predominantly performed contemporary music, and encountered the composer Olivier Messiaen, who overheard them practising his Vision de l'Amen while they were still students at the Paris Conservatoire. They've since worked with Boulez and Berio, and it was on tour in Los Angeles, performing Berio's Concerto for Two Pianos, that they happened across Gershwin for the first time. As students at the Paris Conservatoire, they had to fight to be accepted into the chamber music class, and they tell Tom about perceptions of piano duos and the mission to constantly seek new repertoire. The sisters' continual curiosity and creativity has led them on a journey, as Marielle describes it, where one chance encounter leads to another. They have commissioned new works from musicians of backgrounds from rock to classical, from Bryce Dessner to Nico Muhly, and they have worked alongside Giovanni Antonini who helped them to acquire two reproductions of Bach's Silbermann keyboards, which they keep in their Palazzo in Venice. The sisters speak to Tom at length about all their musical projects, delve into what keeps them going, and discuss how their distinct two-piano sound really works.
In this second episode of Wise Music, hosts Dave Holley and Gill Graham speak to Wise Music composer Nico Muhly, beaming in from Paris. Freshly cooked and piping hot gourmet dishes on the conversational menu today include a run-through Nico's "fantastic" studio in New York and his trusty mobile rig (includes globally-scattered MIDI keyboard collection!), diligent daily writing discipline ("I'm scared that if I didn't write every day I'd forget how to do it!"), the all-important routine at home in NYC, coping with lockdown and the works that it scuppered, composing for Pachinko, what it's like to live across the street from one of Central London's most notorious nightclubs, and an overview of the best things to eat in the French capital.Excerpts of Nico's work included in this podcast:10:20 - Seaside, from Howards End OST20:24 - Train, from Pachinko - Season 1 OST24:27 - Shrink II. Sixths 30:30 - The Wedding, from Pachinko - Season 1 OST35:34 - Hansu Sees Sunja, from Pachinko - Season 1 OST37:04 - In A Mist, from Howards End OSTNico Muhly, born in 1981, is an American composer who writes orchestral music, works for the stage, chamber music and sacred music. He's received commissions from The Metropolitan Opera: Two Boys (2011), and Marnie (2018); Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Tallis Scholars, and King's College, Cambridge, among others. He is a collaborative partner at the San Francisco Symphony and has been featured at the Barbican and the Philharmonie de Paris as composer, performer, and curator. An avid collaborator, he has worked with choreographers Benjamin Millepied at the Paris Opéra Ballet, Bobbi Jene Smith at the Juilliard School, Justin Peck and Kyle Abraham at New York City Ballet; artists Sufjan Stevens, The National, Teitur, Anohni, James Blake and Paul Simon. His work for film includes scores for for The Reader (2008) and Kill Your Darlings (2013), and the BBC adaptation of Howards End (2017). Recordings of his works have been released by Decca and Nonesuch, and he is part of the artist-run record label Bedroom Community, which released his first two albums, Speaks Volumes (2006) and Mothertongue (2008).https://nicomuhly.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Church - Under the Milky Way Super Furry Animals - (Drawing) Rings Around the World אקו - שמש Duran Duran - Planet Earth David Bowie - Moonage Daydream Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune The Velvet Underground - Who Loves the Sun Air - Venus Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister - Mercury Tori Amos - Hey Jupiter (Dakota Version) Paula Cole - Saturn Girl Nick Drake - Things Behind The Sun Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister - Pluto AURORA - Life On Mars Super Furry Animals - (Drawing) Rings Around the World
Vanessa Wagner présente l'album Study Of The Invisible (InFiné). S'il y a une constante chez Vanessa Wagner, c'est bien sa versatilité, au sens où l'entendent les Anglo-Saxons. Parallèlement à sa carrière de musicienne interprétant le grand répertoire soliste, chambriste et concertant sur les scènes du monde entier (et l'enregistrant pour le label La Dolce Volta), celle que Le Monde qualifie de "pianiste la plus délicieusement singulière de sa génération" et que Libération décrit comme "une des pianistes les plus curieuses et captivantes du paysage hexagonal - arpente avec la complicité du label InFiné des chemins tout aussi personnels, mais peut-être plus intimes". Après Statea en 2016, en duo avec le musicien électronique Murcof, elle vient aujourd'hui poursuivre avec Study Of The Invisible le voyage entamé sur son disque solo Inland (2019). Un voyage qui la voit défricher ce répertoire qu'elle est en France, voire en Europe, pratiquement la seule pianiste "classique" à aborder. Un répertoire contemporain et intemporel que l'on qualifiera, pour aller vite, de "minimaliste", mais qui recouvre en réalité une multitude d'univers singuliers et de personnalités musicales souvent hors du commun, toutes générations confondues. Pour composer ce programme, Vanessa Wagner a creusé son passionnant travail de découverte entamé avec Inland, assemblant des pièces rares qui tissent entre elles une mystérieuse histoire. Parmi les 15 stations qui composent ce palpitant périple, les États-Unis se taillent la part du lion. Sous le parrainage de Moondog, le viking aveugle et visionnaire, dont le très "bachien". Prélude en la majeur de 1961 constitue la pièce la plus ancienne du disque, se côtoient les icônes du minimalisme - l'incontournable Philip Glass, l'inclassable Harold Budd, pape de la musique ambient -, les représentants de la première génération de "postminimalistes" - Peter Garland, David Lang ou Julia Wolfe, nés dans les années 1950 - et la jeune garde : Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, Timo Andres, nés entre 1976 et 1985. Mais aussi quelques outsideuses de choix : Suzanne Ciani, plus connue (tout est relatif) comme pionnière de la musique électronique ou l'étonnante Caroline Shaw, qui fut en 2013, à 31 ans, la plus jeune lauréate du prix Pulitzer, et dont l'univers va et vient librement entre musiques "savante" et "populaire". Tout aussi inclassables, apparaissent aussi les œuvres et les parcours de l'Italien Ezio Bosso, du Français Melaine Dalibert ou, bien sûr, des frères Brian et Roger Eno, autres musiciens d'entre les mondes. Ces partitions qui peuvent de prime abord paraître simples techniquement - quoique les Études de Philip Glass ou de Nico Muhly exigent une vélocité extravagante - réclament en réalité de l'interprète - bien davantage que la simple virtuosité : une intériorité, une authentique disposition de l'âme. À l'instar de la musique d'Érik Satie, c'est une musique qu'il appartient à chacun d'habiter en se gardant de la dénaturer. Ainsi l'exploration à laquelle se livre Vanessa Wagner est aussi une quête : "Chercher son intériorité : c'est ce que j'aime de plus en plus dans la musique." Après avoir joué Scriabine, Rachmaninov ou Ravel, explorer l'intensité sans déluge de notes, le dépouillement comme mode d'expression me passionne. Il s'agit pour l'interprète de faire ressortir une vraie atmosphère, une respiration du tempo, une sensualité du son, de mettre une intensité dans chaque intention, et faire vivre et vibrer les espaces entre chaque note. "Ce n'est pas une musique légère, c'est une musique intense émotionnellement, qui va en profondeur, dans laquelle on met une part de son histoire…" Marier à ce degré d'intensité le contrôle - celui du toucher, du son - et l'abandon n'est pas à la portée de tous les instrumentistes. Tel est le sens de Study Of The Invisible : aller chercher ce monde mystérieux qui vit derrière la partition, les liens imperceptibles qui unissent ces silences et ces harmonies, mais aussi ces ressources intérieures que cette musique est capable de mettre à jour. Avec ce disque et ce voyage, Vanessa Wagner dont l'apparente mélancolie s'avère en fin de compte puissamment réconfortante, continue de donner ses lettres de noblesse à une musique qui, mieux que brillante, se révèle avant tout rayonnante et lumineuse. Et Labelle présente Eclat (InFiné/ Eumolpe), son nouvel album pour quatuor à cordes et électro-maloya avec la participation du quatuor Metavers. Avec Éclat - moment unique d'étincelle de la création - Labelle continue son exploration de l'infinie possibilité de la composition débutée en 2019 avec Orchestre Univers. Son quatrième album studio, centré autour d'un quatuor à cordes, est né lors d'une répétition à laquelle assistait Labelle : assis à côté des cordes, il les observe communiquer entre eux dans un langage sans paroles, presque télépathique, fait de contacts visuels, de hochements de tête et de coups d'archets. Depuis ses débuts, le compositeur aime s'affranchir des règles orchestrales traditionnelles pour expérimenter, innover et "créoliser" son art. "J'ai écrit pour eux comme si j'écrivais pour un groupe de rock." Jeremy précise : "Tu as ta section rythmique, tes deux guitares lead et un seul musicien joue de la basse." Dans la musique classique, le langage entre les musiciens est la clé - la conversation entre les lignes et les musiciens crée quelque chose d'organique et vivant. Ainsi, Labelle écrit aussi les parties électroniques pour qu'elles aient une double fonction : élément musical d'une part, clef de compréhension de l'œuvre d'autre part, devenant ainsi une partie du langage entre les musiciens. Ensemble, ils explorent un son unique où l'orchestration classique rencontre le Maloya, l'électronique moderne rencontre les instruments organiques, l'Afrique rencontre l'Europe, la terre rencontre l'espace. Labelle cherche l'inspiration partout : Mes Mondes a été augmenté d'un quart de ton pour correspondre à la gamme de la musique Gnaoua du Maroc, un morceau très rythmé et hypnotique étroitement lié au Maloya de La Réunion, pays d'origine de l'artiste. Le morceau suivant, Dann Ron Maloya, est une construction jusqu'à RON, la seule fois sur le disque où les quatre musiciens jouent la même ligne, un récit musical de l'état de transe que la musique et la danse Maloya peuvent permettre d'atteindre. Ils s'élèvent et s'élèvent jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient noyés dans la distorsion, ressemblant plus à un solo de guitare rock qu'à un quatuor à cordes. Le titre éponyme Éclat est peut-être celui qui s'inscrit le plus directement dans la lignée du précédent album de l'artiste, Orchestre Univers, évoquant un son cosmique, comme un orchestre suspendu en apesanteur. De nombreuses chansons ont d'abord été enregistrées lors d'une série de concerts, avant que la pandémie ne frappe en 2020, puis réenregistrées, éditées et superposées au cours d'une année de confinement. Sur le disque fini, grâce à un mixage et une production exceptionnelle, il est impossible de distinguer ce qui a été enregistré en direct de ce qui a été enregistré en studio : un témoignage du niveau étonnant de détails apporté à cet album. Pour immortaliser et ajouter la touche finale à cette expérimentation, le disque a été envoyé à Hector Plimmer pour un mixage supplémentaire. La touche jazz et expérimentale du producteur anglais déconstruit encore plus le quatuor à cordes, l'amenant vers un résultat encore plus beau et singulier. Labelle a créé un disque capable d'unir des éléments de rock, de jazz, d'électronique et de musique classique sans jamais perdre l'auditeur, il l'attire en l'introduisant lentement dans un monde où la musique se libère de toutes ses barrières. Ce n'est définitivement plus de la musique classique qu'il compose. À propos de Labelle Jeremy Labelle est à l'avant-garde d'une jeune génération de musiciens réunionnais représentant et développant le son Maloya à travers le monde. Après avoir enregistré sa première œuvre orchestrale Orchestre Univers lors de quatre concerts à guichets fermés à La Réunion, Éclat continue cette série de recherches atour de la composition classique et des sons traditionnels de son île. Titres interprétés au Grand studio à RFI - Étude n°16 [Philip Glass] Live RFI Vanessa Wagner voir le clip - Elude Live RFI Labelle - Prélude N°1 In A Minor [Moondog] Live RFI Vanessa Wagner - Mes Mondes enchainé avec Dann Ron Maloya Live RFI Labelle (4'15'' au total) - Explore ! Live RFI commun Vanessa Wagner et Labelle (Ennéade). Son Benoît Letirant, Fabien Mugneret, Mathias Taylor (Rediffusion du 5 juin 2022)
Violinist Tatianna Berman introduces The Power of Sound and how music affects our emotions, behavior, and shapes our reality.Tatiana Berman is a violinist, artist, and cultural entrepreneur who finds fresh ways of connecting classical music and fine arts with a broader audience. Tatiana is the founder of Constella Arts, creator of The Power of Sound project, co-creator of Not So Classical, and star of the documentary Forte available internationally. During the 2020 pandemic, in partnership with Culturenet Tatiana became an online sensation generating hundreds of thousands of views for her virtual solo performances.Tatiana's unique projects brought her to venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Chicago Contemporary Art Museum, Santa Fe Symphony, and the Lafon Performing Arts Center. The Not So Classical album is available on all digital platforms, and the accompanying visual experience is available on Culturenet. The original performance concept Not So Classical has been praised by Forbes, NPR, and Playbill for its innovative approach to presenting a classical music experience. As founder and artistic director of the Constella Arts, Tatiana facilitated the presentations of over 70 world premieres and brought music to schools where arts funding has been cut. Tatiana's music video Vitali Variations and other projects can be experienced on NRK, Culturenet, CmusicTV, Sky, and Apple TV. Tatiana is a producer of documentaries Maestro (maestromovie.com) and Nordic Pulse (nordicpulsefilm.com).Tatiana studied violin at the Yehudi Menuhin School, and the Royal College of Music in London, earning full scholarships and international awards along the way. Throughout her international career as a concert violinist, Tatiana has collaborated with renowned musicians including Ksenia Bashmet, Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk, Bryce Dessner, Ivry Gitlis, Steven Isserlis, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Anthony McGill, Nico Muhly, and Simon Trpceski. She has worked with conductors Paavo Jarvi, Sarah Ioannides, Tito Muños, Jose Luis Gomez, François López-Ferrer, and the late Yehudi Menuhin, appearing with both European and U.S. orchestras. London's The Strad described Tatiana as “a violinist with a mature, compelling musical personality.” She is an ardent performer of new music, commissioning and collaborating with dancers and digital artists. Notable performances include world premieres of Violin Concertos by Charles Coleman and Michael Csányi-Wills. Tatiana was Arts Ambassador and a Tedx Talk speaker. Her paintings are sought after by collectors from around the world, to see her visual art, go to the Art Gallery.Currently, Tatiana is recording her next Not So Classical album, touring The Power of Sound project, and directing a documentary by the same name. She also leads various workshops and appears at a limited number of speaking engagements on topics including the power of music, music education, and culture.www.tatianaberman.comHost Bonnie Burkert melds the worlds of media and higher consciousness, sharing tools for transformation for wellbeing and spiritual awakening . www.instagram.com/yogi_bon
Nico Muhly's Stranger, premiered in 2020, gives its name to a new album from Avie featuring the tenor Nicholas Phan. The album also includes two earlier works, Muhly's Lorne ys my likinge, written as a companion piece to Benjamin Britten's Abraham and Isaac and similarly scored for countertenor, tenor and piano (for which Phan is joined by countertenor Reginald Mobley and pianist Lisa Kaplan), and Impossible Things, setting poems by CP Cavafy, and featuring a solo violin and ensemble: on the new recording, The Knights, conducted by Eric Jacobsen with Colin Jacobsen taking the solo violin role. James Jolly caught up by video call with Nicholas Phan in San Francisco and Nico Muhly in New York to talk about the album, and how Stranger came into being.
Nico Muhly Interview For Pachinko | BGR Exclusive Apple bet big on their new show, Pachinko, and that bet has paid off. It has been called "redefining," and "extraordinary" in terms of both beauty and drama. The first season begins in 1910's Korea and follows a family across generations and around the globe. While composer Nico Muhly (The Reader, Kill Your Darlings) admits tying these places and times together was a daunting assignment, he is more than equal to the task. Muhly deftly uses his love of Anglican choral music and American minimalism to craft an original and emotional score for the 8-hour saga. Nico took time from his busy schedule to talk with me about his Emmy nominated work, Throughline, as well as Apple TV+'s Pachinko. We discussed everything from scoring and recording during the pandemic to grappling with the history of the Japanese occupation of Korea. In light of the high praise, Pachinko has recently been picked up for season two. I sincerely hope Nico returns to score it. The music is always emotionally stirring and sometimes aching. For those of you that may be curious, my favorite songs were Hansu Sees Sunja, Packing and Kimchi. Pachinko stars Academy Award-winner Yuh-Jung Youn, Lee Minho, Jin Ha, and Minha Kim, Pachinko premiered March 25. All episodes are currently available. Jonesy also does a solo review of Disney/Pixar's Lightyear
Vanessa Wagner présente l'album Study Of The Invisible (InFiné). S'il y a une constante chez Vanessa Wagner, c'est bien sa versatilité, au sens où l'entendent les Anglo-Saxons. Parallèlement à sa carrière de musicienne interprétant le grand répertoire soliste, chambriste et concertant sur les scènes du monde entier (et l'enregistrant pour le label La Dolce Volta), celle que Le Monde qualifie de "pianiste la plus délicieusement singulière de sa génération" et que Libération décrit comme "une des pianistes les plus curieuses et captivantes du paysage hexagonal - arpente avec la complicité du label InFiné des chemins tout aussi personnels, mais peut-être plus intimes". Après Statea en 2016, en duo avec le musicien électronique Murcof, elle vient aujourd'hui poursuivre avec Study Of The Invisible le voyage entamé sur son disque solo Inland (2019). Un voyage qui la voit défricher ce répertoire qu'elle est en France, voire en Europe, pratiquement la seule pianiste "classique" à aborder. Un répertoire contemporain et intemporel que l'on qualifiera, pour aller vite, de "minimaliste", mais qui recouvre en réalité une multitude d'univers singuliers et de personnalités musicales souvent hors du commun, toutes générations confondues. Pour composer ce programme, Vanessa Wagner a creusé son passionnant travail de découverte entamé avec Inland, assemblant des pièces rares qui tissent entre elles une mystérieuse histoire. Parmi les 15 stations qui composent ce palpitant périple, les États-Unis se taillent la part du lion. Sous le parrainage de Moondog, le Viking aveugle et visionnaire, dont le très "bachien". Prélude en la majeur de 1961 constitue la pièce la plus ancienne du disque, se côtoient les icônes du minimalisme –l'incontournable Philip Glass, l'inclassable Harold Budd, pape de la musique ambient -, les représentants de la première génération de "postminimalistes" –Peter Garland, David Lang ou Julia Wolfe, nés dans les années 1950 – et la jeune garde : Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, Timo Andres, nés entre 1976 et 1985. Mais aussi quelques outsideuses de choix : Suzanne Ciani, plus connue (tout est relatif) comme pionnière de la musique électronique ou l'étonnante Caroline Shaw, qui fut en 2013, à 31 ans, la plus jeune lauréate du prix Pulitzer, et dont l'univers va et vient librement entre musiques "savante" et "populaire". Tout aussi inclassables, apparaissent aussi les œuvres et les parcours de l'Italien Ezio Bosso, du Français Melaine Dalibert ou, bien sûr, des frères Brian et Roger Eno, autres musiciens d'entre les mondes. Ces partitions qui peuvent de prime abord paraître simples techniquement - quoique les Études de Philip Glass ou de Nico Muhly exigent une vélocité extravagante – réclament en réalité de l'interprète –bien davantage que la simple virtuosité : une intériorité, une authentique disposition de l'âme. À l'instar de la musique d'Erik Satie, c'est une musique qu'il appartient à chacun d'habiter en se gardant de la dénaturer. Ainsi l'exploration à laquelle se livre Vanessa Wagner est aussi une quête : "Chercher son intériorité : c'est ce que j'aime de plus en plus dans la musique." Après avoir joué Scriabine, Rachmaninov ou Ravel, explorer l'intensité sans déluge de notes, le dépouillement comme mode d'expression me passionne. Il s'agit pour l'interprète de faire ressortir une vraie atmosphère, une respiration du tempo, une sensualité du son, de mettre une intensité dans chaque intention, et faire vivre et vibrer les espaces entre chaque note. "Ce n'est pas une musique légère, c'est une musique intense émotionnellement, qui va en profondeur, dans laquelle on met une part de son histoire…" Marier à ce degré d'intensité le contrôle – celui du toucher, du son – et l'abandon n'est pas à la portée de tous les instrumentistes. Tel est le sens de Study Of The Invisible : aller chercher ce monde mystérieux qui vit derrière la partition, les liens imperceptibles qui unissent ces silences et ces harmonies, mais aussi ces ressources intérieures que cette musique est capable de mettre à jour. Avec ce disque et ce voyage, Vanessa Wagner dont l'apparente mélancolie s'avère en fin de compte puissamment réconfortante, continue de donner ses lettres de noblesse à une musique qui, mieux que brillante, se révèle avant tout rayonnante et lumineuse. Et Labelle présente Eclat (InFiné/ Eumolpe), son nouvel album pour quatuor à cordes et électro-maloya avec la participation du quatuor Metavers. Avec Éclat - moment unique d'étincelle de la création - Labelle continue son exploration de l'infinie possibilité de la composition débutée en 2019 avec Orchestre Univers. Son quatrième album studio, centré autour d'un quatuor à cordes, est né lors d'une répétition à laquelle assistait Labelle : assis à côté des cordes, il les observe communiquer entre eux dans un langage sans paroles, presque télépathique, fait de contacts visuels, de hochements de tête et de coups d'archets. Depuis ses débuts, le compositeur aime s'affranchir des règles orchestrales traditionnelles pour expérimenter, innover et "créoliser" son art. "J'ai écrit pour eux comme si j'écrivais pour un groupe de rock". Jeremy précise : "tu as ta section rythmique, tes deux guitares lead et un seul musicien joue de la basse". Dans la musique classique, le langage entre les musiciens est la clé - la conversation entre les lignes et les musiciens crée quelque chose d'organique et vivant. Ainsi, Labelle écrit aussi les parties électroniques pour qu'elles aient une double fonction : élément musical d'une part, clef de compréhension de l'œuvre d'autre part, devenant ainsi une partie du langage entre les musiciens. Ensemble, ils explorent un son unique où l'orchestration classique rencontre le Maloya, l'électronique moderne rencontre les instruments organiques, l'Afrique rencontre l'Europe, la terre rencontre l'espace. Labelle cherche l'inspiration partout : ‘Mes Mondes' a été augmenté d'un quart de ton pour correspondre à la gamme de la musique Gnaoua du Maroc, un morceau très rythmé et hypnotique étroitement lié au Maloya de La Réunion, pays d'origine de l'artiste. Le morceau suivant, ‘Dann Ron Maloya', est une construction jusqu'à ‘RON', la seule fois sur le disque où les quatre musiciens jouent la même ligne, un récit musical de l'état de transe que la musique et la danse Maloya peuvent permettre d'atteindre. Ils s'élèvent et s'élèvent jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient noyés dans la distorsion, ressemblant plus à un solo de guitare rock qu'à un quatuor à cordes. Le titre éponyme Éclat est peut-être celui qui s'inscrit le plus directement dans la lignée du précédent album de l'artiste, Orchestre Univers, évoquant un son cosmique, comme un orchestre suspendu en apesanteur. De nombreuses chansons ont d'abord été enregistrées lors d'une série de concerts, avant que la pandémie ne frappe en 2020, puis réenregistrées, éditées et superposées au cours d'une année de confinement. Sur le disque fini, grâce à un mixage et une production exceptionnelle, il est impossible de distinguer ce qui a été enregistré en direct de ce qui a été enregistré en studio : un témoignage du niveau étonnant de détails apporté à cet album. Pour immortaliser et ajouter la touche finale à cette expérimentation, le disque a été envoyé à Hector Plimmer pour un mixage supplémentaire. La touche jazz et expérimentale du producteur anglais déconstruit encore plus le quatuor à cordes, l'amenant vers un résultat encore plus beau et singulier. Labelle a créé un disque capable d'unir des éléments de rock, de jazz, d'électronique et de musique classique sans jamais perdre l'auditeur, il l'attire en l'introduisant lentement dans un monde où la musique se libère de toutes ses barrières. Ce n'est définitivement plus de la musique classique qu'il compose. À propos de Labelle : Jeremy Labelle est à l'avant-garde d'une jeune génération de musiciens réunionnais représentant et développant le son Maloya à travers le monde. Après avoir enregistré sa première œuvre orchestrale Orchestre Univers lors de quatre concerts à guichets fermés à La Réunion, Éclat continue cette série de recherches atour de la composition classique et des sons traditionnels de son île. Titres interprétés au Grand studio à RFI - Étude n°16 [Philip Glass] Live RFI Vanessa Wagner voir le clip - Elude Live RFI Labelle - Prélude N°1 In A Minor [Moondog] Live RFI Vanessa Wagner - Mes Mondes enchainé avec Dann Ron Maloya Live RFI Labelle (4'15'' au total) - Explore ! Live RFI commun Vanessa Wagner et Labelle (Ennéade). Son : Benoît Letirant, Fabien Mugneret, Mathias Taylor.
Steven Hoggett is an international Choreographer, Director and Movement Director. Recent Broadway credits include Harry Potter & the Cursed Child, Angels In America, The Crucible, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, The Last Ship, Rocky, The Glass Menagerie, Once, Peter & the Starcatcher and American Idiot. Off Broadway work includes Social! (Park Avenue Armory) Bacharach Reimagined (NYTW), Joan of Arc : Into the Fire (The Public) and Let The Right One In (St Anne's Warehouse.) At the Met his work includes Rigoletto. In the UK his work has appeared in the West End and the National Theatre with productions including The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Light Princess, Pinocchio and Black Watch. Steven was co-founder of the ground breaking UK company Frantic Assembly. As Director Choreographer with the company he created over 20 shows including Peepshow, Othello, Beautiful Burnout, Lovesong, Stockholm and Little Dogs. Steven has worked extensively with recording artists bringing their work to the stage. This list includes David Byrne, Tori Amos, Burt Bacharach, Green Day, Sting, Nico Muhly, Imogen Heap, Phillip Glass and Olafur Arnalds. His extensive work choreographing music videos has seen him collaborate with artists such as Bright Light, Bright Light, Goldfrapp, Calvin Harris, Franz Ferdinand and Bat for Lashes. His film credits include Freak Show (Maven Pictures) and How To Train Your Dragon (Dreamworks) Host: Jamie Neale @jamienealejn Discussing rituals and habitual patterns in personal and work life. We ask questions about how to become more aware of one self and the world around us, how do we become 360 with ourselves? Host Instagram: @jamienealejn Podcast Instagram: @360_yourself Music from Electric Fruit Produced by Tom Dalby Composed by Toby Wright
KUSC's Brian Lauritzen is joined by composers Ellen Reid and Nico Muhly for a conversation on creating music. This talk was given at the first performance of Pekka Kuusisto + Ellen Reid at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Ellen REID Desiderium for solo violin (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting) Ellen REID Fear l Release Hannah KENDALL Verdala Ellen REID/Roxie PERKINS Lumee's Dream (world premiere arr., LA Phil commission) KiMani BRIDGES The Flower Missy MAZZOLI Vespers William KRAFT Encounters I: Soliloquy (In Memoriam, performed by Joseph Pereira, percussion) Meredith MONK (ARR. DAVID LANG) Double Fiesta Nico MUHLY Shrink (West Coast premiere) See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.
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The Claremont Trio — Queen of Hearts (Tria) Jump to giveaway form New Classical Tracks - The Claremont Trio by “The Claremont Trio started in 1999. Currently, our incredible pianist is Andrea Lam. She's from Sydney and is such a beautiful pianist and wonderfully fun collaborator,' violinist Emily Bruskin said. “We've had a great time. The first pieces we learned together are works commissioned for our new CD, Queen of Hearts.” Bruskin and her twin sister, cellist Julia Bruskin, formed the Claremont Trio while they were living on Claremont Avenue in New York City. They were students in a joint program between Columbia and Juilliard. Their new recording marks the group's 20th anniversary, albeit a little late due to COVID. It features works that the Claremont Trio commissioned over the past two decades. “It's fun for us. It takes us back to pieces from 2008, and then something from 2012 or 2016. It brings us back to memories from different points in our career when these pieces were written, when we were working on them or when we played them often. It was a fun way for us to revisit experiences over our 20 years together.” How does the piece Queen of Hearts represent the Claremont Trio? “Queen of Hearts is what Kati Agócs wrote for us, and it's an amazing piece; it's all in one movement. It's a spiritual journey from a very heartfelt, intuitive spiritual composer. She's a singer herself, and the piece is a long emotional journey. I think it's something that we enjoy playing. We're an all-women group, and she likes the symbolism of the Queen of Hearts. Its powerful resilient femininity made for a fun title for the disc.” How is the concept of resilience represented in the music? “She uses a chaconne in the music, which is basically a repeating bassline that goes throughout the music. When she was writing the piece, there were challenges in her personal life. She found the idea of returning to something familiar or dependable helpful. It's a beautiful way to write a composition, because even when you're wandering very deep in the woods, in the middle of the piece, you feel like you know where you are and where you want to get back to.” Where does the title of Nico Muhly's piece, Common Ground, come from? “He was using the ground bass, which is like the chaconne. He also uses the piano and strings as opposites of each other in the piece. Common Ground is referring to two elements finding common ground. It is the piano on the strings, finding ways to work together.” Could you talk about the three little pieces by Helen Grime? “We were commissioning pieces to commemorate the grand opening of a concert hall in Boston at the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum. She wanted art from the museum to inspire her works, and she picked out three Whistler miniatures. They're little watercolor paintings that are incredibly beautiful, impressionistic, with subtle color palettes. Grime's music is kind of like that. It's evocative and as soon as it starts, you feel like you're in another world. “It's so exciting to commission a new piece and to play music that nobody's ever heard before. It's fun to collaborate with composers figuring out what inspired them and what's cool, exciting or gorgeous about their new piece of music.” To hear the rest of my conversation, click on the extended interview above, or download the extended podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch now More on the Claremont Trio Claremont Trio, 'Serenata' Giveaway Giveaway You must be 13 or older to submit any information to American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio. The personally identifying information you provide will not be sold, shared, or used for purposes other than to communicate with you about things like our programs, products and services. See Terms of Use and Privacy. This giveaway is subject to the Official Giveaway Rules. Resources The Claremont Trio — Queen of Hearts (Amazon) The Claremont Trio (official site)
The great Nico Muhly, composer, joins Christina for a wonderful conversation about how the incredible score for ‘Pachinko' came together, his early influences, what he learned working for Philip Glass, how being open about his mental health struggles has helped his work and helped others. And much more! ‘Pachinko” is now on AppleTV+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on In Unison, we're chatting with https://www.conspirare.org/people/craig-hella-johnson/ (Craig Hella Johnson), founder and Artistic Director of http://conspirare.org (Conspirare), a grammy-winning choir based in Austin, Texas that is comprised of distinctive solo artists from around the country who are also committed to the highest level of ensemble performance. Music excerpts “https://music.apple.com/us/album/let-the-river-run/586139787?i=586140158 (Let the River Run),” by Carly Simon, performed by Conspirare, featured on the album https://www.conspirare.org/product/a-company-of-voices-conspirare-in-concert/ (A Company of Voices) “https://music.apple.com/us/album/how-little-you-are-interlude-springtime/1530583549?i=1530583555 (Springtime),” from How Little You Are, by https://nicomuhly.com/ (Nico Muhly), performed by Conspirare, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, and the Texas Guitar Quintet, feaured on the album https://www.conspirare.org/product/the-singing-guitar/ (The Singing Guitar) “Hold On,” traditional spiritual, arranged by https://isaaccatesmusic.com/ (Isaac Cates), performed live by Ordained and Conspirare at https://youtu.be/rUhN8-udvso (Conspirare Christmas 2021) “https://music.apple.com/us/album/reincarnations-iii-the-coolin/555919643?i=555919715 (The Coolin),” from Reincarnations, by Samuel Barber, performed by Conspirare, featured on the album https://www.conspirare.org/product/samuel-barber-an-american-romantic/ (Samuel Barber, An American Romantic) Episode references Conspirare https://www.conspirare.org/ (Website) | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWBZyeDFzGGupDpo7P_LRpw (YouTube) | https://www.facebook.com/Conspirare/ (Facebook) | https://www.instagram.com/conspirareatx/ (Instagram) https://youtu.be/y_XE3_vD5LQ (Unity: Songs of Invitation) virtual choir project Theme Song: https://music.apple.com/us/album/mr-puffy/1457011536?i=1457011549 (Mr. Puffy) by Avi Bortnik, arr. by Paul Kim. Performed by http://www.dynamicjazz.dk/ (Dynamic)
Pianist Lisa Kaplan of eighth blackbird joins us to chat about the many evolutions of their organization, from the original ensemble to their many teaching endeavors. We chat about the Chicago Artists Workshop and Blackbird Creative Lab, two of the ways in which they continue to “move music forward” beyond their primarily performance-based projects. Kaplan shares about how the ensemble conceptualizes and puts projects—such as This is my Home—into action. We speak about how the organization integrates interns into their administrative process. And, we ask, "why 'eighth blackbird'?" Born in Motown, Lisa Kaplan is a pianist specializing in the performance of new work by living composers. Kaplan is the founding pianist and Executive Director of the four-time Grammy Award-winning sextet Eighth Blackbird. Kaplan has won numerous awards, performed all over the country and has premiered new pieces by hundreds of composers, including Andy Akiho, Jennifer Higdon, Amy Beth Kirsten, David Lang, Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly, George Perle, and Pamela Z. She has had the great pleasure to collaborate and make music with an eclectic array of incredibly talented people - Laurie Anderson, Jeremy Denk, Bryce Dessner, Philip Glass, Bon Iver, J. Ivy, Glenn Kotche, Shara Nova, Will Oldham, Natalie Portman, Gustavo Santaolalla, Robert Spano, Tarrey Torae, Dawn Upshaw and Michael Ward-Bergeman to name a few. As a proud, single-mama-by-choice, Kaplan has been having an incredible time raising and learning from her happy-go-lucky 4 year old, Frida. Musically as of late, she has also greatly enjoyed and appreciated the opportunity to do both composing and arranging for Eighth Blackbird as well as some producing. In 2019, Kaplan co-produced her first record, When We Are Inhuman with Bryce Dessner. Kaplan is a true foodie, gourmet cook, avid reader, crossword and Scrabble addict, enjoys baking ridiculously complicated pastry and loves outdoor adventures. She has summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, braved the Australian outback, stared an enormous elephant in the face in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater and survived close encounters with grizzly bears in the Brooks Range of Alaska. The transcript for this episode can be found here. For more information about eighth blackbird, please visit their website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Spotify.
Pioneering electric violinist Tracy Silverman shares his thoughts on the music of our time, and its role in the evolution of string playing and classical music. Formerly first violinist with the Turtle Island String Quartet, Silverman was named one of 100 distinguished alumni by The Juilliard School and was lauded by the BBC as "the greatest living exponent of the electric violin." He has performed as a soloist with many of the world's finest orchestras, and is the subject of several electric violin concertos composed specifically for him by Pulitzer-winner John Adams, Terry Riley, Nico Muhly, Kenji Bunch and others, and has composed 3 electric violin concertos of his own. Craft Brewed Music® The music discovery app that streams music for serious listeners. Available at the App Store and Google Play http://www.craftbrewedmusic.com The Craft Brewed Music Podcast Music interviews for serious listeners. Available on all major podcast platforms. https://www.podlink.to/CBMPodcast
This Christmas, to celebrate 50 years since Jesus Christ Superstar first opened on Broadway, we've dedicated an entire episode to unwrapping its magic. What is it about the rock opera that makes it, as one Times critic wrote, ‘the one masterpiece of Lloyd Webber's career'? Why, after five decades, does it still give pause for theological thought? And how can one piece of music connect such disparate-seeming artists as Dmitri Shostakovich, Googoosh, Lin Mannuel Maranda, and Kanye West? Featuring interviews with Sirs Tim Rice and Karl Jenkins, Alain Boublil, Peaches and Nico Muhly, this is … The Jesus Christ Superspecial.… Buy us a coffee innit: https://ko-fi.com/classicalpod … Follow us here: instagram.com/classicalpod/ twitter.com/ClassicalPod facebook.com/ClassicalPod/
Stephen Petronio is a choreographer, dancer, and the artistic director of the Stephen Petronio Company. Stephen has created over 35 works for his company and has been commissioned by some of the world's most prestigious modern and ballet companies, including William Forsythe's Ballet Frankfurt (1987), Deutsche Opera Berlin (1992), Lyon Opera Ballet (1994), Maggio Danza Florence (1996), Sydney Dance Company (2003, full evening), Norrdans (2006), the Washington Ballet (2007), The Scottish Ballet (2007), and two works for National Dance Company Wales (2010 and 2013). Over his career, Petronio has collaborated with a wide range of artists in many disciplines. Collaborators include some of the most talented and provocative artists in the world: composers Valgeir Sigurðsson, Nico Muhly, Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, and Peter Gordon; visual artists Robert Longo, Cindy Sherman, Anish Kapoor, Donald Baechler, and Janine Antoni; fashion designers Narciso Rodriguez, John Bartlett, Benjamin Cho, and Leigh Bowery.Stephen Petronio's training originated with leading figures of the Judson era, performed Man Walking Down the Side of a Building in 2010 for Trisha Brown Company at the Whitney Museum, and performed his 2012 rendition of Steve Paxton's Intravenous Lecture (1970) in New York, Portland, and at the TEDMED-2012 conference at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, DC. Petronio received the distinction of being named the first Artist-in-Residence at The Joyce Theater from 2012 to 2014. He has been entangled with visual artist Janine Antoni in a number of discipline-blurring projects, including the video installation Honey Baby (2013), created in collaboration with composer Tom Laurie and filmmaker Kirsten Johnson, and most recently Ally, in collaboration with Anna Halprin and Adrian Heathfield, which premiered at The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia in summer of 2016. Petronio and Antoni were the 2017 McCormack Artists in Residence at Skidmore college, where they showed their series of installations, Entangle. Most recently, he was commissioned by The Juilliard School to set a work, #PrayerForNow, on their fourth year students for the New Dances Edition 2019. Petronio's memoir, Confessions of a Motion Addict, is available at Amazon.com. Movement Without Borders Festival - October 2, 2021 - Ernesto Breton performing Rudy Perez's Coverage Revisited. Fall For Dance - October 15 & 16, 2021 - New York City Center - SPC performing American Landscapes (2019). Petronio Punk Picks and Other Delights - November 18-21 - La MaMa - SPC revives a series of solos and duets from Stephen's formative days coming up in the East Village and invites Bloodlines(future) artist Johnnie Cruise Mercer to the stage. Alex Waters:Alex Waters is a media producer and editor for the Short Fuse Podcast, a music producer, and Berklee College of Music student. He has written and produced music for podcasts such as The Faith and Chai Podcast and Con Confianza. He produces his own music, as well as writing and recording for dependent artists such as The Living. Alex lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two cats and enjoys creating and writing music. You can reach him with inquiries by emailing alexwatersmusic12@gmail.com.
Based in New York City, Mario J. McNulty is a Grammy Award-winning music producer, mixer and engineer who's worked with David Bowie, Prince, Nine Inch Nails, Laurie Anderson, Harry Nilsson, Julian Lennon, Justin Tranter, Raveonettes and many other well-known artists.At the 50th Grammy Awards ceremony, Mario J. McNulty won a Grammy in the Best Contemporary World Music category for Angelique Kidjo's Djin Djin. Other Grammy nominated albums include Homeland by Laurie Anderson and The Next Day by David Bowie.Source: http://jdmanagement.com/mariojmcnulty/Parlophone Records are proud to announce David Bowie Loving The Alien (1983 – 1988), the fourth in a series of box sets spanning his career from 1969.Among the studio and live albums from the period, the set will also contain an exclusive new production of the 1987 album Never Let Me Down, by Bowie producer/engineer Mario McNulty with new instrumentation by Bowie collaborators Reeves Gabrels, David Torn, Sterling Campbell and Tim Lefebvre. Never Let Me Down (2018) also boasts a string quartet with arrangements by Nico Muhly and a guest cameo by Laurie Anderson on Shining Star (Makin' My Love).Source: https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2018/7/18/david-bowie-loving-the-alien-1983-1988-due-octoberThis episode is from an archive from the KPFK program Rock Profiles adapted for podcast. Host Maggie LePique, a radio veteran since the 1980's at NPR in Kansas City Mo. She began her radio career in Los Angeles in the early 1990's and has worked for Pacifica station KPFK Radio in Los Angeles since 1994. Support the show
★ Support the show by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/atpercussion ★ Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atperc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atpercussion/ PodBean: https://atpercussion.podbean.com/ Hosts: Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, and Ksenija Komljenović, Karli Viña Intro music by Reese Maultsby - reesemaultsby.com Watch here Listen below 0:12 introduction 1:46 today in history: birth of Alice Cooper, death of Iannis Xenakis and Karen Carpenter 4:51 Welcome Sam Solomon! 6:14 Sam's new book, The Hitchhiker Etudes 16:20 John Cage's 27' 10.554” 22:20 Iannis Xenakis's Omega 24:13 Juilliard Percussion Seminar online 28:25 chamber music online 32:53 NYT article: The San Francisco Symphony Plunges Into a New World, about Nico Muhly's world premiere with the San Francisco Symphony under Esa-Pekka Salonen 40:20 What will we learn from pandemic experiences? 43:20 Sam's older book, Advanced Rhythmic Studies 43:43 counting systems (1-e-and-a, etc.) 49:26 Sam's book, How to Write for Percussion 1:00:18 percussion specialist vs. totalist 1:03:20 Facebook Question from Adam Silverman: How is it possible that you consistently appeared each year at both sides of the Tanglewood panoramic photograph?
Andrew Mellor has established himself as something of a British cultural attaché to Scandinavia since moving to Copenhagen in 2015. Well known for his contributions to BBC Radio 3's Record Review and the BBC Proms, he takes Paul on a guided tour of Denmark, Faroe, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland, discussing some of the fascinating music that has been inspiring him recently.www.prestomusic.comMusic discussed:Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 (FS60) 'Sinfonia espansiva'Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Myung-Whun ChungBIS - BISCD321Sørensen, B: La mattinaLeif Ove Andsnes (piano); Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Per Kristian SkalstadDacapo - 8.226095ConfessionsNico Muhly & Teitur with Holland BaroqueNonesuch - 7559794430Þorvaldsdóttir: DreamingRecurrence - ISO Project, Vol. 1Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel BjarnasonDorian Sono Luminus - DSL92213Grieg - Choral MusicDet Norske Solistkor (The Norwegian Soloists' Choir), Grete PedersenBIS - BISSACD1661Gunnar Idenstam: Songs For JukkasjärviSimon Marainen (yoik/vocals), Brita Stina Sjaggo (vocals), Sandra Marteleur (violin), Thorbjörn Jakobsson (saxophones), Jonas Sjöblom (percussion), Gunnar Idenstam (organ & pre-recorded sounds)BIS - BISSACD1868Outi Tarkiainen: The Earth, Spring's Daughter & SaivoVirpi Räisänen (mezzo-soprano), Jukka Perko (soprano saxophone), Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John StorgårdsOndine - ODE13532The Voice of SibeliusTom Nyman (tenor) & Tommi Hakala (baritone) YL Male Voice Choir & Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Hyökki (a cappella works) & Osmo Vänskä (accompanied works)BIS - BISCD1433
Theft, denial, deceit, and a captivating, enigmatic heroine. Learn more about composer Nico Muhly and librettist Nicholas Wright's new opera Marnie with our In Focus podcast, hosted by Met radio commentator and staff writer William Berger.
Yesterday saw the announcement of the death Rodney Bewes, the actor most fondly remembered playing the aspirational Bob in the BBC sitcom The Likely Lads. His co-star from the series James Bolam talks about working with Bewes in one of sitcom's most famous double-acts and the supposed feud between the two.As Gilbert & George celebrate 50 years of living and working together, Kirsty visits them at their Spitalfields home and studio to discuss their career, a new exhibition called The Beard Pictures and a new book, What is Gilbert & George?Marnie, the book by Winston Graham that inspired Hitchcock's thriller of the same name, has now inspired composer and opera wunderkind Nico Muhly to create his third opera, also called Marnie. Music critic Alexandra Coghlan attended its world premiere at English National Opera and reviews. Plus we ask music critic Norman Lebrecht to discuss whether opera has become a derivative art form, and we pay tribute to Russian opera bass-baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who has died at the age of 55.Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Julian May.