Program #43 (aired April 7, 2021)
“Film Music of Tōru Takemitsu”
Tōru Takemitsu: Excerpt from Empire of Passion
Tōru Takemitsu: Main Theme from Crazed Fruit
Tōru Takemitsu: Excerpt from Woman in the Dunes
Tōru Takemitsu: Waltz from The Face of Another
Tōru Takemitsu: Main Theme from Harakiri 2:31
Tōru Takemitsu: The Woman of the Snow from Kwaidan
Tōru Takemitsu: Funeral Music from Black Rain
Tōru Takemitsu: Medley from Rising Sun
Tōru Takemitsu: Excerpt from Dodes’kaden 3:58
Tōru Takemitsu: Hell’s Picture Scroll from Ran
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Program #42 (aired March 31, 2021)
“Thea Musgrave”
Thea Musgrave: Loch Ness – A Postcard from Scotland
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; William Boughton, conductor; Daniel Trodden, tuba
Lyrita
Thea Musgrave: Night Windows
Nicholas Daniel, oboe; Huw Watkins, piano
Harmonia Mundi USA
Thea Musgrave: Turbulent Landscapes
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vänskä, conductor
NMC Recordings
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Program #41 (aired March 24, 2021)
“Roxanna Panufnik”
Roxanna Panufnik: Four World Seasons
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Tasmin Little, violin soloist and conductor
Chandos Records
Roxanna Panufnik: Westminster Mass
Westminster Cathedral Choir; City of London Sinfonia; James O’Donnell, conductor
Teldec Classics
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Program #40 (aired March 17, 2021)
“Patricia Kopatchinskaja”
Otto Matthäus Zykan: Das Mit der Stimme
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin and voice
Alpha Classics
Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Concerto funebre
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Camerata Bern
Alpha Classics
Giovanni Sollima: Moghul
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Giovanni Antonini, conductor and recorder; Il Giardino Armonico
Alpha Classics
Francisco Coll: Les Plaisirs Illuminés
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Sol Gabetta, cello; Camerata Bern; Francisco Coll, conductor
Alpha Classics
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Program #39 (aired March 10, 2021)
“Roomful of Teeth”
Caroline Shaw: Partita for 8 Voices
Roomful of Teeth
New Amsterdam Records
Wally Gunn: The Beginning And from The Ascendant
Roomful of Teeth
New Amsterdam Records
Michael Harrison: Just Constellations
Roomful of Teeth
New Amsterdam Records
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Program #38 (aired March 3, 2021)
“Nico Muhly”
Nico Muhly: Doublespeak
Eighth Blackbird
Cedille Records
Nico Muhly: Keep In Touch
Alarm Will Sound; Alan Pierson, conductor; Nadia Sirota, viola
Bedroom Community
Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister: Mercury
4AD
Nico Muhly: Who Was She? from The Reader
Nico Muhly, piano; ensemble
Lakeshore Records
Nico Muhly: Cello Concerto
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra; Jun Märkl, conductor; Zuill Bailey, cello
Steinway & Sons
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Program #37 (aired February 24, 2021)
“George Walker”
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
London Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor
Sony Classical
George Walker: Lilacs
Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra; Timothy Russell, conductor; Faye Robinson, soprano
Summit Records
George Walker: Piano Sonata No. 1
George Walker, piano
Albany Records
George Walker: Sinfonia No. 3
Sinfonia Varsovia of Poland; Ian Hobson, conducting
Albany Records
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Program #36 (aired February 17, 2021)
“Columbia Masterworks’s Black Composers Series”
Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphony No. 1 in G major, Op. 11/1
London Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor
Sony Classical
José White Lafitte: Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor; Aaron Rosand, violin
Sony Classical
Fela Sowande: African Suite (three movements)
London Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor
Sony Classical
William Grant Still: Sahdji
London Symphony Orchestra; Morgan State College Choir; Paul Freeman, conductor
Sony Classical
David Baker: Sonata for Cello and Piano
János Starker, cello; Alain Planès, piano
Sony Classical
Hale Smith: Ritual and Incantation
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor
Sony Classical
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Program #35 (aired February 10, 2021)
“Nathan Holder’s Where Are All The Black Female Composers?”
Florence Price: Dances in the Canebrakes
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Cedille
Chiquinha Gonzaga: Yara
Clara Sverner, piano
EMI Angel
Zenobia Powell Perry: Clarinet Sonata
Berkeley Price, clarinet; Deon Nielsen Price, piano
Cambria
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water
William Chapman Nyaho, piano
MSR Classics
Julia Perry: Stabat Mater
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; William Strickland, conductor; Makiko Asakura, contralto
CRI
Valerie Coleman: Red Clay and Mississippi Delta
Imani Winds
eOne Music
Valerie Capers: Portraits in Jazz
Maria Corley, piano
Albany Records
Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet No. 2
Ensemble Arcadiana
Navona
Tania León: Inura (3 excerpts)
Son Sonora Voices; Son Sonora Ensemble; DanceBrazil Percussion; Tania León, conductor
Albany Records
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Program #34 (aired January 27, 2021)
“Pēteris Vasks, Part 2”
Pēteris Vasks: Viatore
Sinfonietta Riga; Normunds Šnē, conductor
Wergo
Pēteris Vasks: The Fruit of Silence
Voces8; Huw Watkins, piano
Decca
Pēteris Vasks: Symphony for Strings “Voices”
Sinfonietta Riga; Maxim Rysanov, conductor
BIS
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Program #33 (aired January 20, 2021)
“Pēteris Vasks, Part 1”
Pēteris Vasks: Violin Concerto “Distant Light”
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Hannu Lintu, conductor; Vadim Gluzman, violin
BIS
Pēteris Vasks: White Scenery
Hayk Melikyan, piano
via YouTube
Pēteris Vasks: Dona nobis pacem
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Talinn Chamber Orchestra; Paul Hillier, conductor
Harmonia Mundi
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Program #32 (aired January 13, 2021)
“Boston Modern Orchestra Project”
Chinary Ung: Singing Inside Aura
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor; Susan Ung, viola and voice
BMOP/sound
Lisa Bielawa: Roam
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor
BMOP/sound
Anthony Davis: Wayang V
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor; Anthony Davis, piano
BMOP/sound
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Program #31 (aired January 6, 2021)
“Comic Strip Music”
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Peanuts Gallery
Florida State University Symphony; Alexander Jiménez, conductor; Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Naxos
Michael Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony
Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Naxos
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Program #30 (aired December 9, 2020)
“Lou Harrison”
Lou Harrison: Concerto in Slendro
California Symphony Orchestra; Barry Jekowsky, conductor; Maria Bachmann, violin
Argo
Lou Harrison: Psalter Sonata
Lou Harrison, psaltery
Phoenix
Lou Harrison: Bubaran Robert
Gamelan Si Betty; Randy Masters, piccolo trumpet
MusicMasters Classics
Lou Harrison: Piano Concerto
New Japan Philharmonic; Naoto Otomo, conductor; Keith Jarrett, piano
New World Records
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Program #29 (aired December 2, 2020)
“Anna Clyne”
Anna Clyne: Masquerade
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
Avie
Anna Clyne: The Seamstress
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo, conductor; Jennifer Koh, violin; Irene Buckley, voice
Avie
Anna Clyne: A Wonderful Day
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Cantaloupe Music
Anna Clyne: Night Ferry
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
CSO Resound
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Program #28 (aired November 25, 2020)
(Repeat of Program #7 from June 24, 2020)
“Miniature Miscellany”
Roshanne Etezady: Eleventh Hour from Damaged Goods
eighth blackbird
Cedille
Philip Glass: Madeira River from Aguas da Amazonia
Uakti
Point Music
György Ligeti: White on White from Études, Book 3
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Sony Classical
David Lang: light moving
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
Deutsche Grammophon
Chen Yi: Memory
Julia Tom, cello
Etcetera
Poul Ruders: Lullaby for Yodit
Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra; Paul Mann, conductor
Toccata Classics
Sarah Kirkland Snider: The Orchard
Roomful of Teeth
New Amsterdam Records
Stephen Montague: Mirabella (a Tarantella)
Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano
Point Music
Leo Dick: The Grasshopper and the Ant from Au contraire
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Reto Bieri, clarinet
Alpha Classics
Elliott Carter: Dialogues II
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Oliver Knussen, conductor
Ondine
Phillip Schroeder: Another Shore
Phillip Schroeder, celesta
Cold Blue Music
John Luther Adams: Sky with Four Suns
ETHEL
Cold Blue Music
Howard Skempton: Adam lay ybounden
The Sixteen; Harry Christophers, conductor
Coro
Peteris Vasks: Plainscape II
Voces8; Mari Samuelsen, violin; Håkon Samuelsen, cello
Decca
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Program #27 (aired November 18, 2020)
“Xiaogang Ye”
Xiaogang Ye: San Die, Op. 7a
Michel Lavignolle, flute; Su Chang, zheng
Delos
Xiaogang Ye: Namucuo, Op. 53
Emmanuelle Maggesi, piano
Delos
Xiaogang Ye: Symphony No. 3, Op. 46 “Chu”
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; José Serebrier, conductor; Hila Plitmann, soprano
BIS
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Program #26 (aired November 11, 2020)
“Around the World with the Kronos Quartet”
Terry Riley: G-Song
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch
Zoe Mulford: The President Sang Amazing Grace
Kronos Quartet; Meklit, singer
Smithsonian Folkways
Justinian Tamusuza: Ekitundu Ekisooka
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch
Peter Sculthorpe: String Quartet No. 8
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch
Alberto Dominguez: Perfidia
Kronos Quartet; Carlos Garcia, leaf
Nonesuch
Juan García Esquivel: Mini Skirt
Kronos Quartet and friends
Nonesuch
R.D. Burman: My Lover Came Silently
Kronos Quartet; Asha Bhosle, singer
Nonesuch
Kimmo Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen: Plasma from UNIKO
Kronos Quartet; Kimmo Pohjonen, accordion, voice; Samuli Kosminen, string and accordion samples, programming
Ondine
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Program #25 (aired November 4, 2020)
“Stacy Garrop”
Stacy Garrop: Mythology Symphony
Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) Symphony Orchestra; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
Cedille
Stacy Garrop: Seven
Lincoln Trio
Cedille
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Program #24 (aired October 28, 2020)
“Creature Features”
David Del Tredici: Dracula
Cleveland Chamber Symphony; David Del Tredici, conductor; Hila Plitmann, soprano-narrator
Innova
HK Gruber: Frankenstein!!
BBC Philharmonic; HK Gruber, conductor and chanssonier
Chandos
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Program #23 (aired October 21, 2020)
“Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil“
Eric Whitacre: The Sacred Veil
Los Angeles Master Chorale; Grant Gershon, Artistic Director; Lisa Edwards, piano; Jeffrey Zeigler, cello; Eric Whitacre, conductor
Signum Records
Eric Whitacre: October
Rutgers Wind Ensemble; William Berz, conductor
Mark Records
Eric Whitacre: Sleep
Eric Whitacre Singers; Eric Whitacre, conductor
Decca
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Program #22 (aired October 14, 2020)
“Two Ukrainian Composers”
Valentyn Silvestrov: The Messenger – 1996
Camerata Salzburg; Hélène Grimaud, piano
Deutsche Grammophon
Valentyn Silvestrov: Post scriptum Sonata
Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin; Angelina Gadeliya, piano
Labor Records
Yevhen Stankovych: Symphony No. 4 “Sinfonia Lirica”
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
Naxos
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Program #21 (aired October 7, 2020)
“Color and Music”
Michael Torke: Purple
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
Argo
Frank Ticheli: Blue Shades
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor
GIA Publications
Jennifer Higdon: Piano Trio
Lincoln Trio
Cedille
Aaron Jay Kernis: Color Wheel
Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Naxos
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Program #20 (aired September 30, 2020)
“Gabriela Lena Frank”
Gabriela Lena Frank: Ritmos Anchinos
Silk Road Ensemble
World Village
Gabriela Lena Frank: Three Latin-American Dances
Utah Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
Reference Recordings
Gabriela Lena Frank: Quijotadas
ALIAS Chamber Ensemble
Naxos
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Program #19 (aired September 23, 2020)
“Happy Birthday, Arvo Pärt,” Part 2
Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Gidon Kremer, violin; Keith Jarrett, piano
ECM
Arvo Pärt: Symphony No. 4 “Los Angeles”
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
ECM
Arvo Pärt: Für Lennart in memoriam
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
ECM
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Program #18 (aired September 16, 2020)
“Happy Birthday, Arvo Pärt,” Part 1
Arvo Pärt: In principio
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
ECM
Arvo Pärt: An den Wassern zu Babel
Hilliard Ensemble; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ
ECM
Arvo Pärt: Adam’s Lament
Latvian Radio Choir; Vox Clamantis; Sinfonietta Riga; Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor
ECM
Arvo Pärt: Estonian Lullaby
Vilnius Choir Singing School “Liepaitės” Girls’ Choir; Kremerata Baltica; Gidon Kremer, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon
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Program #17 (aired September 9, 2020)
“Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar”
Osvaldo Golijov: Ainadamar
Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Kelly O’Connor, mezzo-soprano; Jessica Rivera, soprano; Robert Spano, conductor; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Deutsche Grammophon
Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae
Kronos Quartet
Deutsche Grammophon
Osvaldo Golijov: Night of the Flying Horses
Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble
Sony Classical
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Program #16 (aired August 26, 2020 and September 2, 2020)
“Shulamit Ran”
Shulamit Ran: String Quartet No. 3 “Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory”
Pacifica Quartet
Cedille
Shulamit Ran: Violin Concerto
BBC Concert Orchestra; Charles Hazlewood, conductor; Ittai Shapira, violin
Albany
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Program #15 (aired August 19, 2020)
“Eighth Blackbird”
Steve Reich: Double Sextet
Eighth Blackbird
Nonesuch
Christopher Cerrone: South Catalina
Eighth Blackbird
Cedille
Stephen Hartke: Meanwhile – Incidental Music to Imaginary Puppet Plays
Eighth Blackbird
Cedille
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Program #14 (aired August 12, 2020)
“Magnus Lindberg”
Magnus Lindberg: EXPO
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert; conductor
Dacapo
Magnus Lindberg: Dos Coyotes
Anssi Karttunen, cello; Magnus Lindberg, piano
Ondine
Magnus Lindberg: Seht die Sonne
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo conductor
Ondine
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Program #13 (aired August 5, 2020)
“Two Recent Concertos”
Anna Clyne: Dance
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop; conductor; Inbal Segev, cello
Avie Records
John Adams: Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Yuja Wang, piano
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Program #12 (aired July 29, 2020)
“Chen Yi and Zhou Long”
Chen Yi: Romance and Dance
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Lan Shui, conductor; Cho-Liang Lin and Yi-Jia Susanne Hou, violins
BIS
Zhou Long: Taigu Rhyme
Beijing New Music Ensemble
Naxos
Chen Yi and Zhou Long: Symphony “Humen 1839”
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Darrell Ang, conductor
Naxos
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Program #11 (aired July 22, 2020)
“Chen Yi”
Chen Yi: The Ancient Chinese Beauty
Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra; Lan Shui, conductor; Michala Petri, recorder
OUR Recordings
Chen Yi: Qi
Empyrean Ensemble
Albany Records
Chen Yi: Night Thoughts
Civitas Ensemble
Cedille
Chen Yi: Spring in Dresden
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor; Mira Wang, violin
BMOP sound
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Program #10 (aired July 15, 2020)
“Sampler #1”
(Repeat of Program #1 from May 13, 2020)
Jennifer Higdon: blue cathedral
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
Telarc
Somei Satoh: Bifu
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
Deutsche Grammophon
Reza Vali: Calligraphy No. 11 “Gatar”
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Albany
John Luther Adams: The Farthest Place
Robin Lorentz, violin; Amy Knoles, vibraphone/marimba; Bryan Pezzone, piano, Barry Newton, double bass
Cold Blue
Anna Thorvaldsdóttir: Illumine
International Contemporary Ensemble
Sono Luminus
Arvo Pärt: De pacem Domine
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Tonu Kaljuste, conductor
ECM
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Program #9 (aired July 8, 2020)
“Americana, Part 2”
Peter Schickele: String Quartet No. 1 “American Dreams”
Audubon Quartet
Centaur
John Harbison: Songs America Loves To Sing
Atlanta Chamber Players
MSR
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Program #8 (aired July 1, 2020)
“Americana, Part 1”
Michael Daugherty: American Gothic
Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Naxos
Gwyneth Walker: An American Concerto
Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor; Melissa White, violin
Albany Records
Joan Tower: Made in America
Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Naxos
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Program #7 (aired June 24, 2020)
“Miniature Miscellany”
Roshanne Etezady: Eleventh Hour from Damaged Goods
eighth blackbird
Cedille
Philip Glass: Madeira River from Aguas da Amazonia
Uakti
Point Music
György Ligeti: White on White from Études, Book 3
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Sony Classical
David Lang: light moving
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
Deutsche Grammophon
Chen Yi: Memory
Julia Tom, cello
Etcetera
Poul Ruders: Lullaby for Yodit
Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra; Paul Mann, conductor
Toccata Classics
Sarah Kirkland Snider: The Orchard
Roomful of Teeth
New Amsterdam Records
Stephen Montague: Mirabella (a Tarantella)
Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano
Point Music
Leo Dick: The Grasshopper and the Ant from Au contraire
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Reto Bieri, clarinet
Alpha Classics
Elliott Carter: Dialogues II
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Oliver Knussen, conductor
Ondine
Phillip Schroeder: Another Shore
Phillip Schroeder, celesta
Cold Blue Music
John Luther Adams: Sky with Four Suns
ETHEL
Cold Blue Music
Howard Skempton: Adam lay ybounden
The Sixteen; Harry Christophers, conductor
Coro
Peteris Vasks: Plainscape II
Voces8; Mari Samuelsen, violin; Håkon Samuelsen, cello
Decca
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Program #6 (aired June 17, 2020)
“Mason Bates”
Mason Bates: Mothership
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor; Jason Moran, FM Rhodes; Su Chang, guzheng
BMOP
Mason Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Scenes 1, 7, 16
Santa Fe Opera Orchestra; Michael Christie, conductor; Edward Parks, baritone (Steve Jobs); Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano (Laurene Jobs); Wei Wu, bass (Kōbun Chino Otogawa)
Pentatone
Mason Bates: The B-Sides
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
SFS Media
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Program #5 (aired June 10, 2020)
“Adolphus Hailstork”
Adolphus Hailstork: Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Naxos
Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No. 3
Grand Rapids Symphony; David Lockington, conductor
Naxos
Adolphus Hailstork: Three Spirituals for Orchestra
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Naxos
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Program #4 (aired June 3, 2020)
“Jennifer Koh Performs Chamber Music”
John Adams: Road Movies
Jennifer Koh, violin; Reiko Uchida, piano
Cedille
Qasim Naqvi: The Banquet
Jennifer Koh, violin; Qasim Naqvi, modular synthesizer
Cedille
Kaija Saariaho: Cloud Trio
Jennifer Koh, violin; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola; Wilhelmina Smith, cello
Cedille
Missy Mazzoli: A Thousand Tongues
Jennifer Koh, violin; Missy Mazzoli, piano and electronics
Cedille
Missy Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin
Jennifer Koh, violin; Missy Mazzoli, electronics
Cedille
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Program #3 (aired May 27, 2020)
“Music of Iceland Part 2”
Hildur Gudnadóttir: “Call Me Joker” from Joker soundtrack
WaterTower Music
Hildur Gudnadóttir: “Lathur” from Chernobyl soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon
Daniel Bjarnason: Emergence
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Bjarnason, conductor
Sono Luminus
Anna Thorvaldsdóttir: Aequilibrium
International Contemporary Ensemble
Sono Luminus
Valgeir Sigurdsson: 1875
Reykjavík Sinfonia
Bedroom Community
Ólafur Arnalds: “saman”
Viktor Orri Árnason and Javier Aguilar, violins; Shasta Ellenbogen, viola; Marie-Claire Schlameus, cello
Mercury KX
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Program #2 (aired May 20, 2020)
“Music of Iceland Part 1”
Jón Leifs: Hekla, Op. 52
Schola Cantorum; Iceland Symphony Orchestra; En Shao, conductor
BIS
Jóhann Jóhannsson: “Good Morning, Midnight” and “Good Night, Day” from Orphée
Jóhann Jóhannsson; Hildur Gudnadóttir; Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra; Anthony Weeden, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon
Thurídur Jónsdóttir: Flow and Fusion
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Bjarnason, conductor
Sono Luminus
Hafdís Bjarnadóttir: From Beacon to Beacon
Nordic Affect
Sono Luminus
Björk: “Utopia”
One Little Indian
María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir: Oceans
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Bjarnason, conductor
Sono Luminus
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Program #1 (aired May 13, 2020)
“Sampler #1”
Jennifer Higdon: blue cathedral
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
Telarc
Somei Satoh: Bifu
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
Deutsche Grammophon
Reza Vali: Calligraphy No. 11 “Gatar”
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Albany
John Luther Adams: The Farthest Place
Robin Lorentz, violin; Amy Knoles, vibraphone/marimba; Bryan Pezzone, piano, Barry Newton, double bass
Cold Blue
Anna Thorvaldsdóttir: Illumine
International Contemporary Ensemble
Sono Luminus
Arvo Pärt: De pacem Domine
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Tonu Kaljuste, conductor
ECM