40 Years (and more) of Kronos Quartet
Founding violinist of Kronos Quartet, David Harrington, joins John Schaefer to take a retrospective look at 40 years of musical adventure. Harrington recounts stories, including their very first...
View ArticleTerry Riley and Samuel Adams - Studies
One of America’s most revered experimentalists, Terry Riley turned 80 years old in 2015. Somehow, he remains eternally youthful and effortlessly hip, continuing to compose and perform at an invigorated...
View Article#3842: Music Inspired by NASA and Space
Explore the sounds beyond our home planet in music inspired by NASA, the race for space, and by the idea of overcoming obstacles and fears. Listen to music by the mostly electronic duo Quindar, Mikael...
View Article#3858: Collaborative Works
Hear collaborative works of all kinds for this New Sounds, from guitar and string quartet to chamber ensemble; from piano duet to accordion trio music. Listen to a work, "Trying to Speak," by New York...
View Article#3860: Layers & Electronics
For this New Sounds, listen to acoustic chamber-jazz ritual music by Swiss composer Nik Bärtsch, and his group, Mobile, whose latest recording, Continuum, somehow creates space with its layers of...
View Article#3858: Collaborative Works (Special Podcast)
Hear collaborative works of all kinds for this New Sounds, from guitar and string quartet to chamber ensemble; from piano duet to accordion trio music. Listen to a work, "Trying to Speak," by New York...
View Article#3858: Collaborative Works (Special Podcast)
Hear collaborative works of all kinds for this New Sounds, from string quartet to chamber ensemble; from piano duet to guitar music with electronics. Listen to a work, "Trying to Speak," by New York...
View Article#3711: New Sounds Live: Terry Riley @ 80
Terry Riley's work is widely regarded as an important step in the establishing of what we now know as minimalist music. New Sounds Live and the Ecstatic Music Festival celebrated the American...
View Article#3842: Music Inspired by NASA and Space
Explore the sounds beyond our home planet in music inspired by NASA, the race for space, and by the idea of overcoming obstacles and fears. Listen to music by the mostly electronic duo Quindar, Mikael...
View Article#3858: Collaborative Works
Hear collaborative works of all kinds for this New Sounds, from guitar and string quartet to chamber ensemble; from piano duet to accordion trio music. Listen to a work, "Trying to Speak," by New York...
View Article#3860: Layers & Electronics
For this New Sounds, listen to acoustic chamber-jazz ritual music by Swiss composer Nik Bärtsch, and his group, Mobile, whose latest recording, Continuum, somehow creates space with its layers of...
View Article#4012: Music Inspired by NASA
It’s an hour of music inspired by NASA and the space missions of the 1960’s and 1970s. Hear music from Meredith Monk and jazz pianist Kit Downes, Penguin Café, from Kronos Quartet & Terry Riley,...
View Article#4018: New Releases, August 2017
It's the most wonderful time of the month: new releases on the radio! Hear prog-marching band music from Chicago's Mucca Pazza, ambient-gothic Norwegian-Icelandic music from the duo Jo Berger Myhre...
View Article#3711: New Sounds Live: Terry Riley @ 80
Terry Riley's work is widely regarded as an important step in the establishing of what we now know as minimalist music. New Sounds Live and the Ecstatic Music Festival celebrated the American...
View ArticleAugust & September 2017 New Releases (Special Podcast)
Hear prog-marching band music from Chicago's Mucca Pazza, ambient-gothic Norwegian-Icelandic music from the duo Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, jazz-tronic ambient minimalism from London's...
View ArticleYoung People's Chorus of New York City Looks Ahead with 'Transient Glory III'
Founder and music director Francisco Núñez brings more than artistry to his leadership of the Young People's Chorus of New York. He also brings a vision of what a youth choir can be. With their...
View ArticleTerry Riley's 'Dark Queen Mantra' Weaves Electric Guitar and String Quartet...
It is possible that someone, somewhere has listened to an assortment of recent works by Terry Riley and not been utterly charmed, but it is best not to imagine what life must be like for such a person....
View ArticlePivotal Classical Musical Moments of the 1960s
The 1960s was a period of confusion, violence and uncertainty. As wars raged and the marginalized demanded their voices be heard, various artistic media had their aesthetic assumptions challenged,...
View ArticleBrooklyn Raga Massive's Soaring 'In C'
Unsilence with host Phil Kline airs Mondays at 7 pm on New Sounds Radio. Repeats throughout the week, including Wednesdays at 11 am and Sundays at 9 pm. Terry Riley’s In C is a mind-altering spell...
View Article#4012: Music Inspired by NASA
It’s an hour of music inspired by NASA and the space missions of the 1960’s and 1970s. Hear music from Meredith Monk and jazz pianist Kit Downes, Penguin Café, from Kronos Quartet & Terry Riley,...
View Article#4141: Keyboard Studies
Hear Terry Riley’s Keyboard Studies as played by Bruce Brubaker, and new recording by Terry and Gyan of music for piano and electric guitar as part of a whole program of works for piano and prepared...
View Article#3842: Music Inspired by NASA and Space
Explore the sounds beyond our home planet in music inspired by NASA, the race for space, and by the idea of overcoming obstacles and fears. Listen to music by the mostly electronic duo Quindar, Mikael...
View Article#3858: Collaborative Works
Hear collaborative works of all kinds for this New Sounds, from guitar and string quartet to chamber ensemble; from piano duet to accordion trio music. Listen to a work, "Trying to Speak," by New York...
View Article#3860: Layers & Electronics
For this New Sounds, listen to acoustic chamber-jazz ritual music by Swiss composer Nik Bärtsch, and his group, Mobile, whose latest recording, Continuum, somehow creates space with its layers of...
View Article#4204: Music for Altered Keyboards
Listen to works for altered and retuned keyboards, with prepared piano music by keyboardist and composer Kelly Moran and the German composer Hauschka, plus music for three pianos by Kyle Gann.Kelly...
View Article#3717: Celebrating Earth Day
New Sounds celebrates Earth Day with music recorded about, around, and with the Earth. Listen to music by British art-rocker Kate Bush along with music from Meredith Monk's travelogue opera, "Atlas"....
View Article#4012: Music Inspired by NASA
It’s an hour of music inspired by NASA and the space missions of the 1960’s and 1970s. Hear music from Meredith Monk and jazz pianist Kit Downes, Penguin Café, from Kronos Quartet & Terry Riley,...
View Article#4141: Keyboard Studies
Hear Terry Riley’s Keyboard Studies as played by Bruce Brubaker, and new recording by Terry and Gyan of music for piano and electric guitar as part of a whole program of works for piano and prepared...
View Article#4271, Music That Looks to the Skies
Listen to works that look to the skies in space, in music by Terry Riley for Kronos Quartet, Annie Gosfield, and Morton Subotnick.Hear music for string quartet and "space sounds" (plasma waves) that...
View Article#4204: Music for Altered Keyboards
Listen to works for altered and retuned keyboards, with prepared piano music by keyboardist and composer Kelly Moran and the German composer Hauschka, plus music for three pianos by Kyle Gann.Kelly...
View Article#4386: Just Music
It's just music - with works for piano, string quartet, guitar, and Indonesian gamelan, vocal octet, and extended accordion in the tuning system known as just intonation.Hear an excerpt from LaMonte...
View Article#4271, Music That Looks to the Skies
Listen to works that look to the skies in space, in music by Terry Riley for Kronos Quartet, Annie Gosfield, and Morton Subotnick.Hear music for string quartet and "space sounds" (plasma waves) that...
View Article#4430, Vintage Music for Analog Synths
Hear a generous portion of an album-length piece by American composer and sound artist Alvin Curran, who’s also a co-founder of the pioneering Musica Elettronica Viva improv ensemble. This...
View Article#4432, The Indian Influence
Hear several works that reflect the influence of Indian ragas in western music, like Brooklyn Raga Massive’s “In D,” percussionist Rajna Swaminathan’s group RAJAS, and jazzy-sounding raga by Boston’s...
View Article#4141: Keyboard Studies
Hear Terry Riley’s Keyboard Studies as played by Bruce Brubaker, and new recording by Terry and Gyan of music for piano and electric guitar as part of a whole program of works for piano and prepared...
View Article#4488, Mostly Keys and Sax
Hear music for mostly sax and keyboards by JJJJJerome Ellis and Lea Bertucci, along with new music from Ken Field in collaboration with Erdem Helvacioglu. Plus, music by Colin Stetson.Composer, poet,...
View Article#4204: Music for Altered Keyboards
Listen to works for altered and retuned keyboards, with prepared piano music by keyboardist and composer Kelly Moran and the German composer Hauschka, plus music for three pianos by Kyle Gann.Kelly...
View Article#4386: Just Music
It's just music - with works for piano, string quartet, guitar, and Indonesian gamelan, vocal octet, and extended accordion in the tuning system known as just intonation.Hear an excerpt from LaMonte...
View Article#4271, Music That Looks to the Skies
Listen to works that look to the skies in space, in music by Terry Riley for Kronos Quartet, Annie Gosfield, and Morton Subotnick.Hear music for string quartet and "space sounds" (plasma waves) that...
View Article#4430, Vintage Music for Analog Synths
Hear a generous portion of an album-length piece by American composer and sound artist Alvin Curran, who’s also a co-founder of the pioneering Musica Elettronica Viva improv ensemble. This...
View Article#4432, The Indian Influence
Hear several works that reflect the influence of Indian ragas in western music, like Brooklyn Raga Massive’s “In D,” percussionist Rajna Swaminathan’s group RAJAS, and jazzy-sounding raga by Boston’s...
View ArticleBang on a Can Long Play Festival at Eight Brooklyn Venues, Apr. 29-May 1
Bang on a Can Long Play Festival at multiple Brooklyn venuesApril 29-May 1, one-day passes $95, 3-day passes $195Use promo code NewSoundsLP for 50% discount on tickets/passesThe piece, In C by Terry...
View Article#4488, Mostly Keys and Sax
Hear music for mostly sax and keyboards by JJJJJerome Ellis and Lea Bertucci, along with new music from Ken Field in collaboration with Erdem Helvacioglu. Plus, music by Colin Stetson.Composer, poet,...
View Article#4386: Just Music
It's just music - with works for piano, string quartet, guitar, and Indonesian gamelan, vocal octet, and extended accordion in the tuning system known as just intonation.Hear an excerpt from LaMonte...
View Article#4655, Music for Organ
From cheap electric organs with buttons for chords, all the way up to grand cathedral-like sounds of a church organ, explore the rich sonic capabilities of organ for this New Sounds in music by...
View Article#4430, Vintage Music for Analog Synths
Hear a generous portion of an album-length piece by American composer and sound artist Alvin Curran, who’s also a co-founder of the pioneering Musica Elettronica Viva improv ensemble. This...
View Article#4432, The Indian Influence
Hear several works that reflect the influence of Indian ragas in western music, like Brooklyn Raga Massive’s “In D,” percussionist Rajna Swaminathan’s group RAJAS, and jazzy-sounding raga by Boston’s...
View ArticleJuilliard's The New Series: Terry Riley's "In C" at Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
Juilliard's The New Series: Terry Riley's In C at Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Feb. 6, 8PM. Free.Terry Riley’s piece In C is considered the first major Minimalist work. It has 53 short patterns and a few...
View Article#4488, Mostly Keys and Sax
Hear music for mostly sax and keyboards by JJJJJerome Ellis and Lea Bertucci, along with new music from Ken Field in collaboration with Erdem Helvacioglu. Plus, music by Colin Stetson.Composer, poet,...
View Article#4655, Music for Organ
From cheap electric organs with buttons for chords, all the way up to grand cathedral-like sounds of a church organ, explore the rich sonic capabilities of organ for this New Sounds in music by...
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