Episode 171: 15171 Summer and Winter Songs
Hailed by the New York Times as "An interesting composer” and "attractive and tonal" with music described as "a passionate duet “ and "a sprightly songfest,” prolific contemporary composer Mira J. Spe...
31 Jan 202148min
Episode 170: 15170 Donizetti: Peter the Great
Il falegname di Livonia, o Pietro il grande, czar delle Russie (The Livonian Carpenter, or Peter the Great, Tsar of the Russias) is an 1819 opera buffa in two acts with music by Gaetano Donizetti set ...
31 Jan 20212h 37min
Episode 169: 15169 Eleanor Alberga: String Quartets 1, 2 and 3
Jamaican-born British composer Eleanor Alberga stuns listeners with her spellbinding debut: ALBERGA STRING QUARTETS 1, 2, AND 3, a carefully thought out yet naturally flowing example of Alberga’s crea...
31 Jan 20211h 11min
Episode 168: 15168 Direct Contact
DIRECT CONTACT by renowned pianist Roberta Rust. In this release, Rust pays homage to eight composers whom she has had the opportunity to work directly within some capacity during her impressive caree...
31 Jan 20211h 17min
Episode 167: 15167 A Path of Light
On A PATH OF LIGHT, their debut release, Hevreh Ensemble offers up a set of music that highlights the unique blend of jazz, world music, and chamber music which critics call "a new sort of aesthetic t...
31 Jan 202156min
Episode 166: 15166 In Tandem
IN TANDEM is a multi-composer release featuring five unique composers. Each track offers an intriguing experience from polyptych storytelling to experimenting with the composition of free jazz and a m...
31 Jan 202158min
Episode 165: 15165 Matt Frey: One-Eleven Heavy - A Chamber Opera
On September 2, 1998, 229 passengers and crew members lost their lives when Swissair Flight 111 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Nova Scotia. Composer Matt Frey, who identified with the Swissair t...
31 Jan 202123min
Episode 164: 15164 Donizetti: Il Pigmalione (Pygmalion)
The story of the opera is based on the famous story of a king and sculptor, Pygmalion, originally taken from the tenth book of the Metamorphoses by Ovid. Pigmalione, dismayed that he may never find in...
31 Jan 202146min
