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A big trend in the 2000’s saw contemporary music ensembles commissioning composers not to write new pieces for them but to arrange music by pop artists.
We’ll listen to music from two such collaborations: Alarm Will Sound performing arrangements of electronic musician Aphex Twin and Osso Quartet’s arrangements of indie pop superstar Sufjan Stevens.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
PLAYLIST
Sufjan Stevens (arr. Olivier Manchon): Year of the Snake
King Crimson (arr. Ziporyn): Epitaph
Philip Glass, Symphony No. 1, Low Symphony, I (excerpt)
Beck (arr. Kahane): Mutilation Rag 2:08
Kraftwerk: Pocket Calculator (excerpt)
Kraftwerk: Pocket Calculator
Sigur Rós (arr. Prutsman): Flugufrelsarinn
Queen/Tolga Kashif: The Queen Symphony, III (Who Wants to Live Forever, Save Me)
Aphex Twin: Logon Rock Witch (excerpt)
Aphex Twin (arr. Jonathan Newman): Logon Rock Witch
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A big trend in the 2000’s saw contemporary music ensembles commissioning composers not to write new pieces for them but to arrange music by pop artists.
We’ll listen to music from two such collaborations: Alarm Will Sound performing arrangements of electronic musician Aphex Twin and Osso Quartet’s arrangements of indie pop superstar Sufjan Stevens.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
PLAYLIST
Sufjan Stevens (arr. Olivier Manchon): Year of the Snake
King Crimson (arr. Ziporyn): Epitaph
Philip Glass, Symphony No. 1, Low Symphony, I (excerpt)
Beck (arr. Kahane): Mutilation Rag 2:08
Kraftwerk: Pocket Calculator (excerpt)
Kraftwerk: Pocket Calculator
Sigur Rós (arr. Prutsman): Flugufrelsarinn
Queen/Tolga Kashif: The Queen Symphony, III (Who Wants to Live Forever, Save Me)
Aphex Twin: Logon Rock Witch (excerpt)
Aphex Twin (arr. Jonathan Newman): Logon Rock Witch

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