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