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♫ Episode #18 – New Yorker Music Critic Alex Ross Discusses Listening to Classical Music

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We welcome New Yorker music critic Alex Ross for a long discussion about listening to classical music today. This episode runs a bit longer than usual, but we think you’ll enjoy the whole show.

“I mix the familiar and the obscure.”

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Show notes:

  • Alex Ross’s website, The Rest is Noise
  • Alex Ross’s writings on The New Yorker
  • Alex Ross’s books: The Rest is Noise, Listen to This
  • The Composers of Quiet: The Wandelweiser collective makes music between sound and silence
  • Wandelweiser Miscellany

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