Have You Heard This? w/ Josh and Jon

Episode 6: Disney Minimalism, Smoke, and Mirrors - Your hosts prove they're not too old for this sh*t by discussing two wildly different works.  Josh makes a Disney memory through one of his favorite pieces of post-minimalism and Jon gives everyone a nerd class on convolution using a whiskey flask.

Featuring performances of Michael Torke's Boast Not of Tomorrow by the Netherlands Radio Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra (Edo de Waart, conductor) and Christopher Chandler's Smoke and Mirrors by the [Switch~ Ensemble].

Episode 5: Josh and Jon Do Scandinavia - The guys barrel through pieces that set them afire for music when they were but mere youths.  Josh stumbles on the doctoral dissertation of one of his choral idols and Jon makes sure we all know the difference between Swedish and Norwegian metal.

Featuring performances of Knut Nystedt's "O Crux" by the Norwegian Soloists' Choir (Nystedt's own!) and Kaija Saariaho's "Cendres" by Mikael Helasuvo, Anssi Karttunen, and Tuija Hakkila.

Episode 4: Spirituals and Strings - Josh hips Jon to a choral banger and the guys go deep on Jon’s favorite articulation on wildly different pieces that both interact with folk traditions.

Featuring performances of Adolphus Hailstork's "Crucifixion" by the Brigham Young University Singers and Liza Lim's "Ochred String" by Soloists of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Episode 3: The Zappanale - Josh challenges Jon with the poetry from a choral classic and Jon (deservedly) just talks Zappa...Zappa...Zappa.

Featuring performances of Morten Lauridsen’s "Contre qui, rose" by The Singers—Minnesota Choral Artists and Frank Zappa’s "The Girl in the Magnesium Dress" by Ensemble Modern.

Episode 2: Next! Song!  - Jon judges a (German) book by its cover and Josh falls hard for Lee Hyla’s music. 

Featuring performances of Wolfram Buchenberg’s "Vier geistliche Gesänge" by Cantabile Regensburg and Lee Hyla’s "Pre-Pulse Suspended" by Speculum Musicae.

Episode 1: New Music Hug Factory - Welcome to Have You Heard This? w/ Josh and Jon! In this opening episode, the guys start things off by talking about their own music a bit. Despite their stated mission, they can’t help but make fun of each other. 

Featuring performances of Josh’s "Musica animam tangens" by the University of Pretoria Camerata and Jon Fielder’s "Think" by the composer himself.