Relevant Tones

Composer Mason Bates brings Steve Jobs’ life story to the stage in Santa Fe Opera’s production of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.

The opera combines expressive  electronics with electric guitar,  Bates’ signature rich orchestration  and sleek lighting design for a  truly modern experience.

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Dark Interlude and Scene 13

Scene 5

Scene 6 (Chrisann aria)

Scene 2

Scenes 3-4 (Reed College)

Scene 8 (Stanford)

Scene 16 (Humans are Messy aria)

Scene Walking Interlude

Pulitzer  Prize winning composer, Bernard Rands shares his thoughts  on his  catalogue of over a hundred published works and recordings.

From his 1963 premiere at Darmstadt to 1986 Kennedy Center Friedheim Award winning orchestral suites Le Tambourin, to his 2011 Chicago Symphony Orchestra commission, Danza Petrificada and beyond.

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Tre Espressioni by Bernard Rands

Preludes mvt. IV Elegia, by Bernard Rands

Canti Lunatici, mvt. I Ed è Subito Sera by Bernard Rands

Canti Lunatici, mvt. IV La Luna Asoma by Bernard Rands

Canti Lunatici, mvt. VIII Mondsand by Bernard Rands

Canti Lunatici, mvt. IX The Moon by Bernard Rands

Canti Lunatici, mvt. XV Finita e la Notte by Bernard Rands

Preludes, mvt. VI Toccata by Bernard Rands

Now and Again by Bernard Rands

Canti del Sole, mvt. I Mattina by Bernard Rands

Canti del Sole, mvt. II The Dawn Verse by Bernard Rands

Canti del Sole, mvt. III The Masque of the Twelve Months by Bernard Rands

Canti del Sole, mvt. IV Soleil et Chair by Bernard Rands

Canti del Sole, mvt. V Portami il girasole by Bernard Rands

Canti del Sole, mvt. VI Vision and Prayer by Bernard Rands

Relevant  Tones is highlighting the performers and works featured in  the second annual Thirsty Ears Festival: Chicago’s only classical music  street  festival!

This LIVE broadcast is coming straight our broadcast studio on Friday  August 11th featuring several of the exciting ensembles and soloists  taking the stage at the fest.

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Puerto  Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist Angélica Negrón  writes  music for accordions, toys and electronics as well as chamber  ensembles  and orchestras.

Her works Bubblegum Grass Peppermint Field and La Isla Magica are  as whimsical as their names suggest.

Leap into Negron’s mind and music  in the latest installment of our Composers Among Us series.

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Ramon Llull was a leading philosopher, logician and writer in  medieval Catalonia and the foundation that today bears his name works to  export Catalonian culture and music throughout the world.

Their most recent project in the U.S. is an exciting weekend of  concerts and workshops in New York and a window into current trends in  Catalonian music.

Relevant Tones travels in the field to feature the music and interviews with the composers.

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Aproximación a lo Indivisible by Luis Codera Puzo

Cantiga Vazia by Octavi Rumba

Meta-Morphé by Joan Bagés i Rubi

18by Joan Arnau Pàmies

G-Waves by Mateu Malondra Flaquer

A Memory Palace is a technique for memorizing long lists of names or  places by associating each list item with an object in your imaginary  “memory palace”.

This is derived from the method of loci developed in ancient Greece  and Rome. Many composers have been inspired by this technique and have  written pieces with this title.

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Memory Palace by Elizabeth Brown 

Memory Palace by Michael Small

String Quartet in F Major by Maurice Ravel

Helix Spirals, mvt. I Loci, Memory Palace by Augusta Read Thomas

Memory Palace, mvts. I Harriman and III Foxhurst by Chris Cerrone

It’s a format as old as time: two guys sit down to play music and talk about it.

Soundward, a continuing collaboration between Relevant Tones and Q2  Music, features lively conversation, new releases from composers around  the globe and interesting new discoveries.

Hosted by Seth Boustead and Phil Kline

Canticles of the Holy Wind, mvt. I Sky With Four Suns by John Luther Adams

Crumbling Arches by Vytautas Germanavičius

A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke: Uncut Emeralds by Vijay Iyer

Songlines by Michael Ippolito

Canticles of the Holy Wind, mvt. IV Hour of the Doves by John Luther Adams

From Mozart and Chopin to Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland the  composer-pianist is easy to trace through time. Now, in the 21st  century, there is a resurgence in the tradition.

Relevant Tones is examining the diverse composer-performer community from Philip Glass to Yiruma.

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Loose Changes by Jed Distler

Three Landscapes for Peter Wyer by Jed Distler

Home Stretch by Timo Andres

Secondhand: Used Poetry by Jessica Krash

Four Movements for Piano Trio, mvts. I Eighth Note=54 and II Quarter Note=66 by Bright Sheng

The Dumbarton Quintet by Joan Tower

Though it’s definitely not true of all composers, many have a  facility and fascination with math. We’ll talk to several composers who  use math in their compositions and find out how this affects the  resulting music.

Is it all cerebral? What is the balance between emotional expression and mathematical precision?

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Désintégrations by Tristan Murail

Sudden Light by Mark Bowden

Love Obsession by Mischa Zupko

As The Sunflower Turns on her God by Timothy Takach

Thèses-Antithèse-Synthèse by Ionel Petroi

Diasporas by Ravi Kitappa

Counting Duets by Tom Johnson

Q2 Music’s Phil Kline joins us to chat about music that strikes a  chord. The newest recordings that are certain to become a classic.

Hosted by Seth Boustead and Phil Kline

Double Happiness by Christopher Cerrone

Duet with Shifting Ground by Meredith Monk

Pavement Steps by Meredith Monk

Dark, Light 2 by Meredith Monk

Expectancy by Marcin Bortnowski

Tassel by Anna Meredith

Symphony No. 2 Innerspace, mvt. IV Fast by Jonathan Leshnoff