Seth explores the country and overseas identifying the hottest  young talents and try to guess at emerging trends that are inspiring the  next generation of composers.

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Music

Three Epitaphs for singer and chamber orchestra

With recent commissions and performances from the L.A. Philharmonic,  Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the New York Philharmonic, in  addition to his work with celebrated collective Sleeping Giant, Andrew  Norman has emerged as a major figure in today’s classical music world.

He stops by the studio to chat with Seth about music, life and everything.

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Play: Level 1 (excerpt)

Phil Kline is a composer who makes music in many genres and contexts,  from experimental electronics and sound installations to songs, choral,  theater, chamber and orchestral music.

He also hosts a two-hour show weekdays at 11am – with repeat  presentations at 7 pm – on Q2 Music.  Seth and Phil passionately discuss music that’s hot off the presses in this new  series ‘Soundward.’

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George Hurd, Carla Kihlstedt

Nathan Davis

Nathan Davis

George Hurd, Carla Kihlstedt

Knut Müller

Stravinsky

Zachary Wadsworth

Danny Clay, Mabel Kwan

Danny Clay, Mabel Kwan

Chicago’s storied Association for the Advancement of Creative  Musicians has provided a unique place for musicians of all kinds to  create unique and stunning new creations.

AACM turned 50 in 2015 and we’ll celebrate with performances of  Afterword, an opera about the AACM by longtime member and celebrated  composer George Lewis.

We’ll chat with Lewis about the piece, the AACM, and play music by other AACM composers.

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Music

Muhal Richard Abrams

George Lewis

Henry Threadgill

George Lewis

Nicole Mitchell

George Lewis

Tomeka Reid

L.A. based ensemble wild Up is making their mark on the national  contemporary music scene. We caught up with them at the recent Sonic  Festival in New York City and will play music from that concert.

Live recordings from their albums Feather and Stone and You of All  Things, an album collaboration with Icelandic choir Graduale Nobili, are  also featured.

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In light of Steven Stucky’s recent and sudden death, we will be  featuring works from his impressive repertoire. Stucky had a chameleon  -like composing range using influences from Debussy, Schönberg,  Lutoslawski, and more.

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Four-time Grammy-winning ensemble eighth blackbird performs music  from their recent collaboration with the Sleeping Giant collective. A  concert recorded live from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago,  where they are currently resident artists.

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Timo Andres: Checkered Shade

Ted Hearne: By-By Huey 

Robert Honstein: Pulse & Touch from Conduit

The Relevant Tones team travels to Shanghai for New Music Week, a  relatively new but impressive festival held by the prestigious  conservatory of music.

The final edition in this four part series features music of faculty composers at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

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Zhu Shirui: Three Poetic Fantasias

LV Huang: Reset

Wen Deqing: The Deep Tunnel Oratorio for the 70th anniversary of Victory of the Anti-Fascist War

Ye Guohui: Echoes of Shanghai

The Relevant Tones team travels to Shanghai for New Music Week, a  relatively new but impressive festival held by the prestigious  conservatory of music.

This third in a four-part series features premiere performances of music by the guest composers.

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Karlheinz Stockhausen: Stimmung (excerpts)

Damien Ricketson: Tesserae

Koji Nakano: Time Song III- Reincarnation “The Birth of a Spirit”

Pierre Boulez: Improvisé

Luciano Berio: Cries of London (excerpt)

Gérard Grisey: Vortex Temporum (excerpt)

Fausto Romitelli: Domeniche alla periferia della’impero

Though relatively new on the scene, with their signature combination  of  virtuosic playing, audience-friendly manner and willingness to take   risks, Spektral Quartet is proving to be a string quartet to watch.  We’ll feature their latest release on the Sono Luminus label, Serious Business.

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Chris Fisher-Lochhead: Hack, Set I

Sky Macklay: Many Many Cadences

David Reminick: The Ancestral Mousetrap (excerpts)

Chris Fisher-Lochhead: Hack, Set III & IV