Relevant Tones

Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, the festival, Gaudeamus  Muziekweek, in the Netherlands is a powerhouse contemporary music  festival showcasing young talent from around the world.

Every year the Gaudeamus Award is granted to a new music pioneer,  this year nominees include Giulio Colangelo, David Bird, James  O’Callaghan, Anthony Vine, and Shih-Wei Lo, all under the age of 30.

In this first of a two-part series we travel to Utrecht to feature music from the young composers chosen to take part this year.

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Michel van der Aa

David Bird

Giulio Colangelo

Stefano Scodanibbio

Shih-Wei Lo

It’s quite common in academia, journalism and literature for two  authors to team up to write an article or book but significantly less so  in music.

Still, it does happen and the results are often fascinating.  Where  does one idea start and the other continue?  How do two composers work  together to write a seamless piece?

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For more than thirty years, young composers have traveled to Holland  to worship at the altar of Louis Andriessen, perhaps most notably the  three composers from the storied collective Bang on a Can.

As a result Andriessen, and Bang on a Can themselves, have had an outsize influence on the music of our time.

We’ll feature Andriessen’s work and many of the composers who have made the pilgrimage.

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Louis Andriessen

David Lang

Steve Reich 

Louis Andriessen

Oscar Bettison

Missy Mazzoli

Julia Wolfe

Bryce Dressner

Not surprisingly, the natural world is a never-ending source of fascination and inspiration for composers.

From the datura plant in southern China to a rare bird in the wilds  of Australia to strange animals that exist only in the composer’s  imagination, we’ll feature music inspired by the boundless creativity of  nature.

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Mason Bates

Alexander Raskatov

Alexander Raskatov

Don Freund

Mamoru Fujieda

Takashi Yoshimatsu

Tobias Picker

Mason Bates

The second part in our two-part feature of the Warsaw Autumn  International Festival of Contemporary Music includes interviews with  composers, performers and organizers of the event and more audio  performances recorded live in the concert halls of Warsaw.

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Wojciech Blazejczyk

Krzysztof Woleck

Marta Sniady

Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil

Since its beginning in 1956 the Warsaw Autumn International Festival  of Contemporary Music, for many years the only festival of its kind in  Eastern Europe, has presented new music by leading Polish composers and  composers from around the world.

Today it is one of the most prestigious contemporary music festivals  in the world and we are honored to have the chance to travel to Warsaw  to feature music from artists like Wojciech Blazejczyk, Krzysztof Wolek,  and current Artistic Director of Warsaw Autumn, Tadeusz Wielecki.

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Gérard Grisey

Tadeusz Wielecki

Jerzy Kornowicz

Wojciech Blazejczyk

Paweł Łukaszewski

Marcin Bortnowski 

Anna Zaradny   

Polish composer, concert pianist and educator Zygmunt Krauze is  a hugely respected figure on the international contemporary music scene  and the recipient of numerous honors including the French National  Order of the Legion of Honour among many others.

We’ll play selections from his music and talk with him about his storied career.

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Zygmunt Krauze

Zygmunt Krauze

Zygmunt Krauze

After discovering Sebastian Huydts’ newest album, Delicias de  Blancanieves or Snowwhite’s Delights, Seth is sharing his newest musical  ‘delights’.

We’ll share selected works of Huydts, Caroline Eyck, and Johann Johannson and more with you.

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Old is new again as composers and performers return to the LP format  for their latest releases. We’ll dust off our record player to feature a  variety of new music released on vinyl.

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Frank Zappa

Zbigiew Turski

Dana Lyn

John Harbison

Pete Swanson

Christopher Bono

Clint Mansell

Bryce Dessner

Seth talks with composer Stacy Garrop about the new recording of her Mythology Symphony inspired by Greek myths.

Starting with the exhilarating piece Becoming Medusa, which tells the  story of Medusa, a beautiful woman turned into a hideous monster, to  the quiet sounds of Penelope Waits, the touching tale of a wife waiting  for her heroic husband, and much more.

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Stacy Garrop: Mythology Symphony

Stacy Garrop: Mythology Symphony

Stacy Garrop: Mythology Symphony

Stacy Garrop: Mythology Symphony

Stacy Garrop: Mythology Symphony