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May 19, 2012 Gabriela Lena Frank
Gabriela Lena Frank talks with Seth about her travels, music, professional life and the contemporary classical music field.

Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Toyos and Tarqueada from Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout, Chiara String Quartet

Jungle Jaunt from Latin American Dances, Utah Symphony Orchestra/Keith Lockhart

Harawi Para Colquipocro fr. Ritmos Anchinos, Silk Road Ensemble

Quijotadas for string quartet, II- Seguidilla para la Mancha, ALIAS Ensemble

Adagio para Amantani, ALIAS Ensemble

Zapato de Chincha, Danza de los Diablos & Juegos fr. Hilos, ALIAS Ensemble
59 min
May 13, 2012 Speedy Delivery
This week we dive into our mailbag to listen to some recent new music releases sent to Relevant Tones.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Sunbin Kim: Whirlwind, Palisades Virtuosi

James MacMillan: Seraph, I BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Jason Wright Wingate: Symphony No. 2
Movement of the Vaulted Chambers
The Twittering Machine
Hermitage Orchestra de l’invisible/Wingateabout Jason Wright Wingate

Michael Nyman: Songs for Tony, I&IV sonic.art Saxophone Quartet

Ronald Roxbury: Crazy Jane, Crazy Jane Trio; Patrick Mason, David Starobin, Daniel Druckman

Richard Reed Parry: For Heart, Breath, and Orchestra
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony; Edwin Outwater, Conductor

John Cage: Five, Essential Music

Melinda Wagner: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, I, IV
New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, Conductor, Joseph Alessi, Trombone
58 min
May 05, 2012 Rise of the Electric Guitar
The electric guitar and classical music may seem like strange bedfellows, but almost as soon as the instrument was invented, composers devised ways to take advantage of its sonic possibilities.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Bob Dylan: Maggie’s Farm
Charlie Christian: Solo Flight (excerpt)
Leonard Bernstein: Simple Song from Mass
Donald Erb: Trio for Violin, Electric Guitar and Cello (excerpt)
Morton Feldman: Straits of Magellan
George Crumb: La Guitarra from Songs, Dances and Refrains of Death
Elliott Sharp: Vicious Cycle for electric guitar, electric bass & percussion
Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint, III
Steve Mackey: San Francisco
Mark Anthony Turnage: Shout from. Blood on the Floor
Daniel Lippel: Scaffold
58 min
April 20, 2012 Jacob TV
Dutch composer Jacob TV joins us in the studio to talk about the upcoming premiere of his ambitious multi media opera The News.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Playlist
   ◦   Trailer to “The News” (1:40)
   ◦   Lipstick (9:38)
   ◦   Grab It! (1:39)
   ◦   Garden of Love (7:17)
   ◦   I was like WOW (excerpt) (4:00)
   ◦   Giant If & Corroto fr. The News (8:05)
All performances by members of Fulcrum Point
59 min
April 14, 2012 Gabriel Prokofiev
London-based DJ, composer and entrepreneur Gabriel Prokofiev talks with Seth about composing and performing for a 21st century audience, family legacies, and the use of sampling in classical music.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Concerto for Turntable and Orchestra (excerpts)
— Heritage Orchestra/Jules Buckley; DJ Yoda, turntable

Piano Book No. 1 (exceprts) — Génia, p.

Float Dance — Peter Gregson, vc.

Suite for Global Junk — Joby Burgess, percussion

String Quartet No. 2 (excerpts)
59 min
April 07, 2012 Eighth Blackbird
Fresh off their 2012 Grammy win, the Chicago ensemble eighth blackbird stops by to discuss their latest album, recent premieres and performances across the globe.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Jennifer Higdon: Zaka
Thomas Albert: Thirteen Ways (excerpt)
Frederic Rzewski: Les Moutons De Panurge
Steve Reich: Double Sextet (excerpt)
Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Sextet and Orchestra, On a Wire
Steven Mackey: Lonely Motel (excerpt)
59 min
March 30, 2012 Mystical Minimalism Part III: Henryk Gorecki
One of Poland’s most significant 20th century composers, Henryk Górecki led a quiet revolution against the Soviet authorities through his inimitable style of mystical minimalism. We’ll dedicate an hour to his music and life.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Symphony No. 3 (excerpts)— London Sinfonietta, David Zinman, Conductor, Dawn Upshaw,
Piano Preludes (excerpts) — Stephen de Pledge, p.
Scontri — Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
Beatus Vir (excerpts) — Czech Phil Prague Philharmonic Choir/John Nelson, Nikita Storojev,
Miserere (excerpt) — Krakow Choral Society, Krakow State Philharmonic/Roland Bader
59 min
March 22, 2012 Mystical Minimalism Part II: John Tavener
Our series on the Mystic Minimalists continues with John Tavener, whose encounters with Eastern thought changed him into one of the most spiritually-connected composers to ever write music.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
The Protecting Veil (excerpt), LSO/Rozhdestvensky; Isserlis, vc.

The Whale, I, London Sinfonietta/Tavener

Little Requiem for Father Malachy Lynch (excerpt)
English Chamber Orchestra & Westminster Abbey Choir/Martin Neary

Akethist of Thanksgiving (excerpt)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Abbey Choir & BBC Singers/Martin Neary

The Dormition fr. The Protecting Veil, LSO/Rozhdestvensky; Isserlis, vc.

Pushkin & Lermontov & Smert fr. Akhmatova Songs
Patricia Rozario & the Vanbrugh Quartet

Song for Athene, English Chamber Orchestra & Westminster Abbey Choir/Neary

Prayer of the Heart, Björk & the Brodsky String Quartet
59 min
February 27, 2012 Mystical Minimalism Part I: Arvo Párt
The first in a three-part series looking at composers whose simple but remarkable music transports many listeners to a deeply spiritual place.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Pärt: Miserere (excerpts), Hilliard Ensemble/Hillier
Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 23, V Gould, p.
Pärt: Sonatina, Op. 1 No. 2 (excerpt), Stephen de Pledge, p.
Pärt: Perpetuum Mobile, Bamberg Symphony Orch/N. Järvi
Pärt: Collage on the Theme B-A-C-H, Estonian Nat’l Symphony Orchestra/P. Järvi
J.S. Bach: Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Jarrett, p
Pärt: Credo, Swedish Radio Symphony/Salonen
Pärt: Für Alina, Arden, p.
Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, Stuttgart State Orchestra/Davies
58 min
February 23, 2012 Sebastian Currier
New York-based composer Sebastian Currier visits to talk about his music and work, including recent collaborations with Anne-Sophie Mutter.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Quiet Time, Cassatt String Quartet
Time Machines, Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Alan Gilbert, New York Philharmonic
59 min