Sound Perimeter

We celebrate the changing of the seasons with University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe. In this week's Sound Perimeter, we listen to a recent performance of Pepe Rivero's Latin jazz interpretation of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons, which illustrates how musicians have had to adapt to performing during a pandemic.

In today's Sound Perimeter, University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe explores how the bicycle inspires composers. In this segment you'll hear "Eine Brise" by Mauricio Kagel, "La Bicicleta Cristal" by Angélica Negrón and "La Bicicleta" by Shakira and Carlos Vives.

University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe loves her coffee. In this week's Sound Perimeter selections, she shows us loving coffee dates back centuries, as does making music about it. In today's segment you'll hear Johann Sebastian Bach's Coffee Cantata, Astor Piazzolla's Cafe, 1930 from Histoire du Tango interpreted by flutist Cecile Daroux and guitarist Pablo Marquez, Natalie Cole's performance of "Coffee Time" and Sarah Vaughan's performance of "Black Coffee."

This week, University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe explores the lullaby, which is a song typically used to calm children to put them to sleep. We explore the style with selections from Amos Cochrane and Chucho Valdez. This segment originally aired on July 1, 2020.

In today's Sound Perimeter with University of Arkansas Professor of Music Lia Uribe, we explore how Frederic Chopin turned etudes from a piece of practice music to stand alone pieces performed in concert halls. We hear Chopin's Etude Op. 10, No. 12 in C minor Revolutionary performed by Evgeny Kissin, Sonido Bestial by Bobby Cruz and Richie Ray, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto, K. 447, 3rd movement performed by Sarah Willis and the Havana Lyceum Orchestra.

On today's Sound Perimeter, University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe explores the uniqueness of music that combines beauty and sadness and its ability to reach the core of our humanness. Uribe includes the following pieces of music to illustrate her point: Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony 7 in A major, opus 92, second movement performed by the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and Maxence Cyrin's piano cover of "Where is My Mind" by The Pixies. Local artist Tina Oppenheimer has also created a special edition Cheers and Tears greeting card inspired by Sound Perimeter.

In today's Sound Perimeter, we learn more about string quartets, a chamber music group that consists of four string musicians: two violin players, one viola player and a cellist. The string quartet has been perhaps the most recognized chamber ensemble since the 1750s when classical composer Franz Joseph Haydn started writing for that instrument combination. String quartet also denotes the name of the pieces written for that ensemble. Featured are Joseph Haydn, Quartet in B flat major, the Dover Quartet, the Laurie Anderson, Shutter Island, Kronos Quartet, the Commodores, Brick House, and Belmont University Jazz String Quartet.

Lia Uribe is a music professor at the University of Arkansas and recently, she had a discussion with her students about whether bird songs can be considered music. Uribe explores that idea with classical works inspired by birds and their songs, including Antonio Vivaldi's Spring Concerto, 1st Movement (from the Four Seasons), Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, 3rd movement called "Abyss of the Birds," and Meredith Monk's Bird Code.

This week, University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe introduces us to the various interpretations of music by Johann Sebastian Bach. We'll hear Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, as well as Bela Fleck's rendition of Partita No. 1003, Gabriela Montero's performance of Air in G and Violin Concerto in A minor by Bobby McFerrin.

This week, University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe expands our musical boundaries with a performance by Imani Winds, an ensemble of classically trained musicians of color, who are determined to make a statement about representation and be role models for children and young musicians who look like them.