Launch Party and Concert: Andrew Norman
As a composer who is often known for writing grand, voracious pieces, Andrew Norman brings a tangible intensity to each sound in his Peculiar Strokes for string quartet, a piece of miniature works that...
View ArticleLaunch Party and Concert: Marcos Balter
Marcos Balter, the subject of Meet the Composer Episode Five, knew it was love at first sight when he heard flutist Claire Chase perform for the first time. This resulted in friendship and...
View ArticleLaunch Party and Concert: Caroline Shaw
Caroline Shaw, who "triangulate(s) between violin, singing and composing" and is featured in Meet the Composer Episode Four, wrote her piece in manus tuas for solo cello about a neo-gothic church in...
View ArticleAndrew Norman: Better Living Through Architecture
Andrew Norman was a well-feted kid composer, a precocious pre-adolescent who wrote works with grand, filmic gestures for his middle school orchestra and had the local newspapers filling their style...
View ArticleDonnacha Dennehy: Composing With Frequency
Donnacha Dennehy is an Irish composer who thought he was going to study with spectral icon Gérard Grisey in Paris. When he showed up, however, it was apparent that Grisey had accepted him into his...
View ArticleMarcos Balter: Failure Is an Option
For Marcos Balter, stellar composition requires the dedicated, daily practice of an athlete. He doesn't think it possible to unearth and hone brilliant musical ideas without slogging through a whole...
View ArticleOn-Demand Video: Q2 Music Celebrates the Best of New Music in 2014
On Dec. 2, Q2 Music held a star-studded celebration of some of the year’s most riveting and gorgeous new-music recordings, hosted by Meet the Composer's Nadia Sirota.The evening featured Tre Voci – the...
View Article#3677: Music for Christmas Eve
To be sure, there will be a few "Jingle Bells", "Silent Nights", and other Christmas carols from the likes of Tony Trischka, Tribecastan, Joshua Bell and Friends. Listen to conflicted holiday song from...
View Article#3553: Piano Plus - Mostly
Hear piano music, with and without electronics on this New Sounds program. Listen to the “Trilogy Sonata” – music from the so-called “portrait operas” by Philip Glass, reworked by Paul Barnes, and...
View Article#3425: Music for Viola
Besides drummer jokes, there might be almost as many viola jokes tied for the lead in musical humor. We'll put all that aside for this New Sounds program, where the viola takes center stage, not...
View ArticleMeredith Monk: I. Learning Her Body Through Music
From an extremely young age, music and movement were braided together for Meredith. Her earliest musical instruction was in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, which teaches students concepts of rhythm, structure,...
View ArticleMeredith Monk: III. Becoming Whole
When Meredith first encountered Buddhism in the 1970s, a whole lot of things clicked into place. She learned to accept the moment for what it is, "in all it's rawness, ugliness, pain, pleasure."...
View Article#3440: Electroacoustic: Going for Baroque
For this New Sounds, listen to a number of electroacoustic works featuring strings; viola, cello, and violin. Check out violist Nadia Sirota's 2013 record, "Baroque," with a dark, extreme piece by...
View Article#3814: Twas the Night Before (Krampus) Christmas
Listen to Christmas music, of the rare and less traditional variety, for this New Sounds. Hear Mongolian folk band Altai arranging "Jingle Bells," along with music from Italian percussionist Alessandra...
View Article#3677: Music, More Music for Christmas
Listen to music of the season this Christmas, New-Sounds Style, with banjo, zither and theremin, piano insides, plus viola and electronics...in the service of some holiday classics. To be sure, there...
View ArticleGig Alert: Nadia Sirota & Liam Byrne
ARTIST: Nadia Sirota & Liam ByrneGIG: Opening night of Symphony Space's Fuse ProjectFuse Project is Symphony Space's new showcase for contemporary classical composition and performance. Tonight's...
View ArticleLes Arts Florissants Revive an 18th-Century 'Hit'
A wild carnival sets the stage for gambling, intrigue, trysts and mistaken identities, while long-legged dancers strut lasciviously around stage in revealing crimson costumes. The scene seems taken...
View ArticleQ2 Music's Meet the Composer Wins Peabody Award
Meet the Composer, Q2 Music's podcast that takes listeners into the minds and creative processes of the composers making some of the most innovative, compelling and breathtakingly beautiful music...
View ArticleOrchestrating 'Meet the Composer' Season 3
"We're trying to compose radio," says Nadia Sirota about the Peabody Award-winning podcast, Meet the Composer, in which she leads listeners through the process behind some of the most interesting music...
View Article#3553: Piano Plus - Mostly
Hear piano music, with and without electronics on this New Sounds program. Listen to the “Trilogy Sonata” – music from the so-called “portrait operas” by Philip Glass, reworked by Paul Barnes, and...
View Article#3814: Twas the Night Before (Krampus) Christmas
Listen to Christmas music, of the rare and less traditional variety, for this New Sounds. Hear Mongolian folk band Altai arranging "Jingle Bells," along with music from Italian percussionist Alessandra...
View Article#3677: Music, More Music for Christmas
Listen to music of the season this Christmas, New-Sounds Style, with banjo, zither and theremin, piano insides, plus viola and electronics...in the service of some holiday classics. To be sure, there...
View Article#4006: Works for Instrument Multiples
Hear works for instrument multiples on this New Sounds, for either multiple keyboards, or multiples of bowed string instruments – cellos, violins, violas including music by Nils Frahm, Shannon Hayden,...
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#4020: Electroacoustic Music
Hear electroacoustic music for this New Sounds from Australian-born British-based composer/keyboardist Leah Kardos, Irish-born Princeton-based composer Donnacha Dennehy writing for the American violist...
View ArticleRichard Reed Parry Taps Performers' Inner Metronomes in 'Music for Heart and...
Richard Reed Parry, a composer and multi-instrumentalist best known as a member of the rock band Arcade Fire, has gradually been building up a body of classical compositions based on a simple concept:...
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Listen: Nadia Sirota Premieres Dennehy’s ‘Tessellatum’ for Solo Viola and...
On Friday, Feb. 5 we heard the world premiere of pioneering composer Donnacha Dennehy's Tessellatum with a live audio stream from Symphony Space's Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. Originally comprised of 11...
View ArticleListen: yMusic Performs Son Lux, Marcos Balter and Sufjan Stevens
Violist Nadia Sirota continued her week-long residency at Symphony Space on Feb. 2 with indie-classical pieces by Sufjan Stevens, Judd Greenstein and Marcos Balter, performed by her ensemble yMusic.The...
View ArticleListen: Premiere of David Lang's 'Broken,' Music for Viola and Viols
On Feb 1, violist Nadia Sirota opened a week-long residency at Symphony Space with a program pairing music by Renaissance masters with works by contemporary composers, including a world premiere by...
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App Download: Donnacha Dennehy's 'Tessellatum'
Stay surprised and inspired wherever you go! Every Thursday, Q2 Music shares an exclusive live track we select and record for you that's available to download to your mobile device. From New York...
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App Download: David Lang's 'Broken' for Viola and Viol
Stay surprised and inspired wherever you go! Every Thursday, Q2 Music shares an exclusive live track we select and record for you that's available to download to your mobile device. From New York...
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App Download: Judd Greenstein's 'Clearing, Dawn, Dance'
Stay surprised and inspired wherever you go! Every Thursday, Q2 Music shares an exclusive live track we select and record for you that's available to download to your mobile device. From New York...
View ArticleListen: Music for Heart and Breath with Nadia Sirota and Richard Reed Parry
As part of her week-long Fuse Project residency at Symphony Space, violist Nadia Sirota teamed up with Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire and Bryce Dessner of The National to perform works by the two...
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App Download: Marcos Balter's Ethereal 'Bladed Stance' for yMusic
Stay surprised and inspired wherever you go! Every Thursday, Q2 Music shares an exclusive live track we select and record for you that's available to download to your mobile device. From New York...
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App Download: Andrew Norman's 'Music in Circles'
Stay surprised and inspired wherever you go! Every Thursday, Q2 Music shares an exclusive live track we select and record for you that's available to download to your mobile device. From New York...
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App Download: Bryce Dessner's 'Delphica'
Stay surprised and inspired wherever you go! Every Thursday, Q2 Music shares an exclusive live track we select and record for you that's available to download to your mobile device. From New York...
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Nico Muhly and Nadia Sirota Stay Connected in Powerful 'Keep in Touch'
“Keep in touch.” With those three welcoming words, whether quietly spoken from inches away or shouted across a crowded subway platform, a connection extends beyond the limits of the space and time...
View Article#3814: 'Twas the Night Before (Krampus) Christmas
Listen to Christmas music, of the rare and less traditional variety, for this New Sounds. Hear Mongolian folk band Altai arranging "Jingle Bells," along with music from Italian percussionist Alessandra...
View Article#4006: Works for Instrument Multiples
Hear works for instrument multiples on this New Sounds, for either multiple keyboards, or multiples of bowed string instruments – cellos, violins, violas including music by Nils Frahm, Shannon Hayden,...
View Article#4020: Electroacoustic Music
Hear electroacoustic music for this New Sounds from Australian-born British-based composer/keyboardist Leah Kardos, Irish-born Princeton-based composer Donnacha Dennehy writing for the American violist...
View ArticleLouis Andriessen Curates 'Nightcap' at Lincoln Center’s Kaplan Penthouse
Nightcap, Curated by Louis Andriessen at Lincoln Center’s Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Sat., Oct. 13Hosted by Nadia Sirota, featuring the Ariel QuartetTickets: $25. Show at 10:30 pm. The Dutch composer...
View Article#4006: Works for Instrument Multiples
Hear works for instrument multiples on this New Sounds, for either multiple keyboards, or multiples of bowed string instruments – cellos, violins, violas including music by Nils Frahm, Shannon Hayden,...
View Article#4020: Electroacoustic Music
Hear electroacoustic music for this New Sounds from Australian-born British-based composer/keyboardist Leah Kardos, Irish-born Princeton-based composer Donnacha Dennehy writing for the American violist...
View Article#4366, Music for Multiples
Hear Steve Reich’s “Vermont Counterpoint,” from Claire Chase, a work by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy featuring multiple violas of Nadia Sirota with multiple violas da gamba of Liam Byrne, and a work...
View ArticleLiving Music with Nadia Sirota: Pirate Radio Edition (Live Stream)
Living Music with Nadia Sirota: Pirate Radio EditionMay 21 guests are: Jodie Landau, Abigail Fischer & Methods BodyWatch via Facebook Live, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9PM EDTViolist Nadia Sirota is...
View Article#4458, Music With Bowed Strings
We're serving up new music made with bowed strings from New York composer Tristan Perich, Georgian composer Gio Janiashvili, London-based Oliver Leith and Belgian band, Echo Collective.Inspired by...
View Article#4366, Music for Multiples
Hear Steve Reich’s “Vermont Counterpoint,” from Claire Chase, a work by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy featuring multiple violas of Nadia Sirota with multiple violas da gamba of Liam Byrne, and a work...
View Article#4458, Music With Bowed Strings
We're serving up new music made with bowed strings from New York composer Tristan Perich, Georgian composer Gio Janiashvili, London-based Oliver Leith and Belgian band, Echo Collective.Inspired by...
View Article#4366, Music for Multiples
Hear Steve Reich’s “Vermont Counterpoint,” from Claire Chase, a work by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy featuring multiple violas of Nadia Sirota with multiple violas da gamba of Liam Byrne, and a work...
View Article#4458, Music With Bowed Strings
We're serving up new music made with bowed strings from New York composer Tristan Perich, Georgian composer Gio Janiashvili, London-based Oliver Leith and Belgian band, Echo Collective.Inspired by...
View Article#4589, Music for Multiples and Alternate Tunings
Hear works that use multiples of the same instrument: Rakhi Singh’s violin(s) in Julia Wolfe’s music for 9 bagpipes; guitars in music by Rhys Chatham; and violas and viols in work by Donnacha Dennehy....
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