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Christopher ORiley Podcasts
From the Top at Carnegie Hall, hosted by celebrated pianist Christopher O'Riley, showcases the top-notch skills, offbeat humor and compelling stories of America's best young classical musicians. This video podcast offers interviews, at-home videos, Carnegie performances, out-takes and raw, unedited rehearsals.
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Watch full episodes of PBS' From the Top at Carnegie Hall, showcasing America’s most extraordinary young musicians aged 8 to 18. Based on the popular NPR program and hosted by acclaimed pianist Christopher O’Riley, the television series takes viewers behind the scenes with today’s rising young musicians, and captures the excitement of their Carnegie Hall debuts.
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New Sounds is unlike any radio show you've ever heard: a whirlwind tour of new and unusual music from all corners of the globe. New Sounds combs recent recordings for one of the most informative and compelling hours on radio, and aims to make the world smaller. For over 25 years, host John Schaefer has been finding the melody in the rainforest and the rhythm in an orchestra of tin cans. Defying rigid categorization and genre pigeonholing, New Sounds offers new ways to hear the ancient langua ...
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Over The Top Episode #004 with Cellist, Zlatomir Fung
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Takeaways Zlatimir Fung began playing the cello at a young age and received his formative musical training in the Boston area. He had influential teachers, including a Suzuki teacher and Emmanuel Feldman, who helped shape his technique and musicality. Zlatimir emphasizes the importance of collaboration and community in music, which he learned throu…
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Over The Top Episode #003 with Classical Guitarist & Medical Research Scientist, Kang Min Shin
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Kang Min Shin started learning classical guitar at a young age and participated in a national youth guitar competition in Korea. Despite low expectations, he tied for first place with a competitor who aspired to be a professional classical guitarist. This remarkable result motivated Kang Min to continue practicing and pursuing a career in music. Ka…
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Over The Top Episode #002 w/violinist, Bella Hristova
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A deep dive into Bulgarian violin phenom, Bella Hristova, beginning with our own collaborations, her love of running and reading, her amazing growth professionally & personally. Chapters 00:00 Collaborating on a Response to Xenophobia 16:29 Working with Jamie Laredo and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 41:24 Recording David Ludwig's Viol…
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Over The Top Episode #001 with Aaron Wolff
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n this conversation, host Christopher O'Riley interviews cellist Aaron Wolff, discussing his musical and acting career. They talk about Aaron's experience acting in the Coen Brothers film 'A Serious Man' and his work in the Boston Symphony Concerto Competition. They also touch on Aaron's upbringing in a musical household and his studies in the Neth…
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We've Got Rhythms (Special Podcast of show #3960)
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Listen to rhythmic music, whether for percussion, string quartet or vocal duet for this New Sounds. Hear works from percussionist Ian David Rosenbaum, Kelly Moran, and the Jasper String Quartet, and a vocal duet from Meredith Monk and Robert Een. From the recent record, Unbound, by the Jasper String Quartet, hear a non-stop motoring work by Judd Gr…
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August & September 2017 New Releases (Special Podcast)
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Hear prog-marching band music from Chicago's Mucca Pazza, ambient-gothic Norwegian-Icelandic music from the duo Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, jazz-tronic ambient minimalism from London's Portico Quartet, and new work from Danish experimental supergroup Girls in Airports.By WNYC Studios
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Classical Instruments, Contemporary Sounds (Special Podcast)
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Hear music that begins with classical instruments, like the string quartet, piano, or an orchestra, but which is then augmented, enhanced by electronics, percussion, or preparation. Listen to works by English violinist, pianist, and composer Poppy Ackroyd, Netherlands-based composer Peter Adriaansz, and cinematic music from the augmented string qua…
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#3928: With Guitarist Shane Parish (Special Podcast)
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Guitarist Shane Parish, of the instrumental prog-punk band Ahleuchatistas, plays music from his solo record of “weird old Americana” live in the studio on acoustic & prepared guitar.By WNYC Studios
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#3912: With Zakir Hussain & Niladri Kumar (Special Podcast)
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“Indian music does not stop and start with Ravi Shankar.” So says tabla master Zakir Hussain, who, along with young sitar virtuoso, Niladri Kumar, joins John in the studio for a live performance. Niladri Kumar and Zakir Hussain perform a radio-friendly (short) Raga Charukeshi, for Rupak Tal (a seven beat rhythmic cycle) and Raga Bhairavi in Teental…
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#3893: With Guitarist Guy Buttery (Special Podcast)
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South African guitarist Guy Buttery visits the studio to perform virtuosic feats of bending, tapping, picking, harmonics, and other techniques and textures yet to be named for guitar. Hear music from his latest record, his sixth, a self-titled wonder of collaborative tunes. Plus, music from the late Malian guitarist and griot Tiécoro Sissoko.…
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In-Studio: Alina Ibragimova Performs Bach and Ysaÿe
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The Russian-born violinist Alina Ibragimova in recent years has developed a following in Europe, especially in the U.K., where she studied and came of age. She appears poised to have a bigger following in New York, too, after her recent performances at the Mostly Mozart Festival and in the studio at WQXR. She came to the WQXR performance studio to …
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New Music from Ireland Part 3 (Special Podcast)
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This episode continues the series exploring the new music of Ireland. John Schaefer sits down with Jonathan Nangle at the Contemporary Music Centre in Dublin. Nangle tells how Donnacha Dennehy influenced him to explore more experimental music, and then shares how electronics and silence factor into his compositions. Listen to how Nangle uses electr…
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Various Electroacoustic Music (Special Podcast)
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Hear electroacoustic music by Dublin-based Seán Mac Erlaine and Australian-born, London-based Leah Kardos. Plus, music from NY-based GABI, cellist Julia Kent, and Bing & Ruth.By WNYC Studios
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Composer, keyboardist and bandleader, Missy Mazzoli, joins John Schaefer to introduce selections from her new recording, “Vespers for a New Dark Age.” The work, commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the 2014 Ecstatic Music Festival, is a 30-minute suite for singers, chamber ensemble and electronics, and is built around text, both spiritual and worldly,…
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