Contemporary Classical Music Podcast
L.A. based ensemble wild Up is making their mark on the national contemporary music scene. We caught up with them at the recent Sonic Festival in New York City and will play music from that concert. Live recordings from their albums Feather and Stone and You of All Things, an album collaboration with Icelandic choir Graduale Nobili, are … Continue reading #186 Sonic Festival: Wild Up
Though relatively new on the scene, with their signature combination of virtuosic playing, audience-friendly manner and willingness to take risks, Spektral Quartet is proving to be a string quartet to watch. We’ll feature their latest release on the Sono Luminus label, Serious Business. Hosted by Seth BousteadProduced by Jesse McQuarters Chris Fisher-Lochhead: Hack, Set I … Continue reading #180 Spektral Quartet: Serious Business Album Release
Ground breakers, virtuosos, and commissioners of many of the world’s twentieth and twenty-first century string quartet masterpieces, the influence of the Kronos Quartet cannot be underestimated. We’ll feature a sampling of their luminous output over the years. Hosted by Seth BousteadProduced by Jesse McQuarters Alan Dorsey: Whatever Happened to the Hoodoo Meat Bucket? Kronos Quartet … Continue reading #164 Kronos Quartet
Stunningly versatile pianist Jenny Lin has recorded with jazz musicians, rockers, contemporary composers and everyone in between. Equally comfortable playing Shostakovich on the same concert as giving a world premiere, Lin is a vital talent that is taking concert halls by storm. Hosted by Seth BousteadProduced by Jesse McQuarters George Gershwin: I Got Rhythm (excerpt) … Continue reading #154 Jenny Lin
This new release by the Del Sol Quartet marks the first time that all of the string quartets by Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe have appeared on one recording. We’ll play several selections from this remarkable new album. Hosted by Seth BousteadProduced by Jesse McQuarters Peter Sculthorpe: String Quartet No. 16, I (excerpt) Del Sol Quartet; … Continue reading #152 Del Sol Quartet Plays Peter Sculthorpe
Legendary Brazilian guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad have been performing and recording together for 50 years, reinventing guitar technique along the way. We’ll talk with Sérgio about their remarkable career and feature music by a wide variety of composers who have written for them. Hosted by Seth BousteadProduced by Jesse McQuarters Altamir Penha: Nós … Continue reading #150 Assad Brothers
Percussionist Payton MacDonald calls Super Marimba the nexus point of all of his artistic activities. Featuring influences from jazz and classical to Hindustani and improvisational music, this is the marimba as you’ve never heard it before. Hosted by Seth BousteadProduced by Jesse McQuarters Ravi Shankar: Raga Bhimpalasi Shankar, sitar Sony 66919 1:41 Purchase Payton MacDonald: … Continue reading #123 Payton MacDonald: Super Marimba
One of America’s most acclaimed and versatile contemporary music pianists, performance artist and keyboardist Kathleen Supové is known for breaking boundaries between audience and performer and for her multimedia performances as the “Exploding Piano.” Hosted by Seth BousteadProduced by Jesse McQuarters Randall Woolf: Adrenalin Revival, III & II Kathleen Supové, piano Koch 7572 1:16, 3:05 … Continue reading #108 Kathleen Supové
Called one of the best drummers of all time by Gigwise magazine, Kotche is also a talented and multi-faceted composer who has worked with powerhouse groups like eighth blackbird, So Percussion and Kronos Quartet. Hosted by Seth BousteadProduced by Jesse McQuarters Kotche: Anomaly, II, III, IV, V, VIIKronos Quartet; Kotche, perc. Kotche: The Haunted (excerpts)Lisa Kaplan & … Continue reading #88 Wilco’s Glenn Kotche Goes Classical
With roots in jazz, classical and sacred music, rhythmic influences derived from travels in six continents, and a combustible spontaneity, cellist Eugene Friesen (Paul Winter Consort), pianist and master harmonica player Howard Levy (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Kenny Loggins, Paquito d’Rivera), and percussionist Glen Velez (Paul Winter Consort, Steve Reich) epitomize the quintessential group … Continue reading #83 Trio Globo (Live)