Throughout history, composers who have been known for championing a particular musical style have shocked their fans by radically and suddenly changing their aesthetic.  Why does this happen, and who’s changing their style in the modern era?
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
George Rochberg: String Quartet No. 3 (excerpt)
Concord String Quartet
George Rochberg: Bagatelle No. 3, con brio
Evan Hirsh, p.
Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (excerpt)
Polish Nat’l Radio Symphony Orchestra/Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki: Symphony No. 8 (excerpt)
Warsaw Nat’l Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir/Antoni Wit
David del Tredeci: I Hear an Army (excerpt)
Composers String Quartet; Phyllis Bryn-Julson, s.
David del Tredeci: Final Alice (excerpt)
CSO/Solti; Hendricks, s.
Arvo Pärt: Nekrolog (excerpt)
Stockholm Philharmonic/Järvi
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Järvi
John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas
John Adams: Harmonielehre, Part II (excerpt)
San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas
Lois V. Vierk: Timberline (excerpt)
Relache/Lloyd Shorter