Stay ConnectedA podcast about the most fascinating time in classical music history: right now.
Relevant Tones features interviews with and music by some of the most creative figures in contemporary classical music, themed shows exploring new trends in classical music and frequent live streamed shows featuring conversations and music performances.
Hosted and produced by Seth Boustead, Austin Williams, Stephen Anthony Rawson and Matt Dotson.
Copyright: © Seth Boustead
Composers and performers are finding incredibly creative ways to continue connecting and making great music in the midst of a global pandemic. Seth talks with composers Suzanne Farrin, Gene Pritsker, Carlos Simon, Liza Sobel and Greg Bartholomew as well as countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and American Composers Orchestra's Artistic Director Derek Bermel.
MUSIC
Nacht (excerpt) by Suzanne Farrin
Performed by: Suzanne Farrin, ondes Martenot
Alice Teyssier, voice
Ross Karre, percussion
Randall Zigler, bass
Nuiko Wadden, harp
Ryan Streber, audio engineer
Pandemic Dance #32 and #30 by Gene Pritsker
Performed by: Carson Cooman, organ
Kristof Knoch - bass clarinet
Gene Pritsker - electric guitar
Another Rising by Carlos Simon
Presented as part of American Composers Orchestra's Connecting ACO Community
Performed by: Anthony Roth Constanzo, counter tenor
Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun Menaker - Founder and Artistic Director
Brian Losch, sound editing and mixing
Reverse Forward by Liza Sobel
Performed by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Ken-David Masur - conductor
Fire and Ice and Prairie Spring by Greg Bartholomew
Performed by: Matt Curtis
Useless Machines for Thinking, Dreaming, Feeling
mvmt 3 Mind Fire by Seth Boustead
Performed by Ford Fourqurean - bass clarinet
David Keller - cello
Henry Zheng - violin
Narrative is an important aspect of both music and storytelling. Seth talks with composers Nathalie Joachim and David T. Little and writer J. Robert Lennon about how they structure their music and stories.
We’ll hear music performed by cellist Nicholas Photinos and pianist Yasuko Oura and chat with them about their perspectives on narrative structure in the works they’re performing.
Air Date: May 1, 2020 8:00 EDT
This program was streamed live to Facebook and YouTube. Don’t worry, we were all safe at home…
MUSIC
Dam Mwen Yo by Nathalie Joachim
Whitespace by Seth Boustead
Sonnets by Andrew Norman
1) with shifting change
2) to be so tickled
3) my tongue-tied muse
4) so far from variation
5) confounded to decay
Song of Songs by Karen Tanaka
and the sky was still there by David T. Little
Narrative is an important aspect of both music and storytelling. Seth talks with composers Nathalie Joachim and David T. Little and writer J. Robert Lennon about how they structure their music and stories.
We’ll hear music performed by cellist Nicholas Photinos and pianist Yasuko Oura and chat with them about their perspectives on narrative structure in the works they’re performing.
Air Date: May 1, 2020 8:00 EDT
Location: The comfort of your couch (though we know you’re probably sick of that by now)
This program was streamed live to Facebook and YouTube. Don’t worry, we were all safe at home…
MUSIC
Dam Mwen Yo by Nathalie Joachim
Whitespace by Seth Boustead
Sonnets by Andrew Norman
According to a recent article in the New Yorker, "astrology is currently enjoying a broad cultural acceptance that hasn’t been seen since the nineteen-seventies. The shift began with the advent of the personal computer, accelerated with the Internet, and has reached new speeds through social media."
This live broadcast from Caveat in Manhattan features conversation with celebrity astrologers Rebecca Gordon (Dr. Oz, Harpers Bazaar) and Sam Reynolds (Bill Nye) about sun signs, the western zodiac versus Chinese zodiac and what you can do if through no fault of your own you were born under a bad sign and are, consequently, a bit of a jerk.
Music in Part 2 includes
Run Rabbit Run (excerpts) by Sufjan Stevens
Enjoy Your Rabbit
Year of the Rooster
Year of the Ox
Year of the Horse
Year of the Boar
Performed by the Osso Quartet
According to a recent article in the New Yorker, "astrology is currently enjoying a broad cultural acceptance that hasn’t been seen since the nineteen-seventies. The shift began with the advent of the personal computer, accelerated with the Internet, and has reached new speeds through social media."
This live broadcast from Caveat in Manhattan features conversation with celebrity astrologers Rebecca Gordon (Dr. Oz, Harpers Bazaar) and Sam Reynolds (Bill Nye) about sun signs, the western zodiac versus Chinese zodiac and what you can do if through no fault of your own you were born under a bad sign and are, consequently, a bit of a jerk.
Music in Part 1 includes
Sun in Virgo by Peri Mauer
Zodiac by Marc Mellits
Performed by:
Peter Ferry - marimba
Ford Fourqurean - clarinet
Jeremiah Moss’ book, Vanishing New York inspired this live program featuring the music of New York City composers who were an important staple of the ’70’s and ’80’s scene but were taken too soon. We’re honoring Julius Eastman, Arthur Russell, Ben Weber, and Tui St. German Tucker by representing their works and stories.
This program took place at the Lincoln Center Atrium and also featured a pre-concert panel presentation with Jeremiah Moss, Open House New York director Gregory Wessner, author of Country of Cities Vishaan Chakrabarti and composer Frank J. Oteri.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Dan Goldberg
Music
Piano Sonata No. 2 by Tui St. George Tucker
Roger Tréfousse, piano
Three Short Pieces by Arthur Russell
Arranged: Seth Boustead
Caeli Smith viola; James Kim, cello
Lyric Piece by Ben Weber
Adelya Nartadjieva, violin; Suliman Tekali, violin; Caeli Smith, viola; James Kim, cello
Experimental Music for Ezra Pound by Arthur Russell
Arranged: Seth Boustead
Roger Tréfousse, piano; Neil Beckmann, guitar; Sae Hashimoto, percussion; Aaron Wolff, cello/narrator
The Moon’s Silent Modulation by Julius Eastman
Opera on Tap; Suliman Tekalli, violin; Adelya Nartadjieva, violin; Caeli Smith, viola; James Kim, cello; Sam Suggs, bass; Beomjae Kim, flute; Sae Hashimoto, percussion; Erika Dohi, piano; Mika Sasaki, piano; Mila Henry, conductor
Rolling Stone declared Nels Cline as one of the 20 “new guitar gods” and one of the top 100 guitarists of all time.
He may be best known as the guitarist of rock band Wilco, but he’s also a talented composer. Seth sits down with Cline to discuss his compositional and improvisational style, making the bridge to classical, and his album Lovers.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Dan Goldberg
Introduction: Diaphanous by Nels Cline
Nels Cline Big Band
Hydrofoil by Nels Cline and Devin Sarno
Nels Cline, electric guitar, electric autoharp, effects, loops; Devin Sarno, electric bass guitar, effects
Onan Suite: Amniotica, Lord and Lady, Dreams in the Mirror by Nels Cline
Nels Cline, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, sruti box, autoharp, zither, megamouth, kaossilator, quintronics drum buddy
Harbor Child by Nels Cline
Nels Cline Singers
Dirty Baby- Parts III and IV by Nels Cline
Nels Cline and Friends
Invitation by Nels Cline
Nels Cline Big Band
The Bond by Nels Cline
Nels Cline Big Band
There’s a subsection of contemporary music called ‘Musical Historicism;’ a genre of music that uses historical elements and revives them in modern works.
From Minimalism to Totalism, Modernism to Post-Modernism to Neomodernism; we’re taking a look at pieces that influence contemporary compositions, either to mimic the past or to be the antithesis.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Dan Goldberg
A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky by Charles Wuorinen
London Sinfonietta; Oliver Knussen, conductor
Concerto for Orchestra by Luciano Berio
Orchestre National de France; New Swingle Singers; Pierre Boulez, conductor
Absolute Jest by John Adams
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Over 60 years of composing, Thea Musgrave is a powerful voice that demand respect around the world. We’re taking a deep-dive into her massive library and showcasing her eclectic range including chamber, orchestral, and electronic works.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Dan Goldberg
Turbulent Landscapes
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Concerto for Orchestra
Gervase de Peyer, clarinet; Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
Green
Scottish Ensemble
Impromptu No. 1
Nicolas Daniel, oboe; Emer McDonough, flute
During the LA Philharmonic’s 2018/19 season, they commissioned 50 new works from artists including Louis Andriessen, Unsuk Chin, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich, just to name a few.
Composer and curator of the first of the LA Phil’s new music series, entitled Green Umbrella, Andrew Norman talks about the Southern Californian composers that he’s presenting.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Sarah Zwinklis
Omie Wise by Bryce Dessner
Eighth Blackbird
Codex Seraphinianus: Machinery, Anthropology, Games by Marcos Balter
International Contemporary Ensemble
Aheym by Bryce Dessner
Kronos Quartet
Templating Tranquility (excerpt) by Tyshawn Sorey
Tyshawn Sorey Trio
New York Tendaberry by Laura Nyro
Renée Fleming, soprano; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Billy Childs, piano
The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory- Part II by Annie Gosfield
Roger Kleier, electric guitar; Christine Bard and Jim Pugliese, percussion; Annie Gosfield, sampler
Four Rosesby Annie Gosfield
Ted Mook, cello; Annie Gosfield, sampler
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