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#4932, Electronic Music, Old and New
Music by Vienna-based American musician/artist Ariadne Randall; vintage computer music from American Paul Lansky; and a work by experimental electronic composer Elori Saxl.
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#5027, Musical Tributes to Terry Riley
Hear musical tributes to minimalist composer Terry Riley for his 90th birthday from keyboardist/composer Lorna Dune, American pianist Marco Benevento, and by clarinetist Evan Ziporyn.
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#5026, From NSL: Meredith Monk and Alarm Will Sound, From Merkin Hall
Vocalist, choreographer, and composer Meredith Monk and her Vocal Ensemble and supergroup Alarm Will Sound performed Monk's music at Kaufman Center in May 2025. (Part 1 of 2).
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#5179, Big Pieces, Little Ideas
For this show, hear big pieces that grow from small musical ideas in work by the late Stephen Scott & his bowed piano ensemble, a film score by Philip Glass, and "Clapping Music" by Steve Reich.
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#5029, From Soundcheck: Immersion & SUSS
UK duo Immersion (Colin Newman & Malka Spigel) in collaboration with New York-based ambient country band SUSS blend rhythm, synths, and atmospherics for motoric soundscapes, in-studio.
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#5178, New Releases, August 2026
A selection of our favorite releases from the month of August: Jack Wyllie's "Eternal Spring", Lara Somogyi's "alloy IX", Exceptet's "Chopsticks", and more.
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#4931, Sexmob, With and Without Laurie Anderson
Listen to music from Sexmob and Laurie Anderson; Sexmob with Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quaret, and Marshall Allen covering Sun Ra; and Steven Bernstein (of Sexmob) with Fight the Big Bull.
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#4925, Native American Concert Music
Listen to indigenous North American music that incorporates the sounds of western orchestral instruments in music by Elisapie, Robert Mirabal with ETHEL, and Inuk singer Tanya Tagaq.
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#5025, Electroacoustic Music
Hear acoustic sounds with electronic production from Irish violinist Darragh Morgan, the Vermont duo Platform8, Polish composer Stefan Wesolowski, and Amsterdam-based Wanderwelle.
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#5177, Choral Music
There's choral music for grown up and younger choirs from LA-based Canadian composer Sarah Davachi, English composer Pete Wyer, and Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy.
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