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Sacred, secular, set to poetry or neutral syllables, vocal music can be found in most every corner of the New Music world. The voice is perhaps the most flexible and expressive instrument out there; everything from oboes to guitars is compared to it. There is something instantly rousing and sort of, well, human about vocal music. It translates emotion in a very visceral way.

This week's Hammered! explores avant-garde works new and old that reinvented the way we hear music. Listen for unusual pairings like Stockhausen and Beethoven, Shostakovich and Bach, ...