On today’s show: Catherine Deneuve talks about her latest role in the Francois Ozon comedy “Potiche” and about a retrospective of her films at BAM! Richard James Burgess, John Edward, and Dan Morgenstern discuss the turning points in the history of jazz. We’ll find out about a dance production, “Fall and Recover,” about overcoming torture. Also, we’ll get an update on the protests in Syria. Plus, Please Explain is all about radiation!
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For this New Sounds, listen to the latest offering from Arvo Pärt - "In Principio" – for mixed chorus and orchestra. In it, Pärt sets the famous opening of the gospel of St. John: "In principio erat Verbum"("In the beginning was the word…"). We’ll also hear another movement from that same weighty work, "Erat lux vera" ("That was the True Light") and an instrumental work, "Mein Weg." Also, listen for some more so-called "holy minimalism" that looks east in music of John Tavener – his work "Svyati" for cello and choir. Then there’s also the alleged secular minimalism of Philip Glass, along with more minimalism from Christopher Roberts. And more.
