Craig Whitney examines America’s relationship with guns and looks at the history of the Second Amendment and the gun control movement. Aman Sethi talks about poverty in Delhi. We’ll find out about “The Old Man and the Old Moon,” a play that combines original music, shadow puppetry, live action, and lighting effects. And Sean Wilentz gives an account of the rich history of Columbia Records.
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For this New Sounds, listen to some of "Heroic Weather," – from Alexander Desplat’s score to "Moonrise Kingdom," where every instrument is identified as it enters, much in the same way that Benjamin Britten does in his “Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.” That will probably bring to mind Sergei Prokofiev’s "Peter & the Wolf," (another popularly used score in children’s music education) so perhaps we’ll also hear something from that classic work. Plus, listen to some of Mike Oldfield's “Tubular Bells” where Vivian Stanshall formally announces each instrument as it joins the mix, towards the end of the piece. All these, and more.
