When Disaster Strikes
Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Performers and composers aren’t the only ones re-thinking the significance
of music in these post-September 11 times. Trinity Church music director Owen
Burdick spearheaded efforts to provide music to recovery workers near the former
World Trade Center plaza. Over 700 concerts’ worth of tuneful respite, to
be precise. Burdick now says that a lot less music, and a lot more peace and quiet,
may have been a better tactic. The California Guitar Trio bring their amalgam
of classical, jazz, and surf-guitar music, to the studio for a live performance
of memorial music. Plus, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer reviews Bruce Springsteen’s
latest album, a disc comprised mostly of songs inspired by the terrorist attacks.
Even though streets near the former World Trade Center site remained off-limits for weeks after the Twin Towers’ collapse, Trinity Church had a Eucharist a mere five days after September 11.
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Even though streets near the former World Trade Center site remained off-limits for weeks after the Twin Towers’ collapse, Trinity Church had a Eucharist a mere five days after September 11.
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Since their chance meeting at a guitar workshop in England in 1987, the members
of the California Guitar Trio have fused their backgrounds in classical, rock,
and jazz to create a quirky repertoire that includes California surf-guitar
and compositions by Bach.
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Bruce Springsteen has recently pumped financial resources into Asbury Park,
the Jersey Shore town where he kicked off his music career. The rock luminary
hits Europe next month before resuming his tour schedule in the U.S.
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