Go West, Young People!
Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
The WNYC Young People’s Radio Chorus will join us for a live performance, premiering excerpts from a new choral/orchestral work composed by Rob Kapilow commemorating the bicentennial of the Lewis & Clark expedition. With a libretto by Darrell Kipp of the Blackfeet Tribe of Montanawhich includes words and phrases from Native American languagesthe work revisits the historic journey in a novel way: through the eyes of the tribal nations visited by Lewis & Clark.
To access the study guide that accompanies today's show, The Music of Rob Kapilow, please visit:
» The Rob Kapilow Study Guide on YPC's website
Also on the show, some arts news. Yesterday the New York Philharmonic announced that it will be extending the contract of music director Lorin Maazel until 2009. But there's a catch. We hear what that is from New York Times chief classical music critic Anthony Tommasini about the implications of the announcement. Finally, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts announced that it will acquire the archives of two legendary Broadway songwriting teams. WNYC cultural reporter Judith Kampfner is here to fill us in on what it means.
Additional Resources:
» Young People's Chorus website
» Robert Kapilow biography
» WNYC Young People's Radio Chorus: A Listener's Guide
To access the study guide that accompanies today's show, The Music of Rob Kapilow, please visit:
» The Rob Kapilow Study Guide on YPC's website
Also on the show, some arts news. Yesterday the New York Philharmonic announced that it will be extending the contract of music director Lorin Maazel until 2009. But there's a catch. We hear what that is from New York Times chief classical music critic Anthony Tommasini about the implications of the announcement. Finally, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts announced that it will acquire the archives of two legendary Broadway songwriting teams. WNYC cultural reporter Judith Kampfner is here to fill us in on what it means.
Additional Resources:
» Young People's Chorus website
» Robert Kapilow biography
» WNYC Young People's Radio Chorus: A Listener's Guide
