Hiroshima Maiden

Evening Music | May 6, 2010

We sample post-minimalist composer/cellist Robert Een's score to a puppet theatre piece about the horrors of the atomic bomb, Hiroshima Maiden. Also, a track from guitarist/composer Andrew McKenna Lee's "Scordatura Suite," and contrasting offerings from pianists Ian Brown and William Chapman Nyaho.

Also Featured Tonight:

Alan Hovhaness / Sonata, Op. 406
Astor Piazzolla / Verano porteno (Summer in Buenos Aires)
David Amram / Triple Concerto: "Blues"
Takashi Yoshimatsu / Guitar Concerto, "Pegasus Effect"
Carl Nielsen / Woodwind Quintet, Op.43

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