Special Podcast: New Music for Silent Films: The Eagle, The General (originally aired Feb. 22, 2007)

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
From the New Sounds Live/Silent Film series, the Alloy Orchestra performs new music for the silent films “The Eagle” and “The General,” on keyboards, clarinet, accordion, percussion, and their famed “ton of junk,” at the World Financial Center.

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