Piano Served Three Ways

This week on the New Canon, we hear new piano-heavy recordings of works by Timo Andres and Victor Kissine, as well as music from our album of the week featuring Phyllis Chen on toy piano. Listen today at 3 pm.

Aug 12, 2013

What You Compose in Your 30s

They say you really hit your stride in your 30s. This week on the New Canon, we hear works of Kaija Saariaho and Jennifer Higdon from this seminal time in their careers, as well as 31-year-old Nico Muhly.

Aug 5, 2013

New Songs and Ancient Dances

This week's episode of The New Canon centers on newly composed songs with both classic and contemporary texts, as well as dances that draw on ethnic influences from around the world. Jul 29, 2013

The Mechanics of Escapement

On today's episode of The New Canon, hear music from Caleb Burhan's debut album, featuring Alarm Will Sound, The Trinity Wall Street Choir and the Tarab Cello Ensemble. Also on tap ar... Jul 22, 2013

New Marriages of the Organic and Synthetic

This week's episode of The New Canon features selections from So Percussion's recording of Dan Trueman's "neither Anvil nor Pulley," Florent Boffard's exploration of the music of Arno... Jul 15, 2013

Reinventions

This week's episode of The New Canon features Carnatic-inspired music by Olivier Messiaen, Brian Harnetty's musical ruminations on Sun Ra and stunning arrangements for string quartet ... Jul 8, 2013

An Affinity for Infinity

On today's episode of The New Canon, we check out music by Victor Kissine recorded by the Kremerata Baltica on ECM; the Latvian Radio Choir singing Rautavaara's gorgeous choral works;... Jul 1, 2013

On Chaos

This week's episode of The New Canon is all about chaos, and an attempt to find order within chaos, as we check out new recordings from So Percussion, the Eclipse Quartet, Yungchen Lh... Jun 24, 2013

From Brooklyn to Europe and Back Again

Electro-acoustic tracks from Daniel Wohl’s new album "Corps Exquis" are sprinkled between concertos by Penderecki and Holmboe on this week’s episode of The New Canon.

Jun 17, 2013

Spirals

On this week’s episode of The New Canon, we listen to playful and thoughtfully-constructed works by Fred Lerdahl, Dmitri Tymoczko and George Tsontakis. Jun 10, 2013