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Spanish composer Javier Lopez de Guerena's 'Concierto Ecuanime' pairs guitar with vibraphone.
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Javier Lopez de Guerena's classical-jazz nexus

Extra Eclectic - July 19, 2023

This week's episode of Extra Eclectic percolates with a myriad of exciting selections, including no fewer than three that feature guitars. Spanish composer Javier Lopez de Guerena's Concierto Ecuanime pairs guitar with vibraphone for a thrilling mixture of classical and jazz textures. Janika Vandervelde's Genesis V presents a gentler tapestry for guitar quartet. Host Steve Seel also plays the rollicking work for piano duet, Etude From the Old Country, by contemporary veteran Terry Riley, as well as an ethereal and otherworldly choral piece by John Cage, Four2.

Episode Playlist

Duo: Scherzo
Gity Razaz
Gity Razaz: The Strange Highway
Francesca dePasquale, violin
4:41

Con Moto
Hania Rani/Dobrawa Czocher
Inner Symphonies
Hania Rani, piano and vocals
5:05

Etude from the Old Country
Terry Riley
ZOFO Duet
12:42

Concierto Ecuanime
Javier Lopez de Guerena
Guitar Double Concertos
Oviedo Filarmonia
Oliver Diaz, conductor
Miguel Trapaga, guitar
20:31

Dynamics of Vanishing Bodies: Auras
Brendon Randall-Myers
Dither
8:06

water hollows stone: mist
Alex Weiser
HOCKET
5:23

Four2
John Cage
Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Klava, conductor
7:07

Perfectly Voiceless
Devonte Hynes
Third Coast Percussion
11:29

Genesis V
Janika Vandervelde
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
11:54

Amazing Grace
Ben Johnston
Kronos Quartet
11:49

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