Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson felt a strong affinity for the idea of the "drone," a musical concept that he said he saw as "a fundamental vibration that anchors music and gives you a foundation." He returned to the idea again and again in his works, but perhaps nowhere as explicitly as in a piece that's just received a new posthumous premiere recording, Drone Mass. Steve Seel features a selection from the piece this week, in a program that focuses on themes of the natural world in honor of Earth Day.
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