Extra Eclectic - May 24

This week on Extra Eclectic, we hear from Syrian composer Malek Jandali, whose work integrates Middle Eastern and Arabic melodies into the structures of Western classical music. He also founded the nonprofit organization Pianos for Peace, which aims to build peace through music and education. Listen with host Steve Seel as he showcases Jandali's Violin Concerto, played by Rachel Barton Pine, in addition to works by Missy Mazzoli, Reinaldo Moya, Sarah Kirkland Snider and others.

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Steve Seel is the host of YourClassical’s weekly SymphonyCast and the trailblazing music show Extra Eclectic. He possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at radio stations around the country. Steve began his love affair with public radio at 24 working whatever shifts he could at his hometown station of WUSF-FM in Tampa, Florida, and from there worked his way to snowy Buffalo, New York, and its renowned classical station WNED-FM, where he hosted middays and the weekly experimental-music show Present Tense.  In 2005, Steve became one of the founding voices on Minnesota Public Radio's eclectic station, the Current. While there, he hosted afternoons and mornings, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. Steve is a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.


Steve Seel

This week on Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel showcases the work of Syrian composer Malek Jandali, who integrates Middle Eastern and Arabic melodies into the structures of Western classical music in his pieces. Other works on this episode include those by Missy Mazzoli, Reinaldo Moya and Sarah Kirkland Snider.


Malek Jandali bridges multiple borders

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