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Composer Robert Honstein is a featured artist on this week's episode of Extra Eclectic.
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Contemplative summer nights

Extra Eclectic - June 28, 2023

Editor’s note: Audio for this program is no longer available due to rights restrictions.

Extra Eclectic host Steve Seel explores the feeling of summer nostalgia with Robert Honstein's composition Soul House. The piece explores youthful memories by depicting alcoves, driveways, bay windows, hallways and shafts of sunlight bathing them all in a warm glow of subtle colors well-suited for the contemplative hours of a summer night. Other featured music includes works by Viet Cuong, Anna Clyne and Arvo Pärt.

Episode playlist

Air for the Poet
Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison, Vol. 4
Tammittam Percussion Ensemble
Guido Facchin, conductor
4:48

Still So Much to Say
Viet Cuong
Carols After a Plague
The Crossing
Donald Nally, conductor
3:38

Soul House
Robert Honstein
Robert Honstein: Soul House
Hub New Music
33:48

Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)
Arvo Part
Arvo Part: Portrait
La Pieta
Angele Dubeau, conductor
Angele Dubeau, violin
8:23

It Never Rains
Gavin Bryars
Cold Blue Two
Rick Cox, electric guitar
4:49

Spiral
Cristina Spinei
APM Commission
Alicia Enstrom, violin
11:04

Violin Concerto No. 2 (Narcissus)
Eleanor Alberga
ALBERGA, E.: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, "Narcissus" / The Soul's Expression
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Joseph Swensen, conductor
Thomas Bowes, violin
21:28

Blackfriars
Anna Meredith
Nuc
Ligeti Quartet
Anna Meredith, electronics
3:02

This Midnight Hour
Anna Clyne
Anna Clyne: Mythologies
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor
12:42

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