Poster Missy Mazzoli
Composer Missy Mazzoli is a featured artist on this week's episode of 'Extra Eclectic.'
Caroline Tompkins
Extra Eclectic

Extra Eclectic for Sept. 20, 2023

Host Steve Seel gives us a variety of contemporary music on the latest episode of Extra Eclectic. The program features works by Missy Mazzoli, Philip Glass and more. Listen now!

Episode Playlist

Beyond the Order of Things (after Josquin des Prez's Praeter Rerum Seriem)
Missy Mazzoli
Primavera II: the rabbits
Matt Haimovitz, cello
4:28

Metamorphosis II
Philip Glass
Home
Elizabeth Hainen, harp
7:32

Sogno di Stabat Mater
Lera Auerbach
Concert Recording
Britten Sinfonia
Thomas Gould, conductor
12:24

Mass for the Endangered: Sanctus and Benedictus
Sarah Kirkland Snider
Sarah Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered
Gallicantus
Gabriel Crouch, conductor
6:58

Silent Spring
Steven Stucky
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6; Stucky: Silent Spring
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
16:34

Continuance
Daniel Kidane
Lost and Found
Sean Shibe, electric guitar
2:06

The Mist: Part 1
Franz Bak
Nordic Noir
Trondheim Soloists
Mari Samuelsen, violin
4:46

Lumieres
Alexandra Streliski
Neo-Romance
Alexandra Streliski, piano
3:48

Sun Rings: One Earth, One People, One Love
Terry Riley
Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector
Kronos Quartet
9:07

Flood
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3:20

Aequora
Maria Huld Markan Sigfusdottir
Recurrence
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Bjarnason, conductor
12:02

Clair-Obscur
Jane Antonia Cornish
Duende
Miranda Cuckson, violin
19:06

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