Poster Nico Muhly
This episode of 'Extra Eclectic' includes music by composer Nico Muhly.
Gabler, Jay
Extra Eclectic

Memory, Reality and Illusion

Extra Eclectic - Jan. 24, 2024

Is it real or in your mind? This week Extra Eclectic explores the blurred lines between imagination and reality, including Nico Muhly's Seeing Is Believing, Paul Matthusen's Of Memory and Minutae, and Shulamit Ran's Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory. Listen now with host Steve Seel.

Playlist

On Seven-Star-Shoes
Julia Wolfe
Never Sing Before Breakfast
Quintet of the Americas

of memory and minutiae
Paula Matthusen
Of Minutiae and Memory
Jody Redhage, cello

Tripotage Miniatures
Anna Meredith
New Chamber Works
Aurora Orchestra

The Pismirist's Congeries: Anacampserote
Carl Schimmel
Roadshow: Music of Carl Schimmel
Alex Sopp, flute

String Quartet No. 3 "Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory"
Shulamit Ran
Contemporary Voices
Pacifica Quartet

Small Variations
Nico Muhly
Variations
Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano

Lalin
Nathalie Joachim
Ourself Behind Ourself, Concealed
Tasha Warren, clarinet

Fairytale Poem (Marchenbild)
Sofia Gubaidulina
GUBAIDULINA, S.: Pro et contra / Concordanza / Poema-skazka
Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernhard Klee, conductor

Ones: The Floaty One
Jascha Narveson
Potential Differences
Dither

Seeing is Believing
Nico Muhly
Nico Muhly: Seeing is Believing
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon, conductor
Thomas Gould, electric violin

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