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Music in motion

Extra Eclectic - Aug. 7, 2024

The momentum is palpable on this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic, as host Steve Seel brings us works that hum along with motor-like rhythms. We enjoy Nico Muhly’s Motion, Alex Shapiro’s Perpetual Spark, Philip Glass’s Music in Similar Motion and more. In the second hour, it’s a tribute to German composer Wolfgang Rihm, who died last month at 72.

Playlist

Perpetuum Mobile
Jurgis Juozapaitis
Juha Kangas, conductor
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Finlandia 97893

Viva
Michael Daugherty
Haerim Elizabeth Lee, violin
Innova 14

Motion
Nico Muhly
Nicholas Collon, conductor
Aurora Orchestra
London/Decca 4782731

Perpetual Spark
Alex Shapiro
Fifth House Ensemble
Cedille 148

Music in Similar Motion
Philip Glass
eighth blackbird
Cedille 133

Con Moto
Hania Rani/Dobrawa Czocher
Hania Rani, piano and vocals
DG 4860603

At the Speed of Stillness
Charlotte Bray
Mark Elder, conductor
Aldeburgh World Orchestra
NMC 202

Continuance
Daniel Kidane
Sean Shibe, electric guitar
PentaTone 988

Seven Passion Texts: Tristis est Anima Mea
Wolfgang Rihm
Daniel Reuss, conductor
Cappella Amsterdam
Pentatone 948

Gesungene Zeit (Time Chant)
Wolfgang Rihm
Darrell Ang, conductor
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Tianwa Yang, violin
Naxos 573667

Keymaster
Caleb Burhans
Janus
New Amsterdam 24

On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter
Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Baltic Sea Philharmonic
DG 4860449

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