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This episode of 'Extra Eclectic' features music by Michael Tilson Thomas.
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Extra Eclectic

A night out

Extra Eclectic - Aug. 14, 2024

You Come Here Often? It's not a question, but the name of the piano piece by Michael Tilson Thomas that opens this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic with nods to gathering places: first, the nightclub, with John Adams’ Saxophone Concerto, and then — the “day club?” — with Paul Schoenfield’s Cafe Music. In the second hour, we hear reflections on the afterlife, from composers Steven Mackey, Caroline Shaw, Olivier Messiaen and others. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Playlist

You Come Here Often?
Michael Tilson Thomas
Yuja Wang, piano
DG 4864261

Cafe Music
Paul Schoenfield
Paul Schoenfield, piano
Innova 108

Saxophone Concerto
John Adams
David Robertson, conductor
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Timothy McAllister, saxophone
Nonesuch 541356

Mangas
Curtis Stewart/Elektra Stewart
Sybarite5
Bright Shiny Things 191

In Our Softening
Sophia Subbayya Vastek
Sophia Subbayya Vastek, piano
SELF PROD 2022

Beautiful Passing
Steven Mackey
David Robertson, conductor
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Anthony Marwood, violin
Canary 22

To the Hands: Ever Ever Ever
Caroline Shaw
Donald Nally, conductor
The Crossing
Innova 912

American Symphony: Prayer
Adam Schoenberg
Michael Stern, conductor
Kansas City Symphony
Reference 139

fields of forever
Chad Lawson
Chad Lawson, piano
London/Decca 4563275

Illuminations of the Beyond (Eclairs sur l'au-dela): Demeurer dans l’mour (To Abide in Love)
Olivier Messiaen
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
Orchestre de la Bastille
DG 439929

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