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This episode of 'Extra Eclectic' features music by composer Zibuokle Martinaityte.
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The sound of fall colors

Extra Eclectic - Nov. 6, 2024

On the latest episode of Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel returns to the theme of fall for two hours of atmospheric contemporary classical sounds evoking falling leaves and melancholy vistas. We hear from Lithuanian composer Zibuokle Martinaityte (Autumn from her suite Sielunmaisema, a Finnish word meaning “landscape of the soul”), Mary Lattimore (Pine Trees), Jennifer Higdon (Autumn Music), and more. Listen now!

Playlist

Memoryhouse: Fragment/Embers
Max Richter
Angele Dubeau, conductor
La Pieta
Angele Dubeau, violin
Analekta 8745

Autumn Music
Jennifer Higdon
Imani Winds
Curtis Studio 24809

Meditations on Rilke: Herbst (Autumn)
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
San Francisco Symphony
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Pentatone 7355

Grace
Aaron Jay Kernis
Matt Haimovitz, cello
Pentatone 7161

Old and Lost Rivers
Tobias Picker
John Williams, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Sony 62729

Red Maple
Joan Tower
Calidore String Quartet
Peter Kolkay, bassoon
Bridge 9587

String Quartet No. 1 "Landscapes": Scenes from a Dark Wood
Gregory J. Harris
Sirius String Quartet
Navona 6315

Lysning (Glade)
Per Norgard
John Storgards, conductor
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Bis 2502

Pine Trees
Mary Lattimore
Mary Lattimore, harp
Ghostly 370

Sielunmaisema: Autumn
Zibuokle Martinaityte
Karolis Variakojis, conductor
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Rokas Vaitkevicius, cello
Ondine 1403

Hazel
Gemma Peacocke
~nois
Bright Shiny Things 197

Nature Morte: Who are you?
Galina Grigorjeva
Paul Hillier, conductor
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Ondine 1245

Over Light Earth
Daniel Bjarnason
Daniel Bjarnason, conductor
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
Dacapo 224746

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