Poster Kevin Puts
Composer Kevin Puts helps feed our take on Thanksgiving with his work 'Home.'
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Who says modern classical can't be gorgeous?

Extra Eclectic - Nov. 27, 2024

Who says modern classical can’t be gorgeous? Not us! On the latest episode of Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel helps take the edge off the night before Thanksgiving with good music to calm your nerves after a day of traveling — or maybe you just need some solace now that the in-laws are in town. You’ll hear Home, by Kevin Puts; one of Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Serenades for Violin; plus music by Arvo Part, Judd Greenstein, Jane Antonio Cornish and more.  

Playlist

Sunrise
Connor Chee
Connor Chee, piano
Wild Saguaro 2020

Sunset
Connor Chee
Connor Chee, piano
Wild Saguaro 2020

Chaconne
Norman Dello Joio
James Sedares, conducto
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Koch 7243

Home: 1st movement
Kevin Puts
Miro Quartet
Pentatone 7227

Piano Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
Philip Glass
A Far Cry Orchestra
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Orange Mountain 127

Winter Song
Gordon Getty
Matt Haimovitz, cello
Pentatone 7161

again (after ecclesiastes)
David Lang
Paul Hillier, conductor
Theatre of Voices
Harmonia Mundi 807496

Two Serenades: Serenade pour la vie
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Mikko Franck, conductor
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Hahn, violin
DG 4839847

Things We Trust In
Robert Jurjendal
Volkmar Zimmermann, guitar
Albany 1738

Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)
Arvo Part
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
DG 15203

Still Point
Judd Greenstein
A Far Cry Orchestra
Awadagin Pratt, piano
New Amsterdam 177

Soliloquy
Jennifer Higdon
Lark Quartet
Susan Glaser, flute
Koch 7738

Sky
Jane Antonia Cornish
Vicky Chow, piano
Canteloupe 21174

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