Poster Composer Michael Gandolfi
Michael Gandolfi's 'Imaginary Numbers' is featured on this episode of 'Extra Eclectic.'
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Extra Eclectic

Math meets music

Extra Eclectic - Oct. 8, 2025

We get mathematical on this episode of Extra Eclectic with one of John Cage’s many number pieces, Four2, and we’ll hear Michael Gandolfi’s concerto for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn: Imaginary Numbers. Plus, we contemplate the amazing spiral structure of shells with Kate Moore’s Stories for Ocean Shells and Anna Meredith’s Nautilus. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Playlist

Electric Counterpoint: Fast
Steve Reich, conductor
Bryce Dessner, guitar
DG 4876947

Four2
John Cage
Sigvards Klava
Latvian Radio Choir
Aurora 5083

Imaginary Numbers
Michael Gandolfi
Robert Spano, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe
ASO Media 1012

Stories for Ocean Shells
Kate Moore
Ashley Bathgate, cello
Cantaloupe 21118

Nautilus
Anna Meredith
Dalia Stasevska, conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Platoon DALIA01

Air to Breath
Daniel Bjarnason
Gyda Valtysdottir, cello
Dorian 70012

Poems of Emily Dickinson
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
San Francisco Symphony
Renee Fleming, soprano
Pentatone 7355

Myself when I am real
Charles Mingus
Julia Hamos, piano
Naive 8674

Dissolve, O My Heart
Missy Mazzoli
Jennifer Koh, violin
Cedille 134

Company
Philip Glass
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
The Knights
Ancalagon 137

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