On this episode of A Curious Ear, we will hear music that challenges our understanding of place, that asks us to be the keepers of memories and holders of dreams. We will hear work by the 2022 and 2024 Pulitzer Prize winners, Raven Chacon, and Tyshawn Sorey, respectively, 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalist, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Iranian-British turntablist and composer, Shiva Feshareki’s Aetherworld, a work that reimagines music of Josquin. All that coming up, on this episode of A Curious Ear.
Show Notes:
Requiem for a Plague - Tyshawn Sorey
The Crossing, Donald Nally
from Carols after a Plague (New Focus Recordings)
Voiceless Mass - Raven Chacon
Present Music
from Voiceless Mass (New World Recordings)
Silent Cranes, Mvt I - Mary Kouyoumdjian
Kronos Quartet
from Witness (Phenotypic Records)
Aetherworld - Shiva Feshareki
Shiva Feshareki (turntables), Kit Downes (organ)
BBC Singers, Sofi Jeannin
from Turning World (NMC)