Contempora: The Contemporary Classical Music Podcast

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2013-05-01

  Angelswort

Ben Hjertmann is a composer and singer involved in a variety of genres. In his upcoming self-produced album, Angelswort, we hear his myriad musical interests in concurrence, as well as conflict. Ben explains the inspiration behind the album and talks u...
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2013-04-01

  Kebyar Untai

Composer and percussionist Nathan Davis joins us this time on Contempora. Nathan is a member of the renown International Contemporary Ensemble and the New York Times describes his work as "music that deals deftly and poetically with timbre and sonority...
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2013-03-01

  A Slash of Blue! A Sweep of Gray!

Dr. Larry Alan Smith, "a young composer of great gifts," according to the New York Times, joins us this time to discuss his recent song cycle of Emily Dickinson poems, A Slash of Blue! A Sweep of Gray! Learn about what draws him to Dickinson's poetry a...
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2013-02-01

  Songs in the Rear View Mirror

Kenneth Frazelle studied composition at the Juilliard School during the peak of high modernism. So how did his music develop into what the New York Times describes as a cross between Kurt Weill and Franz Schubert? And where did it pick up the influence...
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2013-01-01

  A Tune Refracted

Eliza Brown's music has been described by Symphony Magazine as "Haunting, delicate and introspective." Eliza speaks about her inspirations and the compositional process for her work A Tune Refracted for harp and wind ensemble. Excerpts from a performan...
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