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Friday Listening: March 10, 2023

Friday Listening: March 10, 2023
Cy Twombly, Lela and the Swan (1962)
  • "[in]verse" - Canadian cellist Arlen Hlusko curates an album of poetry and music selections from that inspire one to look inward, featuring stand-out new pieces from Daniel Bernard Roumain, Bright Sheng, and Reena Esmail
  • "The Living Word" - Hildegard of Bingen's works still resonate today: ecstatic, unadorned, awakening. ModernMedieval Voices weave melodic lines together and draw connections from Hildegard's music to that of two modern-day composers, Caroline Shaw and Daniel Thomas Davis
  • "The American Project" - Yuja Wang and the Louisville Orchestra perform Teddy Abrams' new, 35-minute Piano Concerto, an inventive showpiece fueled by a natural fusion of American genres like swing and gospel
  • "Compositrices" - discovery is the name of the game with this compendium of Romantic-era music from French women composers, and this lengthy recording project serves as an excellent introduction to composers like Marthe Grumbach, Jeanne Danglas, Hedwige Chrétien and Madeleine Lemariey
  • "Invocations" - London-based a capella group Apollo5 share an album inspired by love at the heart of each song: "Love, in all its ubiquitous, convoluted and unconquerable wonder."
  • "Elfman & Hailstork" - JoAnn Falletta conducts the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in Danny Elfman's Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven" and Adolphus Hailstork's First Piano Concerto, two vibrant pieces from American composers