On Demand
Live performances in Soundcheck's studios
WNYC's Coverage of the Beijing Olympics
Studio 360: Randy Newman Talks about his Career and Plays Live in the Studio
Selected Shorts featuring “Taste,” by Roald Dahl
Radio Rookies: Heroin by Janesse "Nesse" Nieves
Street Shots Challenge
On The Media: Investigative Reporting
Why Humans are Hard-Wired to be Musical
Soundcheck
August 19, 2008
Bestselling author, neuroscientist and former rock producer Daniel Levitin joins us today to talk about his latest book, The World in Six Songs, in which he has identified six kinds of songs that make humans tick.
Best of WNYC Music: Weimar Kabarett; Brandenburg Project
Evening Music
Guest DJ Ute Lemper examines the flash of artistic adventurousness in Berlin that preceded the Nazi regime. Also, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra premieres a work from its ongoing Brandenburg Project: Christopher Theofanidis' "Muse," paired with its inspiration, Bach's "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3.
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The Passion of Kaija Saariaho
Composer Kaija Saariaho based her powerful oratorio "La Passion de Simone" on the French mystic Simone Weil, who starved to death opposing the Nazis. Saariaho joins Terrance in the studio to talk about her "passion" — and discusses the challenge of being a female composer in a traditionally male-dominated field.
Another Musical Travelogue
New Sounds
Airs daily at 11PM on 93.9 FM
Another musical travelogue is in store on this edition of New Sounds, with stops in Tokyo, Berlin, Bandung (Java), and other ports of call, including works by Max Richter, Ute Lemper, Gato Libre, and more.
Musto on Musto (and Bastianello too)
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Composer/pianist John Musto joins Terrance McKnight in the studio to talk about his musical projects, and to present an exclusive live recording of his new opera "Bastianello." Dealing craftily with the "interplay of humor and melancholy" found in married life, "Bastianello" dazzled audiences and critics at its World premiere in Weill Hall last March when it was mounted by the New York Festival of Song.
The Mostly Mozart Festival on WNYC
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Terrance McKnight and Fred Child host this live broadcast of the Mostly Mozart Festival's opening program at Avery Fisher Hall. Led by conductor Louis Langrée, the concert features Mozart's Symphony No. 40 and a rare chamber version of Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde."
Deerhoof/Metropolis Ensemble Live Webcast
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WNYC and NPR Music team up to bring you this live webcast from the Prospect Park Bandshell, which pairs indie rock sensation Deerhoof with the progressive Metropolis Ensemble. Presented by Celebrate Brooklyn! and Wordless Music, and hosted by David Garland, the program features an ambitious re-imagining of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, The Rite: Remixed.
Video: Deerhoof fans perform leaked track for WNYC
Bars
The No Show
Steve goes pub crawling in the last of this series of five No Shows, and you are invited to join him. Fill up your glass and match Steve drink for drink until you hear him whine, “What do you mean, we’re out of wine?”
Music from the 92nd Street Y with Sara Fishko
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Sara Fishko digs into the audio archives of the 92nd Street Y to bring us the greatest live performances from the stage of the Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall. Curated and hosted by Fishko, the series combines elements from different concerts over the past few years, designed to highlight a particular theme or performer with the radio listener in mind.
The Wordless Music Series on WNYC
Four 1-Hour Specials Hosted by Radio Lab’s Jad Abumrad
The Wordless Music Series pairs rock and electronic musicians with more traditional chamber and new music performers, to create an entirely new concert experience. As Wordless Music opens on a new season, WNYC presents four one-hour specials that highlight and underscore the ground-breaking '07-'08 season, hosted by Radio Lab's Jad Abumrad.
2008 American Music Festival
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Hosts Terrance McKnight and David Garland curate the 68th annual American Music Festival, featuring "America's Classical Music." Guests include LD Brown a.k.a. Grey Reverend; acclaimed jazz pianist Jason Moran; composer and musicologist Gunther Schuller; culture critic John Rockwell; new music guru John Zorn, and Pulitzer prize-winning composer William Bolcom.
The New Americans
A Station-Wide Celebration on WNYC-FM and WNYC2
WNYC announces The New Americans, an ongoing station-wide celebration of foreign-born artists now residing in the United States.
Music Festivals and Specials Page
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Want to know what's in Mark Morris' ears? How about what music Alec Baldwin uses to prep for his role on "30 Rock"? And just what makes Wagner's "Ring" so special, anyway? Find the answers to all of those questions and more on wnyc.org's Music Festivals and Specials Page!
500 Years of New Music
WNYC2
Free of additives, commercials and generic performances, our HD and Internet channel WNYC2 brings you the fearless and relevant music that you crave, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.