Listen "Pandemic Dances"
Episode Synopsis
Composers and performers are finding incredibly creative ways to continue connecting and making great music in the midst of a global pandemic. Seth talks with composers Suzanne Farrin, Gene Pritsker, Carlos Simon, Liza Sobel and Greg Bartholomew as well as countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and American Composers Orchestra's Artistic Director Derek Bermel.
MUSIC
Nacht (excerpt) by Suzanne Farrin
Performed by: Suzanne Farrin, ondes Martenot
Alice Teyssier, voice
Ross Karre, percussion
Randall Zigler, bass
Nuiko Wadden, harp
Ryan Streber, audio engineer
Pandemic Dance #32 and #30 by Gene Pritsker
Performed by: Carson Cooman, organ
Kristof Knoch - bass clarinet
Gene Pritsker - electric guitar
Another Rising by Carlos Simon
Presented as part of American Composers Orchestra's Connecting ACO Community
Performed by: Anthony Roth Constanzo, counter tenor
Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun Menaker - Founder and Artistic Director
Brian Losch, sound editing and mixing
Reverse Forward by Liza Sobel
Performed by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Ken-David Masur - conductor
Fire and Ice and Prairie Spring by Greg Bartholomew
Performed by: Matt Curtis
Useless Machines for Thinking, Dreaming, Feeling
mvmt 3 Mind Fire by Seth Boustead
Performed by Ford Fourqurean - bass clarinet
David Keller - cello
Henry Zheng - violin
MUSIC
Nacht (excerpt) by Suzanne Farrin
Performed by: Suzanne Farrin, ondes Martenot
Alice Teyssier, voice
Ross Karre, percussion
Randall Zigler, bass
Nuiko Wadden, harp
Ryan Streber, audio engineer
Pandemic Dance #32 and #30 by Gene Pritsker
Performed by: Carson Cooman, organ
Kristof Knoch - bass clarinet
Gene Pritsker - electric guitar
Another Rising by Carlos Simon
Presented as part of American Composers Orchestra's Connecting ACO Community
Performed by: Anthony Roth Constanzo, counter tenor
Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun Menaker - Founder and Artistic Director
Brian Losch, sound editing and mixing
Reverse Forward by Liza Sobel
Performed by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Ken-David Masur - conductor
Fire and Ice and Prairie Spring by Greg Bartholomew
Performed by: Matt Curtis
Useless Machines for Thinking, Dreaming, Feeling
mvmt 3 Mind Fire by Seth Boustead
Performed by Ford Fourqurean - bass clarinet
David Keller - cello
Henry Zheng - violin
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