♫ Episode #18 – New Yorker Music Critic Alex Ross Discusses Listening to Classical Music

16/09/2016 41 min

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Episode Synopsis

We welcome New Yorker music critic Alex Ross for a long discussion about listening to classical music today. This episode runs a bit longer than usual, but we think you’ll enjoy the whole show.


“I mix the familiar and the obscure.”

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Show notes:

Alex Ross’s website, The Rest is Noise
Alex Ross’s writings on The New Yorker
Alex Ross’s books: The Rest is Noise, Listen to This
The Composers of Quiet: The Wandelweiser collective makes music between sound and silence
Wandelweiser Miscellany

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Special Guest: Alex Ross.