A Change of Opinion

Throughout history, composers who have been known for championing a particular musical style have shocked their fans by radically and suddenly changing their aesthetic.  Why does this happen, and who’s changing their style in the modern era? Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Jesse McQuarters George Rochberg: String Quartet No. 3 (excerpt) Concord String Quartet George Rochberg: Bagatelle No. 3, con brio Evan Hirsh, p. Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (excerpt) Polish Nat’l Radio Symphony Orchestra/Penderecki Krzysztof Penderecki: Symphony No. 8 (excerpt) Warsaw Nat’l Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir/Antoni Wit David del Tredeci: I Hear an Army (excerpt) Composers String Quartet; Phyllis Bryn-Julson, s. David del Tredeci: Final Alice (excerpt) CSO/Solti; Hendricks, s. Arvo Pärt: Nekrolog (excerpt) Stockholm Philharmonic/Järvi Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Järvi John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas John Adams: Harmonielehre, Part II (excerpt) San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas Lois V. Vierk: Timberline (excerpt) Relache/Lloyd Shorter