EPISODE · Apr 11, 2015 · 58 MIN
Augusta Read Thomas
from Relevant Tones · host Access Contemporary Music
One of the leading composers of our time and an ardent promoter of new music throughout the world, Augusta Read Thomas is an artistic force to be reckoned with. Championed by Pierre Boulez in her early years and later named composer-in-residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Thomas rose early to the top of her profession and has remained there ever since. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Jesse McQuarters Augusta Read Thomas: Words of the Sea, III CSO/Boulez Thomas: Aureole (excerpt) DePaul University Symphony Orchestra/Colnot Thomas: In My Sky at Twilight, I. Deeper than all Roses CSO MusicNOW Ensemblep/Boulez; Brandes, s. Thomas: Terpsichore’s Dream Chamber Orchestra/Colnot Thomas: Caprice fr. Traces Makiko Hirata, p, Thomas: (kiss me) fr. Two E.E. Cummings Songs The Elm City Girls’ Choir
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One of the leading composers of our time and an ardent promoter of new music throughout the world, Augusta Read Thomas is an artistic force to be reckoned with. Championed by Pierre Boulez in her early years and later named composer-in-residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Thomas rose early to the top of her profession and has remained there ever since. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Jesse McQuarters Augusta Read Thomas: Words of the Sea, III CSO/Boulez Thomas: Aureole (excerpt) DePaul University Symphony Orchestra/Colnot Thomas: In My Sky at Twilight, I. Deeper than all Roses CSO MusicNOW Ensemblep/Boulez; Brandes, s. Thomas: Terpsichore’s Dream Chamber Orchestra/Colnot Thomas: Caprice fr. Traces Makiko Hirata, p, Thomas: (kiss me) fr. Two E.E. Cummings Songs The Elm City Girls’ Choir
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