Crossing Barriers

A big trend in the 2000’s saw contemporary music ensembles commissioning composers not to write new pieces for them but to arrange music by pop artists. We’ll listen to music from two such collaborations: Alarm Will Sound performing arrangements of electronic musician Aphex Twin and Osso Quartet’s arrangements of indie pop superstar Sufjan Stevens. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Jesse McQuarters PLAYLIST Sufjan Stevens: Year of the Snake (excerpt) Sufjan Stevens (arr. Olivier Manchon): Year of the Snake Osso String Quartet King Crimson (arr. Ziporyn): Epitaph Maya Beiser, vc. Philip Glass, Symphony No. 1, Low Symphony, I (excerpt) Brooklyn Philharmonic/Davies Beck (arr. Kahane): Mutilation Rag 2:08 Ymusic Kraftwerk: Pocket Calculator (excerpt) Kraftwerk Kraftwerk: Pocket Calculator Balanescu String Quartet Sigur Rós (arr. Prutsman): Flugufrelsarinn Kronos Quartet Queen/Tolga Kashif: The Queen Symphony, III (Who Wants to Live Forever, Save Me) Royal Philharmonic/Tolga Kashif Aphex Twin: Logon Rock Witch (excerpt) Aphex Twin Aphex Twin (arr. Jonathan Newman): Logon Rock Witch Alarm Will Sound