Media Room Live! With Simone Dinnerstein

Today, Simone Dinnerstein joined me to talk about her ensemble Baroklyn’s album Hourglass (below), to be released Friday, June 5, on the French record label Naïve. Hourglass features two Philip Glass compositions, including the suite from the critically acclaimed The Hours (2002) about three women (portrayed by Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep) whose lives are connected by Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel Mrs Dalloway.Regular Media Room readers may recall last year’s interview with Dinnerstein during which we discussed Baroklyn’s debut recording Complicité, which included four Bach compositions.In the interview above Dinnerstein described how Bach and Glass similarly render musical time. For each, time is an hourglass rather than a clock, flowing rather than mechanical and rigid. Thanks to Simone for joining me. Media Room Live! With Matt BakerJoin Media Room Live! Thursday (June 4, 2026) when I speak with Matt Baker of the Valencia Baryton Project. The baryton is a stringed instrument that looks like a cello but has drone strings that can be plucked. Franz Joseph Haydn composed 170 pieces for it and the Valencia Baryton Project has recorded three albums.Treasures from the Eszterháza Palace was released March 27. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mediaroom.substack.com/subscribe