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WNYC New Sounds: Canto Ostinato at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

WNYC New Sounds: Canto Ostinato at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Perhaps the best way to celebrate the summer solstice today: two live performances of Canto Ostinato in a brand new arrangement for 50 musicians. Erik Hall joins the Metropolis Ensemble and Sandbox Percussion for the performance at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

WNYC: Captivating Chamber-Electro-Pop by Emily Wells with Metropolis Ensemble

WNYC: Captivating Chamber-Electro-Pop by Emily Wells with Metropolis Ensemble

For this world is too ___ for you, Emily Wells works in the space between art-pop and neoclassical chamber music using electronic and acoustic instruments and hip-hop production in elegant layers to support her singular and dramatic vocals.

WNYC Soundcheck: Timo Andres: Weaving Together Eno And Mozart

WNYC Soundcheck: Timo Andres: Weaving Together Eno And Mozart

On his new album, Home Stretch, Andres plays off of works by Brian Eno and Mozart, matching his reinventions of those pieces with a composition of his own. The result is a buoyant and fascinating record.