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Classical Californians: Ellen Reid
Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Ellen Reid hosts this week’s Classical Californians. She has curated an hour of music that explores how voices and instruments can create moments of reflection and meaning. She shares pieces by Ravel, Jonny Greenwood, Alice Coltrane, Sault, and Lou Harrison, along with a performance featuring violinist Leila Josefowicz. Reid also includes a passage from her own opera p r i s m, created with librettist Roxie Perkins. It’s a thoughtful, moving hour of music.
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé: Introduction – Lent – Très Modéré & Danse Religieuse – Modéré, Berlin Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez, Rundfunkchor Berlin
Jonny Greenwood: Open Spaces from There Will Be Blood, BBC Concert Orchestra, Robert Ziegler
Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchidananda with Pharoah Sanders
Sault: Pray for Me
Sault: Luos Higher
Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro: Mantra kaj Kunsonoro (Mantram and Chime) & 7a Paragrafo, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, Providence Singers
John Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur: Part 1: New Day, Leila Josefowicz, violin, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Ellen Reid & Roxie Perkins: p r i s m / Act I: Lost in the Blue, Anna Schubert, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, NOVUS NY, Rebecca Jo Loeb
