Bigfoot Love Triangle (Spring Mix)
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Clocks have March-ed ahead, and we've passed the Vernal equinox, so ...
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InTheNo 7: Journalist Alfred Lubrano
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The geographic span between Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and New York's ...
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InTheNo 6: Conductor Donald Nally
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Donald Nally left his job as a music professor to found an ...
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InTheNo 5: Illustrator Matt Phelan
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After learning that the optioned screenplay he had quit his job to write would never be made into a movie, Matt Phelan took the ...
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InTheNo 4B: Poet Teresa Leo, Part II
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InTheNo 4A: Poet Teresa Leo, Part I
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Award-winning poet Teresa Leo is no stranger to rejection, a common outcome when submitting for publication and grants. She is also familiar with success -- her poetry has appeared in over a dozen publications and received several notable awards. In this first of two parts, we discuss how Leo composes poems, how fellow writers and artists help refine and inform her work, and what characterizes poetic writing. ...
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Skullcrusher Pirate Hotdish
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The holiday season continues apace. To mark , the onset of , the first day of Xmas gift returns, a belated , ...
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InTheNo 3: Musician Jonathan Coulton
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Just how far do you have to go when you quit your day job and pursue ...
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InTheNo 2: Psychologist Barry Schwartz
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What if nobody ever turned you down, and every possible option was available to you? Psychology professor Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less, explains how being asked to choose from an overabundance of options can actually lead to feelings of dissatisfaction and helplessness, rather than greater contentment. ...
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InTheNo 1: Author Tom Zoellner
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A broken engagement spurred journalist and author Tom Zoellner to ...
info_outlineDonald Nally left his job as a music professor to found an all-professional chamber choir; despite overwhelming critical acclaim, the group was forced to disband within two years. Nearly a decade later, as Nally prepares to become the Chorus Master of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, he and his singers have renewed their commitment to the performance of new and modern choral music as The Crossing. Nally speaks about his experiences, as well as sound, breath, emotion, release, and connection through the human voice.
We touch on numerous topics during this show, including:
Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
Spoleto Music Festival -- Italy, United States
Gian Carlo Menotti, Amahl and the Night Visitors
Westminster Choir College
Joseph Flummerfelt
The Chicago "L"
Arvo P�¤rt
Sir John Tavener
Ton de Leeuw
Gerald Finzi Intimations of Immortality
Chorus America and the Margaret Hillis Award
Margaret Hillis
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Welsh National Opera
West Chester University
Philadelphia Inquirer, music critic David Patrick Stearns
Chestnut Hill Local, music critic Michael Caruso
Contemporary composers Thomas Ad�¨s, Jonathan Harvey, Judith Weir, David Shapiro, Robert Convery, Robert Maggio, Sharon Hershey, Jake Heggie, Kaija Saariaho
Josquin des Prez
Mark Rothko
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
The Crossing
Several live performance excerpts are heard during this episode, all conducted by Maestro Nally:
- "Lamentio Super Morte Josquin de Pres" by Hieronymus Vinders,
performed by the Bridge Ensemble (0:00)
- "Te Deum" by James MacMillan,
performed by The Crossing (1:35)
- "O Leave Your Sheep" arranged by Kenneth Leighton,
performed by The Crossing (11:52) - "trees" by Lars Johan Werle,
performed by the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia,
solo by Levi Hernandez (18:19)
- "Gloria Tibi Domine" from The Saint of Bleeker Street
by Gian Carlo Menotti,
performed by the Spoleto Festival Choir (26:04)
- "O Notte" by Bruno Bettinelli,
performed by The Crossing (31:00)
- "Now, While The Birds Thus Sing A Joyous Song"
from Intimations of Immortality by Gerald Finzi,
performed by the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
and the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra (33:50)
- "Christmas Daybreak" by Robert Convery,
commissioned and performed by the Bridge Ensemble (38:58)
- "Gallant Weaver" by James MacMillan,
performed by The Crossing (48:16)
- "I Thirst" from Seven Last Words from the Cross
by James MacMillan,
performed by the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
and the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra (53:40)
- "Lagrime D'amante Al Sepolcro Dell'Amata" by Claudio Monteverdi,
performed by the Bridge Ensemble (57:12)
Come listen, and learn more about what lives in the space between the notes.
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