American composer Gabriel Kahane originally wrote The Fiction Issue for a 2012 Carnegie Hall commission. He reached out to his pals in the string quartet, Brooklyn Rider, and My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden to collaborate. All parties got back together to record The Fiction Issue in 2015, and it's the title track on the Kahane/Brooklyn Rider co-release ... Show More
Jun 2017
Season 2, Ep. 6: Who is Emily Howell?
You can find Emily Howell's music all over the internet, but a search for the person comes up empty. She plays no concerts, attends no events, has no email address, and not a single photo comes up under a google search. Join Music is Music host Ria Misra as she talks with compose ... Show More
9m 31s
Jun 2017
Season 2, Ep. 5: Listening to Everything
Ben Lukas Boysen and Sebastian Plano--the composers who wrote the music for the videogame, Everything--join host Ria Misra for a conversation about games, music, and how to build a musical world for a videogame where you can, literally, play the universe.
10m 11s
Jun 2017
Season 2, Ep. 4: The Hang Drum
At times, listening to Manu Delago play music, you might think you hear him play a steel drum, a harp, or a tabla--and yet all of those sounds are actually coming from one instrument: the hang drum. Delago brings his hang into our New York studio for a chat with host, Ria Misra.
11m 32s
Feb 2024
Maslanka's Symphony No. 4
Synopsis
What do you see when you hear music? That’s an odd question, perhaps, but sometimes composers confess that particular places, persons and scenes play a role in how music is created.
On today’s date in 1994, in San Antonio, Texas, for example, a new symphony for wind ense ... Show More
2 m
May 2024
Kareem Roustom | Defining Classical Arabic Music with the Emmy-Nominated Composer
Emmy-nominated composer Kareem Roustom joins us on Quartertones to discuss all things Arabic music. With musical interludes from across his albums, we talk about the origins of Arabic Classical Music, current and previous perceptions around it, and the pioneers of the genre inclu ... Show More
1h 8m