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Contemporary night sounds

Extra Eclectic - June 21, 2023

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As the first official day of summer ends with the first summer night of the year, host Steve Seel is ready with an episode of contemporary summer-night sounds on Extra Eclectic. Jennifer Higdon paints a vivid seasonal picture in her work Summer Shimmers Across the Glass of Green Ponds, and we take in the summer sky with Summer, by Michael Harrison. In the show's second hour, we go to the beach with Britra Bystrom's Figures at the Seaside and Kate Moore's Stories for Ocean Shells.

Episode playlist

Scenes from the Poet's Dreams: Summer Shimmers Across the Glass of Green Ponds
Jennifer Higdon
Jennifer Higdon: An Exaltation of Larks
Lark Quartet
Gary Graffman, piano
6:58

Just Constellations: The Opening Constellation: Summer
Michael Harrison
Just Constellations
Roomful of Teeth
8:04

Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Endless Stars
John Luther Adams
The Wind in High Places
Northwestern University Cello Ensemble
Hans Jorgen Jensen, conductor
4:23

Halcyon Sun
Jonathan Bailey Holland
American Portraits
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
17:22

Sielunmaisema: Summer
Zibuokle Martinaityte
Ex Tenebris Lux
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Karolis Variakojis, conductor
Rokas Vaitkevicius, cello
9:18

Le Onde
Ludovico Einaudi
Pulsations
La Pieta
Angele Dubeau, conductor
Angele Dubeau, violin
4:28

Stories for Ocean Shells
Kate Moore
Stories for Ocean Shells
Ashley Bathgate, cello
9:21

Figures at the Seaside
Britta Bystrom
Letter in April
Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
Eirik Haukaas Odegaard, conductor
Maria Isabel Edlund, cello
23:30

Bleached Memories
Elena Kats-Chernin
Bluetongue
Guitar Trek
10:03

Sunglitter
Jane Antonia Cornish
Sierra
Vicky Chow, piano
5:15

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