Classical guitarist Gyan Riley is a young artist with an artistically experimental
famous parent (American composer Terry Riley), though the musical compositions
of each differ dramatically. On Tuesday’s show, the younger Riley plays live
in the studio and talks about his new CD, which features performances by his renowned
dad and draws inspiration from such varied sources as traditional raga and the
antics of his niece and nephew. Plus, Wall Street Journal classical music critic
Greg Sandow attempts to demystify serialism, a method employed by such 20th-century
composers as Milton Babbitt, Pierre Boulez, and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Among Gyan Riley’s commissions are for classical guitarists Jorge Caballero and Andrew Hull, both of which appear on Riley’s latest CD.
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Among Gyan Riley’s commissions are for classical guitarists Jorge Caballero and Andrew Hull, both of which appear on Riley’s latest CD.
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Greg Sandow has written for NewMusicBox, the American Music Center’s online
magazine, and he has also worked as a music criticism professor at Juilliard.
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Serialism is the composition of notes according to numerical patterns. Composer
Arnold Schoenberg is considered the father of 12-note serialism.
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