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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On June 12

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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On June 12

June 12, 2020 • From new jazz albums from Ambrose Akinmusire and Norah Jones to soothing works from Gia Margaret, Eighth Blackbird and Noveller, here are the best new albums out on June 12.

New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On June 12

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Eighth Blackbird: Tiny Desk Concert

May 2, 2016 • Watch the Grammy-winning Chicago sextet perform new music by David Lang, Bryce Dessner and Robert Honstein.

Classical Grammys 2013: Same Old Winners, Bold New Music

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Deceptive Cadence

Classical Grammys 2013: Same Old Winners, Bold New Music

February 11, 2013 • Hear eighth blackbird play Grammy winning music by Stephen Hartke. And the hosts of Deceptive Cadence team up to examine the classical winners at the 55th Grammy Awards, from two very belated Lifetime Achievement honors to the nonsense of the "Classical Compendium" category.

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Steve Reich: Music We Love

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October 3, 2011 • To celebrate the composer's 75th birthday, we've invited musicians who have collaborated with Reich as well as NPR friends to reflect on the pieces they adore.

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Deceptive Cadence

Steve Reich At (Nearly) 75

May 2, 2011 • In his most recent works, the composer reveals fresh insights into the business of being human — nearly three-quarters of a century after his birth.

Guilty Pleasures: Wisdom Teeth, Tchaikovsky And Tim Munro

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Deceptive Cadence

Guilty Pleasures: Wisdom Teeth, Tchaikovsky And Tim Munro

March 19, 2011 • Flutist Tim Munro, from the group eighth blackbird, recalls how the lush sounds of romanticism helped him come down from his high modernism high.

Best Musical Moments Of 2010: Tim Munro's Barefoot Fiddler

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Deceptive Cadence

Best Musical Moments Of 2010: Tim Munro's Barefoot Fiddler

December 10, 2010 • The eighth blackbird flutist was floored -- and inspired -- after hearing the fiery violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja perform with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Her Vivaldi was "thrilling and savage."

First Loves: Flutist Tim Munro's Rebellious Rock 'N' Roll

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Deceptive Cadence

First Loves: Flutist Tim Munro's Rebellious Rock 'N' Roll

September 14, 2010 • The flutist from the ensemble eighth blackbird recalls the odd and powerful sounds of Charles Ives he discovered in a grade school music class. It would lead him to a world of contemporary composers whose music Munro proudly calls "my rock 'n' roll."

Charles Ives: Central Park In The Dark (Michael Tilson Thomas/Chicago Symphony)

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First Listen: Steve Reich, 'Double Sextet, 2x5'

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First Listen: Steve Reich, 'Double Sextet, 2x5'

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September 5, 2010 • The composer's innovations have been distilled and polished to a new, compelling sheen in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet and the new, rock-inflected 2x5. Hear both works here until they're released on Sept. 14.

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Steve Reich Wins Music Pulitzer

April 20, 2009 • Reich is the first Pulitzer winner from the generation of composers who developed the style called minimalism. His Double Sextet was designed to be performed by six musicians playing against a recording of themselves. It was premiered by the eclectic ensemble Eighth Blackbird.

Hear An Excerpt Of Steve Reich's 'Double Sextet'

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Eighth Blackbird Set for Carnegie Debut

March 10, 2004 • The contemporary classical sextet eighth blackbird has drawn attention from both critics and audiences for their performance and repertoire. The group will have its Carnegie Hall debut on March 10. NPR's Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr reports.

Eighth Blackbird Set for Carnegie Debut

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