Sherry Finzer is a classical flute player who has discovered another path, creating ambient chamber music with electronic orchestration and flute choirs.
Playlists
Wednesday, April 15th, 2015-Echoes Playlist 1515C
Tag: classical
Playlists
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015-Echoes Program 1514C
Chad Lawson is a musician with ambient tendencies. He started out as a jazz pianist, veered toward New Age before settling on an approach that is clearly his own voice.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2015
The Big Ears Festival in Knoxville brought together an array of musicians from the bleeding edge of the avant-garde to the cutting edge of rock and folk. Kronos Quartet presided over this meeting ground of Vanguard music that included Laurie Anderson, Wu Man, Terry Riley, Rhiannon Giddens and much much more.
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Big Ears Festival in Echoes Podcast
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The Big Ears Festival might be the most adventurous and civilized festival in the country. It brings together artists on the cutting edges of music including Laurie Anderson, Nels Cline, Bill Frisell and A Winged Victory for the Sullen.
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Chad Lawson in Echoes Podcast
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Chad Lawson turns Chopin compositions into ambient chamber music on his 2014 album, The Chopin Variations. This musician traveled from jazz trios to chamber trios in his pursuit to strip Chopin down to an essence.
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Max Richter in Echoes Podcast
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Max Richter is among the second generation of ambient chamber music composers, creating haunting themes based in minimalist strategies.
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Sherry Finzer in Echoes Podcast
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Sherry Finzer plays in a duo with a cowboy, was an aerobics instructor, classically trained flute player and now makes ambient chamber music in Arizona.
CD of the Month
Hammock From Abyss to Revelation.
In a world of dance beats, rapid fire sequences and songs devolving into little more than hooks, Hammock takes a deeper, darker more textured approach. They are the Mark Rothko of ambient music with sheets of sound shifting beneath each other like tectonic plates, but with the hint of melody and the feel of spirits…
Living Room Concerts
Transmissions: Echoes Living Room Concerts V19
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/audio/NearLight.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSINCOMING MESSAGE: TRANSMISSIONS: THE ECHOES LIVING ROOM CONCERTS VOLUME 19 TRANSMISSIONS is a collection of live Echoes performances that shows Echoes moving into the future in our 25th year. It’s a merging of electronic, new acoustic, dream pop and ambient chamber music. This is the center of Echoes.…
Program Highlights
Interview: Rachel Zeffira
Hear an interview with Rachel Zeffira tonight on Echoes Rachel Zeffira is a former operatic soprano who now vocalizes in caressing whispers. She makes an enchanting and haunting dream pop, telling tales of suicide and lost love, placing it all in a chamber music setting. She doesn’t like to reveal the meanings of the songs…