Location:
East Orange, NJ
Description:
All the spectacle and clamor you crave...without those pesky crowds.
Language:
English
Episodes
A440 Snowdrift Edition from Jan 29, 2026
1/29/2026
Anne Cawrse - "A Room of Her Own, III. Anon (2015)" [Australian String Quartet, recorded 2021] [0:00:00]
Andrej Panufnik - "String Quartet No. 1, III. Postlude (1947)" [Brodsky Quartet] [0:08:11]
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Emile Mosseri - "Blink Twice" [0:15:08]
Okkyung Lee - "good morning, harrison, it's time to go" [0:16:27]
Laura Cannell - "We Borrowed Feathers" [0:19:28]
Laura Cannell - "For the Raven" [0:23:00]
Olivier Messiaen - "Preludes: La Colombe (1929)" [0:25:36]
Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson - "Esmeralda" [0:27:09]
Paul Hindemith - "Konzertmuzik, Op. 50, "Bostoner Sinfonie" : Part 2, Lebhaft - Langsam - Im ersten Zeiemass (1930)" [Marek Janowski conducting the Boston Symphony] [0:42:12]
Gabriella Smith (b. 1991) - "Carrot Revolution: Live from Spoleto 2024" [Aizuri Quartet] [0:49:37]
Gabriella Smith (b. 1991) - "Carrot Revolution (album version)" [1:07:46]
Andrew Bird - "Mancey (2023)" [album: Outside Problems] [1:16:13]
Saloli - "Barcarolle (2018)" [aka Portland-based artist Mary Sutton Torres. album: The Deep End] [1:21:17]
Grace Williams - "Sea Sketches, V. Calm (1944)" [Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, dir. Malin Broman] [1:25:40]
Johanna Muller-Hermann - "String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 6: IV. Allegro con spirito (1919)" [1:31:35]
Music behind DJ:
Alberto Ginastera (1916-83) - "Concerto Per Corde, Op. 33, I. Variazioni per is Solisti (1965)" [1:46:47]
Jean-Fery Rebel - "Les Elemens, Simphonie Nouvelle, I. Le Chaos (1737)" [Musica Antiqua Koln] [1:53:49]
Jean-Fery Rebel - "Les Elemens, Simphonie Nouvelle, V. Rossignols (1737)" [2:00:09]
Jean-Fery Rebel - "Les Elemens, Simphonie Nouvelle, VI. Loure II (1737)" [2:01:13]
William Herschel - "Sonata 10 in A Minor for violin & cello (1765)" [2:04:46]
Edgar Meyer & Yo-Yo Ma - "Duet for Cello and Bass (2007)" [2:07:07]
Daniela Mars & Asaf Sagiv - "Łódź II" [for bass flute & electronics. album: IMA] [2:24:14]
Eric Dolphy - "God Bless the Child" [Dolphy on bass clarinet. album: Eric Dolphy in Europe, Vol. 1] [2:29:24]
Martin Bresnick (b. 1946) - "String Quartet No. 4, The Planet on the Table (1989)" [2:36:51]
Marco Stroppa - "Upon a Blade of Grass: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1992)" [2:48:04] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/160763
Duration:03:08:13
Episode from Jul 17, 2025
7/17/2025
Belle chen - "Midnight in Cervo" [0:00:00]
Domenico Scarlatti - "Sonata in D Minor, L. 108" [performed by Belle Chen] [0:03:59]
William Bolcom - "The Garden of Eden: III. The Serpent's Kiss" [0:05:01]
Toby Young (b. 1990) - "The Art of Dancing: I. Prelude, II. Garage, VI. Breath (2016)" [Simon Desbruslais (trumpet), Clare Hammond (piano), and the English String Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Woods] [0:17:59]
Andrew Bird - "Tik Tok" - Outisde Problems [0:26:28]
Johnny Greenwood - "Popcorn Superhet Receiver (2005)" [0:29:57]
Music behind DJ:
Béla Bartók - "Contrasts, Sz. 111: I. Verbunkos (1938)" [0:40:16]
Igor Stravinsky - "Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920 rev. 1947)" [Nash Ensemble] [0:42:49]
Gabriella Smith (b. 1991) - "Tessellations (2018)" [Alex Sopp – flute, Hideaki Aomori – clarinet, CJ Camerieri – trumpet, Rob Moose – violin, Nadia Sirota – viola & Gabriel Cabezas – cello] [0:51:47]
Helen Grime - "Seven Pierrot Miniatures" [1:04:15]
Christian Wallumrod - "Stompin' At Gagarin" [1:06:36]
John Adams - "Chamber Symphony, II. Aria with Walking Bass" [1:10:31]
David Lang - "Face So Pale" [1:18:45]
Santa Clara Vanguard - "Double Beat (2004)" [1:22:23]
Frank Lowe & Phillip Wilson - "T. C. Cheyenne" [1:31:57]
Colin Stetson & Mats Gustafsson - "Stones that Can Only Be (2012)" [1:38:09]
Julius Hemphill - "Homeboy Tootin' at the Dog/Star" [Album art by....BYRAM] [1:43:12]
Hans Reichl - "Life Without Lychees - a Daxophone Operetta" [1:53:25]
Michael Mulcahy - "Mahler 7 Tenor Tuba Orchestral Excerpt Masterclass" [2:05:27]
Gustav Mahler - "Symphony No. 7 in E Minor, II. Nachtmusik" [2:23:56]
Henry Cowell - "The Tides of Manaunaun" - Minimal Harp [Floraleda Sacchi, harp] [2:25:35]
Dobrinka Tabakova - "Insight" [2:26:25]
The Moglass - "Kakerlakische Kakerlak (2004)" - Snake-Tongued Swallow-Tailed [2:50:05]
Goran Bregovic - "Tango 'Kuduz'" [3:00:47] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154216
Duration:03:09:11
Episode from Jul 13, 2025
7/13/2025
Stefano Arnaldi - "Tema volatile (2013)" - IL Bambino Cattivo [Soundtrack for film directed by Pulp Avatti performed by Orchestra Sinfonica Nationale della RAI]
Knudåge Riisager - "Tolv med posten, Op. 37" [Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra]
Henri Dutilleux - "The Shadows of Time: 5 Episodes for Orchestra, I. Les Heures (1997)" [0:08:59]
Stephen Paulus - "Dramatic SuiteL IV. Volatile" [0:09:23]
Knudåge Riisager - "Tolv med posten, Op. 37" [Recap here - listen for its congruence with Petrushka...at least that's what I hear!] [0:16:17]
Philip Smith - "Petroushka Orchestral Excerpts for Trumpet" [former NYPhil Principal Trumpet Philip Smith breaks down how to play the solos from Stravinsky's ballet - hint: it isn't easy.] [0:17:26]
Igor Sravinsky - "Petrushka, K12 (1911 Version)" [L'Orchestre National de Montreal, Charles Dutoit] [0:22:31]
Joan Tower - "Petroushkates (1980)" [for 'Pierrot Ensemble' (flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano)] [0:48:54]
Vietslava Kapralova (1915 - 1940) - "Partita for Piano and Strings (1938)" [Janacek Philharmonia Ostrava] [0:54:33]
Bohulsav Martinů - "Cello Sonata No. 2" [1:09:01]
Jaroslav Řídký (1897 - 1956) - "Nonet in F minor, Op. 31 (1930)" [Nonet scored for: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, violin, Viola, Cello &
Double bass] [1:12:45]
Bohulsav Martinů - "La Revue De Cuisine, H 161: V. Tango (1927)" [1:20:56]
Bohulsav Martinů - "Film en Miniature, H 148, I. Tango (1925)" [1:25:38]
Anton Webern - "4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7 No. 2, Rasch" [Diamanda La Berge] [1:39:04]
Leos Janacek - "On An Overgrown Path: V. They Chattered Like Swallows" [1:41:43]
David Byrne - "Glass, Concrete & Stone" [1:43:19]
John Adams - "Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986)" [1:47:53]
Nicola Conte - "Jet Sounds" [1:52:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154076
Duration:02:08:39
Episode from Jul 21, 2024
7/21/2024
Antonín Dvořák - "Cypresses B.152 for String Quartet, II. Allegro ma non troppo" [Hagen Quartet] [0:00:00]
Ethyl Smyth - "Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello in D minor, Op. 5, III. Scherzo. Presto con brio (1880)" [0:02:37]
[0:13:27]
Miloslav Kabeláč (1908 - 1979) - "Cello Sonata, Op. 9, III. Scherzo. Allegro giocoso (1942)" [Jan Volger - cello & Robert Kolinsky - piano] [0:13:35]
Francis Poulenc - "Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G Minor, FP 93 (1938), II. Allegro giocoso" [0:17:13]
Witold Lutoslawski - "Dance Preludes, No. 3: Allegro giocoso (1954)" [0:19:23]
Josef Suk - "Serenade for Strings in E-flat major, Op. 6, IV. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo presto (1892)" [0:20:45]
Music behind DJ:
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin [0:33:36]
Aram Khachaturian - "7 Recitatives & Fugues for solo piano, Fugue No. 2 Allegro giocoso (1928)" [Charlene Farrugia - piano] [0:34:33]
Sergei Prokofiev - "Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100, IV." [Performed by The Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst] [0:36:11]
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - "Ballade in A Minor, Op. 33: I. Allegro energetico" [Performed by the Chineke! Orchestra] [0:52:42]
Steven Stuky - "Ad Parnassum (1998)" [Painting 'Ad Parnassum' by Paul Klee 1930] [1:00:37]
Tan Dun - "Death and Fire, "Dialogue with Paul Klee" Insert 3: Ad Parnassum (1997)" [1:09:42]
Muzio Clementi (1752 - 1832) - "Gradus ad Parnassum, Op. 44, No. 48, Velocissimo (1817)" [Allesandro Marangoni - piano] [1:12:26]
Tan Dun - "Death and Fire, "Dialogue with Paul Klee" Insert 7: J.S. Bach (1997)" [1:17:16]
Muzio Clementi (1752 - 1832) - "Gradus ad Parnassum, Op. 44, No. 83, Moderato" [1:18:38]
Claude Debussy - "Dr Gradus ad Parnassum" [orchestrated from the original piano solo] [1:20:09]
Carl Czerny (1791 - 1857) - "Nouveau Gradus ad Parnassum, Op. 822, No. 20 Prélude et fugue in A Minor (1839)" [Claudio Colombo - piano] [1:22:25]
Augusta Read Thomas (b.1964) - "Klee Musings III: Highways and Byways for Piano Trio (2016)" [1:35:34]
Woldemar Bargiel (1828 - 1897) - "String Quartet No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 47, III. Allegro energico, impetuoso (" [Performed by the Orpheus Quartet] [1:39:38]
Aaron Copland - "A Letter from Home" [Listeners: email me your address anytime....today....years from today -- that analogue text message will come your way!] [1:51:51] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142216
Duration:02:08:15
A440, Op. 7. No. 34, Stringendo from May 18, 2021
5/18/2021
Johannes Maria Staud (b. 1974) - "Stringendo (Zugabe für Emil Breisach)" [commissioned by Arditti Quartet]
Igor Stravinsky - "Concerto for Piano and Winds, III. Allegro - stringendo (1924, rev 1950)" [Walter Olbertz, piano with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Václav Neumann]
Heinrich Sutermeister - "Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. I, III. Con spirito, stringendo - presto (1955)"
André Jolivet - "Heptade for trumpet and percussion: VI. Sempre stringendo (1970)"
André Jolivet -...
Duration:01:08:16
A440, Op. 7. No. 33: Moods and Mechanisms from May 11, 2021
5/11/2021
William Schuman - "Three Piano Moods, II. Dynamic (1958)" [: 1. Pensive; 2. Dynamic; 3. Reverie
Leo Smit - piano]
Aaron Copland - "Three Moods: Embittered - Wistful - Jazzy (1921)" [dedicated to Leo Smit by the composer]
William Bolcom - "Symphony No. 5, IV. Machine (1989)" [American Composer's Orchestra, conducted by Dennis Russel Davies]
Edvard Grieg - "Stimmungen, Op. 73, III. Natligt Ridt (1905)" [Einar Steen-Nøkleberg - piano]
Karlheinz Stockhausen - "Stimmung, Models 3 - 6 (1968)"...
Duration:01:07:26
A440, Op. 7, No. 32, Let's Hear a few more of Bartók's Students: Composers, Pianists and Conductors from May 4, 2021
5/4/2021
Sándor Veress - "String Trio, II. Allegro molto (1954)" [Ensemble des Equilibres. Veress was a piano student of Bartók]
Béla Bartók - "Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97, II. Bear Dance" [Chicago Symphony conducted by Fritz Reiner. Reiner studied piano with Bartók at the Franz Liszt Academy between 1908-1910]
Arthur Honegger - "Concertino for piano and orchestra in E major, H 55, III. Allegro (1924)" [Deutsche Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Ferenc Fricsay, who studied with Bartók.]
Béla...
Duration:01:08:02
A440, Op. 7, No. 30, Let's Hear a few of Bartók's Students from Apr 27, 2021
4/28/2021
Béla Bartók - "Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Sz. 110, BB 115 , III. Allegro non troppo (1937)" [Geza Frid and Luctor Ponse, pianos, with percussionists of The London Symphony Orchestra. Recorded 1967]
Tibor Serly - "Concertino 3x3, III. Allegro Vivace (1965)" [Lynn Kao - piano; Paul Freeman conducting the Czech National Symphony Orchestra]
György Kósa - "Miniatűrök (Miniatures), Version for Viola and Harp, No. 13. Vivace (1964)"
György Kósa - "Duet for Violin and Viola, II....
Duration:01:06:51
A440, Op. 7, No. 30, Let's Get to Know the Music of Géza Frid from Apr 20, 2021
4/20/2021
Géza Frid - "Trio à cordes, Op. 1 (1926)" [String Trio]
Géza Frid - "Études Symphoniques, Op. 47, I. Obsession (1954)" [Synphonic Etudes]
Géza Frid - "Podium-suite pour violin et piano Op. 3, I. - IV. (1928)" [Podium Suite for Violin and Piano]
Géza Frid - "Ritmische studies voor kamerorkest, Op. 58 (1959)" [Rhythmical Studies for Chamber Orchestra]
Géza Frid - "Twaalf muzikale caricaturen, Op. 8 No. 6 "Monoton" (1930)" [12 Musical Caricatures, Op. 8, No. 6]
Géza Frid - "Trio pour...
Duration:01:08:09
A440, Op. 7, No. 28 Pereptual Motion...still going....nonstop from Apr 6, 2021
4/6/2021
Philip Glass - "Pereptulum: Cadenza / Part 3 (2018)" [Performed by and commissioned for Third Coast Percussion]
Béla Bartók - "Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123: V. Finale (1943)" [Hungarian National Philharmonic]
Benjamin Britten - "Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10. Var. 7: Moto perpetuo (1937)"
Benjamin Britten - "Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: VI. Molto perpetuo e Canto (1964)" [Alban Gerhardt, cello]
Benjamin Britten - "Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: VIII. Moto perpetuo: Presto...
Duration:01:08:57
A440, Op. 7. No. 27 Perpetual Motion from Mar 30, 2021
3/30/2021
Amy Beach - "Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op.45, II. Scherzo: Vivace (Perpetuum mobile) (1899)" [Alan Feinberg - piano, Nashville Symphony Orchestra. [Amy Beach 1867 – 1944]]
Marcel Poot - "Moto Perpetto: Tarantelle (1953)" [Moscow Symphony Orchestra [Marcel Poot 1901-1988]]
Pierpaolo Romani - "Moto Perpetuo - First version" [Zappa spielt für Bach 2018]
Antonio Ruiz-Pipó - "Juegos: II. Moto perpetuo" [Jean Bruno Dautaner - guitar]
Stefan Kisielewski - "Moto Perpetuo (1953)"...
Duration:01:08:37
Toccata, Take One from Mar 23, 2021
3/23/2021
Girolamo Frescobaldi - "Toccata, Libro 2, No. 3 (1621)" [Pierre Hantaï - harpsichord]
Cécile Chaminade - "Toccata, Op. 39 (1887)" [Olga Kopylova - piano]
Claude Debussy - "Pour le Piano, L. 95, III. Toccata (1901)" [Víkingur Ólafsson - piano]
Claudio Monteverdi - "L'Orfeo, Prologo - Toccata (1607)" [Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)]
Igor Stravinsky - "Violin Concerto in D Major, I. Toccata (1931)" [Gianluigi Gelmetti - violin with Radio Sinfonie-orchester Stuttgart]
Arthur Berger - "String...
Duration:01:08:42
Marathon, Second Mvt., Duo with Dave Mandl from Mar 16, 2021
3/16/2021
Thom Yorke - "Invisible Knots" - ANIMA
Johnny Greenwood - "Popcorn Superhet Receiver - Part 2B"
George Rochberg - "Caprice Variations: 44 Scherzo, after Mahler Symphony No. 5 (1970)"
Erik Griswold - "Pale Yellow Frontier" - Pain Avoidance Machine [This album is part of a 2 CD Grand Prize for tonight's Marathon Show!]
Anton Arensky - "String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 35, II. Variation 6, Allegro con spirito (1894)"
Erik Griswold - "Fallingwater"
Jessie Montgomery - "Break Away, V....
Duration:01:07:51
2021 Marathon, First Mvt., Duo with David Dichelle from Mar 9, 2021
3/9/2021
Blue Devils - "Roll With It"
John Adams - "Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986)"
Gaspar Cassadó - "Requiebros" [THEREMIN LOVE!!]
Francis Poulenc - "Concerto in G Minor for Organs Strings and Timpani"
Alban Berg - "Lulu, Act 2 Filmmusik (1937)"
Kenji Bunch - "3 Gs"
Boston Typewriter Orchestra - "Butterfly Bit" [Your pledge of $20 gets you in the running for this great prize at the end of the show!]
Henry Cowell - "The Banshee" - An Anthology of Noise and Electronic Music, Vol. 6 [Your...
Duration:01:08:20
A440, Op. 7. No. 23: Enter Interlude from Mar 2, 2021
3/2/2021
Lukas Foss - "Time Cycle: Improvised Interlude, No. 1 (1960)"
Grażyna Bacewicz - "Partita for Violin and Piano: III. Intermezzo / IV. Rondo. Presto (1955)" [Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds - violin, Ivan Donchev - piano]
Gregório Calleres - "Interlúdios para Piano Preparado, No. 1"
William Bolcolm - "Songs of Innocence and Experience, Part 2. Interlude"
Rodion Shchedrin - "The Left-Hander, Act I: Seven Turns of the Key. Orchestral Interlude I. / Act II. Know How. Orchestral Interlude II....
Duration:01:09:19
A440, Op. 7 No. 21, Diversions from the Tedious and Serious (Divertimento) from Feb 16, 2021
2/16/2021
Béla Bartók - "Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113. III. Allegro Assai (1939)" [Trondheim Solistene]
Robert Linn - "Divertimento for Oboe, Two Horns and Strings, V. Presto (1996)" [Maggie Edmondson (Cello), Tom Peters (Double Bass), Jon Titmus (Horn),
Agnes Gottschewski (Violin), Stuart Horn (Oboe), Jan Karlin (Viola), Amy Sims (Violin), Paul Loredo (Horn)]
Otto Luening - "Divertimento for Brass Quintet, VI. Presto (1988)" [Meridian Arts Ensemble; John Nelson, trumpet; Richard Kelley,...
Duration:01:08:15
A440, Op. 7. No. 20, Allegro Passionato: a HOT MINUTE - or - big, sweeping, gushing, Romantic Era orchestral works from Feb 9, 2021
2/9/2021
Julius Röntgen - "Cello Concerto No. 1, III. Allegro non troppo, ma passionato (1894)"
Julius Röntgen - "Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, I. Allegro molto e passionato (1910)"
Clara Schumann - "3 Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22, III. Leidenschaftlich schnell (1853)" [Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano and Elena Urioste, violin]
Johannes Brahms - "Rhapsody, Op. 79, No. 2, Molto passionato, ma non troppo allegro (1879)" [Radu Lupu, piano]
George Walker - "Cello Sonata, I. Allegro passionato...
Duration:01:08:24
A440, Op. 7 No. 19 Two Woofs, 3 Gs and a Dirty Rotten Scherzo from Jan 26, 2021
1/26/2021
Dmitri Shostakovich - "The Nose: Act I: Prologue, Galop and Interlude (1926)" [Mariinsky Orchestra directed by Valery Gergiev]
Henry Cowell - "2 Woofs for piano, HC 451, Woof I. Allegretto (1928, pub. 1947)" [Stacey Barelos, piano]
Henry Cowell - "2 Woofs for piano, HC 451, Woof II. Allegro (1928, pub.1947)" [Stacey Barelos, piano]
George Frederick McKay - "Caricature Dance Suite, II. Jabbertyflip" [Logan Skelton - piano]
Kenji Bunch - "The Dogbreath Express" [Kenji Bunch, viola]
Kenji...
Duration:01:08:29
A440, Op. 7, No. 18 PRECIPITOUSLY YOURS (allegro precipitando) from Jan 19, 2021
1/19/2021
Roland Leistner-Mayer (b. 1945) - "String Quartet, No. 7, Op. 151 "Ariadne", IV. Presto precipitato (2016)" - Leistner-Mayer String Quartets 5 - 7 [Sojka Quartet]
Lennart Fredriksson (b. 1952) - "Trio Sonata, III. Allegro precipitando (1991)" - Not Yet Dawn [Stockholm Arts Trio]
Nicola Monopoli (b. 1991) - "Due Scene, Precipitando (2014)" - Due Scene (2014 Live Recording) [Carmine Marcello Rizzi - violin]
Gunther Schuller - "Impromptus & Cadenzas for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin...
Duration:01:08:45
A440, Op. 7, No. 17 ULTRALOQUATIOUSLY YOURS (acciaccato, adirato, ardito - molto gesticolato) from Jan 12, 2021
1/12/2021
Peter Seabourne (b. 1960) - "Sonata Appassionata for Violin and Cello, III. Nervoso, spingendo (2012)" - Seabourne: Sonata Appassionata, On the Blue Shore of Silence & A Music Beginning [Ostap Shutko - violin & Olga Shutko - cello]
Ernst von Dohnányi (1877 - 1960) - "String Quartet No. 2 in D-flat Major, Op. 15, II. Presto acciaccato (1906)" - The Hungarian Album [Guarnari Quartet]
Salvador Brotons (b. 1959) - "Sonata for Cello, Op. 104, IV. Finale adirato (1978)" - Lluís Claret en...
Duration:01:08:21
