TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE

PROMO FOR HOUR ONE  2/20/2010 "New Music"
*Why do people embrace the experimental visual art of Mark Rothko but
avoid the experimental music of Karlheinz Stockhausen?   That's the
question that David Stubbs explores in his book, "Fear of Music."  
We'll meet Stubbs in this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge.  Also,
Wesley Stace talks about his new novel which focuses on the relationship
between a music critic and a young composer.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:  "New Music"

0:00 - 26:16        SEGMENT 1: (26:17)
            This hour, why people embrace avant-garde art, but resist
            avant-garde music.  Wesley Stace has a new novel,
            "Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer."  Stace,
            known also as the singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding,
            tells Anne Strainchamps this is his first novel
            specifically about music.  There is a link to "Charles
            Jessold's" music at ttbook.org.  David Stubbs argues that
            new music doesn't get the same respect as new art.  His
            book is "Fear of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don't
            Get Stockhausen."  He tells Jim Fleming he was inspired
            to write it after watching the 1961 film "The Rebel" for
            the twelfth time.
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

26:17 - 26:46  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

26:47 - 40:05       SEGMENT 2: (16:19)
            John Cage wrote some of the most controversial music of
            the 20th Century.  The brilliant composer was
            extraordinarily creative.  Kenneth Silverman explores
            Cage's life in a groundbreaking biography called "Begin
            Again."  He tells Steve Paulson that a lot of Cage's
            creativity came from his inventor father.
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

46:00 - 40:35       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

43:36 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (09:24)
            At the age of 28, Chinese pianist Lang Lang has already
            played with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin
            Philharmonic and all of the top American orchestras. 
            He's written an autobiography, "Journey of a Thousand
            Miles," and his latest album, "Live in Vienna," features
            his first recordings of Beethoven's Sonatas.  He tells
            Steve Paulson all about it.
                         
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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