Breaking Barriers Episode July 13, 2023

Music of Death

10:01am - 11:04am

How composers have reacted to terror and Tragedy compositionally

Track Listing:

Black Angels (movements 1 and 5)
George Crumb; Kronos Quartet · Black Angels
They Are There! Fighting for the People's New Free World
Charles Ives; Kronos Quartet · Black Angels
Alabama (Live At Birdland Jazzclub, New York City, NY, 10/18/1963)
John Coltrane · Live At Birdland
Qt for the End of Time: III. Abime Des Oiseaux
Olivier Messiaen; Amici Ensemble · Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time & Themes and Variations
Machine Gun (Live At Fillmore East, New York City, NY)
Jimi Hendrix · Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Chorus - "At the sight of this"
John Adams, BBC Singers & BBC Symphony Orchestra · John Adams: Doctor Atomic
Sinnerman
Nina Simone · Feeling Good: The Very Best of Nina Simone
Wozzeck, Op. 7, Act I, Scene 1: Langsam Wozzeck, langsam!
Alban Berg; Pierre Boulez, Walter Berry, Albert Weikenmeier & Paris Opera Orches · Berg: Wozzeck
Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 "Leningrad": IV. Allegro non troppo
Dmitri Shostakovich; Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein · Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7 "Leningrad"
WTC/911: III. WTC
Steve Reich; Kuss Quartet · Kuss Quartet: Krise/Crisis
With God On Our Side (Live)
Bob Dylan & Joan Baez · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Live 1964 - Concert At Philharmonic Hall