| Friday,
June 17 at 10 p.m.
Series Finale: "Between Rock and a Hard Place"
For the entire history of western classical music, composers have incorporated popular music happening around them into their works. Schubert used Austrian folk songs, while jazz imbued works by Maurice Ravel. More recently, American composers have found ways to incorporate rock and pop styles in operas, orchestral music and small ensemble compositions. But are audiences ready for pop music that isn’t just three-minutes long? Music includes selections by Frank Zappa, Laurie Anderson, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles and others.
Explore
More:
American
Mavericks Official site
This
site is full of additional content to listen to, read and play
with, like the Listening
Room, which offers two Web-streams of continuous music,
and the virtual Rhythmicon
keyboard, to bring out your inner composer.
 Suzanne
Vega:
•
WHYY Interview
•
Biography
•
Official Web site
 Michael
Tilson Thomas:
•
Biography
•
San Francisco Symphony
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Singer-songwriter
Suzanne Vega hosts this Peabody Award-winning, 13-part series
exploring the revolution behind classical concert music in the
20th century. Inspired by the adventurous programming of the
San Francisco Symphony and its concert festival of the same
name, the series features the tradition-breaking composers who
shaped the development of American music -- from Charles Ives
and Laurie Anderson, to Aaron Copland and John Adams. The stories
in the series are frequently told by the creators themselves
to show the personal side of the often-overlooked field of experimental
music. Special interviews and commentary from San Francisco
Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas highlight this celebration
of musical inspiration and creativity.
Fridays
at 10 p.m. on 91FM
WHYY
Exclusive:
An interview with Mavericks
host Suzanne Vega
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