270. Caroline Shaw

(June 2020) Episode 270 is CAROLINE SHAW. Realizing most of my classical episodes are dead men, I sought out a contemporary woman composer, and found a fantastic one in Caroline Shaw, the youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music.  While the instrumentation in mostly conventional, the sounds and structures are not. She makes full use of the range of sounds one can get from a stringed instrument, as well as voices.  Give her a try.

Favorite piece (chamber): Plan & Elevation

Favorite vocal piece: Partita for 8 Voices

Favorite orchestral piece: Watermark

Favorite solo piece: in manus tuas

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