podcast series
That made me basically reconsider what a string quartet does - what makes a piece of music work.
- JENNIFER HIGDON, Composer
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Episode 1
With Malice Toward None 1 with Tracy Silverman & Matthew Detrick Apollo director and violinist Matt Detrick and wonderful collaborator friend Tracy Silverman, discussing our With Malice Toward None album and commission, our new Beethoven 7 Groovando music video, and how Beethoven's music reflected the politics and travails of his time. Episode 4
The Unraveling with Pamela Z & Matt Detrick “What is classical music in the 21st century?” Composer-perfomer Pamela Z and Apollo founder and violinist Matthew Detrick discuss Apollo’s #20x2020 commission The Unraveling, a boundary-eliding new work for string quartet, voice and electronics inspired by American folk rock. Episode 7
MoonStrike -Raven Steals the Moon with Jerod Tate & Matt Detrick Episode 7 explores the third and final movement of MOONSTRIKE: Raven Steals the Moon. It tells the story of a lazy, insatiable yet powerful Raven who bargains over ownership of the moon with the village people. |
Episode 2
What is the Word? With Christopher Theofanidis & Matthew Detrick “One of the neat things about electronics is that you can do things that are almost unimaginable…they create MAGIC.” Learn more about our 20x2020 commission ‘What is the Word?’ by Grammy-winning composer (and Houston native) Christopher Theofanidis and Mark Wingate, featured on Apollo’s ‘With Malice Toward None’ album. Episode 5
MoonStrike - Corn Dance with Jerod Tate & Matthew Detrick Episode 5, the first of four upcoming podcasts exploring the title work of our new album, features a ‘fly-by’ overview of MoonStrike. Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate chose to open MoonStrike with an arrangement of the Calusa Corn Dance. Episode 8 Part I:
In the Shadow of the Mountain with Jennifer Higdon & Matthew Detrick “That made me basically reconsider what a string quartet does - what makes a piece of music work.” -Jennifer Higdon ------------ Learn more about the inspiration behind our 20x2020 commission by multiple GRAMMY and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon. Higdon grew up in the shadow of the Smoky Mountains and the subject matter for this work was influenced by her childhood memories of sound, light, and music of the mountain and its people. |
Episode 3
We Will Sing One Song with Eve Beglarian & Matthew Detrick “What I was thinking about was the sense of this dream of American optimism as being incredibly seductive and touching...” Composer Eve Beglarian discusses Apollo’s 20x2020 commission ‘We Will Sing One Song’, a captivating and timely work inspired by Armenian traditional music and literature - featured on our 2021 album, With Malice Toward None. Episode 6
MoonStrike -The Man Who Married the Moon with Jerod Tate & Matthew Detrick We celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Episode 6! Podcast explores the second movement of MOONSTRIKE, The Man Who Married the Moon, featuring the story of Nahchurúchu and the Yellow Corn Sisters along with an Isleta Pueblo highlighting the composer’s soulful rendition of a Pueblo Lullaby, Choctaw Hymn 139. Episode 9 Part II:
In the Shadow of the Mountain with Jennifer Higdon & Matthew Detrick Learn more about the inspiration behind our 20x2020 commission by multiple GRAMMY and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon. Higdon grew up in the shadow of the Smoky Mountains and the subject matter for this work was influenced by her childhood memories of sound, light, and music of the mountain and its people. |
