New Music for String Quartet (Special Podcast)

New Sounds from WNYC

Apr 18, 201500:56:43Health

Hear unusual music for string quartet on this program, as Australian composer Andrew Byrne, now based in New York, uses the string quartet as a percussion instrument in his work called “Striking.” Then, listen to Bang on...

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