Every weekday, host Terry Gross is known for her extraordinary ability to engage guests of all dispositions. Also, of course, this is, as Todd said, this is not a film about conducting, nor is it a performance film. Paddling in the middle of a fast moving stream of news and information. 1975 Preview Interlude I 1 2:42 Interlude Ii 2 2:33 Interlude Iii 3 2:37 Interlude Iv 4 2:11 Mist 5 1:48 Velvet Tear 6 2:43 Interlude V 7 3:52 Interlude Vi 8 3:22 Amber 9 2:50 Interlude Vii 10 3:01 1975 10 Songs, 28 Minutes 1981 American Gramaphone LLC More by Mannheim Steamroller Christmas 1.3K likes. Would you like to make a playlist based on your queue? We remember two accomplished performers from different fields: Sharp-witted comedian Richard Belzer, probably best-known for playing the dramatic role of . Bernstein says that you prepare with an inhalation and the music sounds as exhalation. Let us help you find exactly what you want to hear. Lydia Tr is brilliant and charismatic, but questions have been raised about whether she uses her power to take sexual advantage of young women she is mentoring. For more than 40 years, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has inspired and engaged audiences, both in the Greater Philadelphia area where it began as a local program on WHYY-FM in 1975 and across the country as a nationally-broadcast show since 1987. 18 days ago. On the impact of losing her father at a young age. February 17, 2023 We remember David Jolicoeur, otherwise known as Trugoy the Dove, of the hip-hop group De La Soul. Fresh AirHear the Fresh Air program for February 24, 2023 Fresh Air From WHYY in Philadelphia Latest Show About Terry Gross Podcast Newsletter Contact Fresh Air Twitter Facebook Subscribe. I mean, who knows? To understand his subject, Caro moved to the Texas Hill country to meet friends and associates of Johnson from his early years. There's a complicity in it. and our To be clear, it was a piano cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit which is just the most NPR thing I can think of. When you work public radio production, and your only creative license is a ~15 second instrumental cover between certain segments, youre going to make damn sure your choices are deliberate. It's part of why we made the film. Answer: I will quote a fellow quora member, JJ Sutherland, who works for NPR: "They cut a deal with ASCAP/BMI/SESAC and pay a fee for each piece of music used. hide caption. Guardian journalist Shaun Walker talks about Yevgeny Prigozhin, the tough-talking convict-turned-businessman who recruits soldiers from Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine. Nobody holds power alone. Some of the most memorable interviews handpicked by the Fresh Air staff. So we were all captive. Book critic John Leonard reviews Rachel and Her Children, by Jonathan Kozol, which examines the plight of the homeless in New York City's welfare hotels. Still laughing about that one to this very day, whenever m my wife and I hear that song out in the wild. The current deal lasts through 2017." Here is an excellent blurb from wikipedia on w. "And also somebody who is obsessed with, and thinks that she can control, how she's perceived and how she moves through the world.". She puts it off stage right. Screenwriter and director Todd Field sees the film as a meditation on the nature of power. So we see something being found or trying to discover something. In 'Tr,' a brilliant but manipulative conductor orchestrates everyone around her, 'Oscar Wars' spotlights bias, blind spots and backstage battles in the Academy, 'My Voice Should Be Heard': #MeToo And The Women Of Opera, Renowned conductor Marin Alsop's life explored in new documentary. Absolutely! We wanted it to remain Margaret and James." Conducting is a form of deep communication, and you have in your arsenal your fingertips, your hands, your arms, your chest, your facial postures all of this is a form of communication in order to elicit sound. On studying the classical music world to write the screenplay. Smialek says the Fed wields enormous influence, and is growing more powerful as it responds to national crises, including the financial meltdown and the pandemic. WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyones stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. But yet it has happened.". Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Blanchett: Conducting is a form of alchemy. I don't know if it was NPR, but I heard somewhere the other day use Wilco's "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" in a COVID story. We talk about a small group of unelected officials who make important decisions that affect our lives, all the time. And, in this case, I was very lucky to be able to have the tutelage of John Mauceri, who had been Leonard Bernstein's assistant, who taught at Yale and also, handily, had been the conductor for the LA Phil for movie nights at the Hollywood Bowl. For more than 40 years, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has inspired and engaged audiences, both in the Greater Philadelphia area where it began as a local program on WHYY-FM in 1975 and across the country as a nationally-broadcast show since 1987. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. I mean, in terms of Marin Alsop, she's a storied trailblazer. The influential group that emerged in the late 1980s brought a sense of fun and wit to the genre, as well as a middle-class suburban sensibility. They had a weekend calendar segment towards the end each week, with stuff to go do in and around KC and one time the lead-in bumper music was perfectly cued to The Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated specifically on the line. And I appreciate it. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tr in director Todd Field's Tr. The Paramount+ series is the first time McGraw and Hill have appeared together on screen. Blanchett says the hierarchical nature of the music world made it an ideal setting for the story. She says any relationship to her is superficial. It's a very, very theatrical piece that Mahler kind of sits you deeply, deeply in and sort of demands your attention. Audio interview adapted to NPR.org by: Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Beth Novey. No credit card needed. And then I wrote the script. Years ago it was a brief excerpt of something vaguely classical, then at some point they just chopped it down to a split-second string flourish. It starts out [with] the funeral march. But yet it has happened.". hide caption. Have you guys noticed self referential, often tongue in cheek musical choices after segments or am I reaching? "It was the perfect place to place a character who is incredibly disciplined, who has devoted their life to their passions, and probably, as a result, has become quite inept at life," Blanchett says. It has everything. The recipe was published in newspapers nationwide; here's a rare scan of said recipe. Some of the most memorable interviews handpicked by the Fresh Air staff. WHYY thanks our sponsors become a WHYY sponsor. Each week, nearly 5 million people listen to the show's intimate conversations broadcast on more than 624 NPR stations across the country . In order to prepare for the role, Blanchett watched hours of classical conductors at work, both in rehearsals and in performance. Discover Fresh Aire Interludes by Jackson Berkey released in 1981. I really enjoy the bumper music and background music that play during most of NPR's programming. His new book is Code Gray. I've noticed that a lot of NPR news programs will use songs after each segment which seem to have some lyrical references to the content of the previous story. It'd be great to make a huge playlist of the songs they have played, if people are so inclined please post any that you have recognized and I can start a Spotify playlist. Audio interview produced and edited by: Lauren Krenzel and Susan Nyakundi. At age 87, Caro is still working on the last volume of his Johnson biography. 385. Guardian journalist Shaun Walker talks about Yevgeny Prigozhin, the tough-talking convict-turned-businessman who recruits soldiers from Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine. This is about a character and it's about the corrupting force of nature. It's being made in rehearsal, so I know from many hours on stage, the way you rehearse something is quite a different process from actually then going to perform it. In the moment! Nobody holds power alone. Michael Schulman sifts through the controversies in his new book, Oscar Wars. Both Blanchett and Tr director Todd Field have been nominated for Oscars. Thought it was funny as hell. He pointed me in the right directions. A new audio documentary series grapples again with the unreliability of memory and the slipperiness of truth. WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community. Check out Fresh Aire Interludes by Mannheim Steamroller on Amazon Music. It was about her. And then there's a storm, and then there's a love story. It's a kind of a lifelong obsession with sound. For all fans of public radio, this is a community designed to showcase really good radio stories -- and the people who make them. Some people were bound to be offended. There's a complicity in it. She was a first of a very, very still tiny subset of female conductors. I probably wouldn't be here right now. Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. The Fresh Air Archive is made possible by a generous grant from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation. The show gives interviews as much time as needed, and complements them with comments from well-known critics and commentators. "That's just an unfortunate fact; we're part animal, sometimes the animal takes over our better angels.". On choosing Mahler's Symphony No. So every single sound can set her off. Now he's up for an Oscar for the first major acting job he's had in decades for the role of Waymond in Everything Everywhere All at Once. Field: My background in classical music is zilch, other than a passing interest, like most people, and having certain favorites. I think that it's a really important conversation to have. She learned how to play classical pieces on the piano, though Field deliberately obscured her hands when she plays in the film. Tr is nominated for six Oscars, including best picture, best actress for Blanchett, and best director and best original screenplay for Field. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. I caught them playing 21st Century Digital Boy by Bad Religion after a tech story a couple years ago. Nothin to do, nowhere to go-o oh-oh-oh. It is a LOT less than commercial broadcasters pay. But yet it has happened.". "It's just so out of the realms of fantasy that this former convict is going to fly around prisons in his helicopter and offer people salvation for fighting for him at the front, and then lead these battalions of prisoners to their almost certain death," He says. . New York Times reporter Jeanna Smialek covers the Federal Reserve, which manages the nation's money supply, and is currently struggling to get inflation down by raising interest rates. The one i hate most is one a lot of people seems to love, but its this stupid one-beat triplet on a cello they always play on Morning Edition after every sad sober or serious report. So he had more than a passing acquaintance about moviemaking and wasn't bothered like a lot of people in classical music would be by some hedonist like me asking them a lot of funny questions. In 1985, a University of Wyoming student was killed in her apartment. After 20 years away from the screen, actor Ke Huy Quan is back in front of the camera in the new film 'Everything Everywhere All At Once,' and he's getting lots of praise for his performance. First lyric: "I am an American aquarium drinker". All public radio fans welcome. In 2015,Fresh Airwas the No. Want to hear the music played between stories on NPR All Things Considered? Delightfully Snarky Musical Interludes. Its 1994 Peabody Award citation creditsFresh Airwith probing questions, revelatory interviews and unusual insights. And a variety of top publications count Gross among the countrys leading interviewers. 46:5846-Minute ListenPlaylist. Would you like to make a playlist based on your queue? Fresh Air for Feb. 23, 2023: The man who recruits Russia's mercenary soldiers Fresh Air for Feb. 22, 2023: 'Oscar Wars' spotlights the backstage battles in the Academy Browse archive or search npr.org I certainly ran away from [acting] for a long time because I felt it was such an insecure profession, which, of course it is unstable, uncertain. Before they filmed, they attended "cowboy camp," to learn the basics of riding horses and driving wagons. And it's 100% FREE. Philly mayoral candidates are discussing gun violence tonight. Our backstory for her [is] she grew up in quite a silent household, and so music was a life raft for her. Its how we live. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshair. Field: It's almost as if it was written for the film. Serial's new true-crime podcast, The Coldest Case in Laramie, revisits a 1985 murder. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images "It's just so out of the realms of fantasy that this former convict is going to fly around prisons in his helicopter and offer people salvation for fighting for him at the front, and then lead these battalions of prisoners to their almost certain death," He says. Press J to jump to the feed. Cracks me yo when I notice. . You'll be supporting the unique show you can't get enough of - and you can listen sponsor-free. Philadelphia Orchestra/Met Opera conductor Yannick Nzet-Sguin made a playlist, specifically for Fresh Air, of music that inspires him. Especially when its an instrumental elevator music remake of a hip hop track. Explore over 40 years of interviews with the voices that shape our world. She joins Fresh Air to talk about the politics of nudity in film and the kinds of roles available to women. Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. 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On conductor Marin Alsop's statement that she was offended by the film, as a woman, as a conductor and as a lesbian.