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Culture in the News
Omar Thomas on making “Griot Songs” at GBH
Omar Thomas is a large ensemble composer who’s had work commissioned by Eastman New Jazz Ensemble, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. His newest album, “Griot Songs,” was recorded entirely in the GBH Fraser Performance Studio. He spoke to Al Davis and Va Lynda Robinson about the process.
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Author and director John Waters on free speech and pushing the envelope with humor
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Immersive art and music experience coming to Cambridge's Longy School of Music
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Open Studio: Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi and playwright Matthew López
Open Studio takes viewers inside the creative process, offering a blend of profiles, performances and contemporary exhibitions by artists in Greater Boston, New England and across the country.
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Episode 20, Season 2<br> Octavia Butler, The Grand Dame of Science Fiction
She is one of the most prolific and important Black authors in the genre.| 14:34 -
Jonas Kaufmann's "Nessun dorma"
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings Calàf's aria from the final act of Puccini's opera "Turandot."| 3:09 -
The Suite from Dr. Zhivago
Watch Valery Gergiev conduct French composer, Maurice Jarre's "Suite from Dr. Zhivago."| 4:01 -
Anna Netrebko Performs Rachmaninoff's "A Dream"
Anna Netrebko sings Rachmaninoff's “A Dream” from Vienna's Spanish Riding School.| 2:30
