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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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Is it a motorcycle? Or is it art? At Madhouse Motors it's both
Open Studio meets master motorcycle mechanics who also have backgrounds in art and design. -
The Oscars and Tonys still use gendered categories. Should all awards be gender-neutral?
And in New Bedford, a look back at landscape painting in New England. -
Pharaoh of the opera: Anthony Roth Costanzo discusses his star turn in 'Akhnaten'
Open Studio's Jared Bowen talks opera and the power of pop music with one of its most wide-ranging countertenors.
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More Culture Programs
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Musical Greetings from the Vienna Philharmonic
As the world goes through a huge crisis, the Vienna Philharmonic sends a musical greeting.| 19:40 -
Episode 6, Season 9<br> "Godspell," Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and more
"Godspell," Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and "Boston's Apollo" at the Gardner Museum| 26:46 -
Tosca's "Vissi d'arte"
Watch Sonya Yoncheva sing the title character’s Act II aria, "Vissi d'arte."| 3:28 -
Sonya Yoncheva Sings Tosca's Act I Aria
Tosca (Sonya Yoncheva) seduces her artist lover Cavaradossi (Vittorio Grigolo).| 1:55
