Backstage Burrow Ep1-2026 - Charles Ives: The Musical Agent of Chaos!

🎶🐰 Dive into the chaotic genius of Charles Ives!
Join me, your resident bunny‑host, on a whirlwind hop through American music history as we explore how one curious, chaos‑loving composer helped shape a truly original, national sound. Inspired by his father’s wild sonic experiments, Charles grew up to create rule‑breaking, ahead‑of‑its‑time masterpieces. This episode uncovers how barn dances, marching bands, hymns, and pure creative mischief fused into something unmistakably American. Let’s hop into the noise and find the music hiding inside everyday life.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=KsKrFG8A-1L8pFIC&v=zsN1uoHAJ0g&feature=youtu.be

Bill Brennan and Andy McNeill

"Dreaming in Gamelan"
(self release 2025)

https://brennanmcneill.bandcamp.com/album/dreaming-in-gamelan

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Michael Daugherty (b. 1954)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Daugherty

"This Land Sings: Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie"
Annika Socolofsky (soprano)
John Daugherty (baritone)
Dogs of Desire/ David Alan Miller
(Naxos 2020)
https://open.spotify.com/album/1lAhACpEplL2yxkg41f2xI?si=e6pQM_tvTE2hkhz_G712TA

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Carlos Simon (b. 1986)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Simon_(composer)

"Four Symphonic Works"
[The Block (2018)
Tales: A Folklore Symphony (2021)
Songs of Separation (2023)
Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra (2023)]
J’Nai Bridges (mezzo-soprano)
National Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda
(National Symphony Orchestra 2024)
https://open.spotify.com/album/4tSeAHw32GO6Pj7Xkzu0oS?si=ADXx68NDSU68sVCwculBpw

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#AfricanAmericanComposers
#CarlosSimon

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Wynton Marsalis (b. 1961)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Mars

"Blues Symphony"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Jader Bignamini
(Pentatone 2025)
https://open.spotify.com/album/0fTJMgJD49Spi9tdn7z2Qe?si=z16-wpgrR3yS-oi09OTyVQ

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Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
"Toccata Festiva, Op 36" (1960)

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
"Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings and Timpani" (1938)

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
"Symphony No 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’" (1886)

Olivier Latry (organ)
Philadelphia Orchestra/Christoph Eschenbach
(Ondine 2007)
https://open.spotify.com/album/3ugemlIbQrqoDz0pbUIMRf?si=61iCa4f6TQyvv30BbD6i2g

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#SamuelBarber
#FrancisPoulenc
#CamilleSaintSaëns
#ChristophEschenbach

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Philip Glass (b. 1937)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass

"Aguas da Amazonia"
Third Coast Percussion
Constance Volk (flute)
(Rockwell Records 2025)
https://open.spotify.com/album/3AeEX9wxHqQPJ4tt1AHEKs?si=WxrNKOQpQLSOTeY-SLX7QA

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#AmericanComposers
#PhilipGlass

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Vittorio Giannini (1903 – 1966)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Giannini

"Symphony No. 3"
[Dedication Overture (1965)
Fantasia (1963)
Praeludium and Allegro (1958)
Symphony No. 3 (1958)
8 Variations and Fugue (1965)]

University of Houston Wind Ensemble/Tom Bennett
(Naxos 2006)
https://open.spotify.com/album/1VbicbaLMbrEJV5Nt1h1UC?si=W5m2Zq6WQS2XBYEv9YCwrw

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#VittorioGiannini