Modern Classical

[braincell]

They call it "New Music From The Past 500 Years" but most of it seems like from the past 100 years:

http://www.wnyc.org/wnyc2/#

[garyb]

"modern classical"...

there's an oxymoron....

[braincell]

Those were my words. Here is specifically how they describe it:

500 Years of New Music

On WNYC2, we explore stimulating contemporary music, unearth exclusive WNYC performances, scour the archives for rarely heard historic and live recordings, refresh pieces that have gone stale, and select the most dynamic and insightful renditions of the classics. Free of additives, commercials and generic performances — WNYC2 brings you the fearless and relevant music that you crave, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

[garyb]

it's all good, i'm sure!

[Mr Arkadin]

Well even the term contemporay music is wrong - contemporary does not mean new, it means happening at the same time - so you could say Schubert wrote contemporary music...


...contemporary to Beethoven anyway.

[garyb]

truth!

[Neil B]

"modern classical"...

there's an oxymoron....

I love oxymorons:

My favourite is "police intelligence"

[Mr Arkadin]

There's a thread on KVR at the moment called "first debut"