In Context: Alarm Will Sound

Alarm Will Sound performs at BAM September 12 & 13. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of articles, interviews, and videos related to the group. Once you've seen it, help us keep the conversation going by telling us what you thought below.

Program Notes

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Alarm Will Sound (Pdf)


Read & Listen

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Article
10 Facts About Alarm Will Sound (BAM Blog)
Members heart physics and Whitney Houston, among other things.

Audio
Radiohead’s “Everything In Its Right Place” (Spotify)
The song, from the band’s record Kid A, is one of two tracks that Steve Reich glosses in his Radio Rewrite, which will be performed on September 13.

Audio
Meet the Composer: Donnacha Dennehy (WQXR)
Violist and WQXR host Nadia Sirota profiles the Irish composer, whose Grá agus Bás will be performed on September 13.


Watch

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Video
Steve Reich and Alan Pierson in Conversation (YouTube)
The composer and Alarm Will Sound conductor casually discuss their first meeting, flirtations with 12-tone music, and a thousand duck-sized horses.

Tyondai Braxton on Fly By Wire (YouTube)
Alarm Will Sound trombonist Mike Clayville talks to Braxton about his latest work.

Steve Reich on Radio Rewrite (YouTube)
Reich’s work had its seeds in a meeting with Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood.
A Profile of Alarm Will Sound (YouTube)
Interviews with conductor Alan Pierson and managing director Gavin Chuck, plus excerpts of works by Varèse and Aphex Twin.

John Adams on Son of Chamber Symphony (YouTube)
The composer, whose work will be performed September 12, discusses the musical progeny of his first chamber symphony.

NEA Opera Honors: Interview with John Adams (YouTube)
Adams recalls appearing in the musical South Pacific and his third-grade impulse to start writing music.

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