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The Wordless Music Series, which “pairs rock and electronic musicians with more traditional chamber and new music performers, to create an entirely new concert experience,” has announced its new fall season (thx, Ken). Listen to some of the previous concerts here on NPR. Buy tickets to some of the upcoming concerts here on Brown Paper Tickets (search for “Wordless Music”). I’ll be heading to Signal’s all-Steve-Reich program featuring “Music for 18 Musicians” and “You Are (Variations)” this Sunday night at Le Poisson Rouge. Seeing Reich’s “Music for 18 Musicians” at Carnegie Hall last year was absolutely one of the highlights of my concertgoing life. Very excited to see it again, along with the incredible “You Are (Variations).” To get revved up for even more Wordless Music madness, check out Stars of the Lid performing Arvo Pärt’s “Fratres” (a piece near and dear to my heart) in Utrecht earlier this year. Stars of the Lid perform on 21 November as part of Wordless Music.

11 September 2008 — Recommended Readings