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Sound Perimeter: Motherless Child
Today's Sound Perimeter listens to two different versions of “Motherless Child”, one by Jubilant Sykes, and the other by Cécile McLorin Salvant. Each rendition holds the same spiritual at its center,…
Published on 14 hours ago
Sound Perimeter: Holding Time
Today's Sound Perimeter explores two very different meditations on stillness and motion. Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, performed by Anne Akiko Meyers and Akira Eguchi, takes us into a space of quiet tension a…
Published on 1 week ago
Sound Perimeter: Notes in the Snow
Today's Sound Perimeter steps into winter through three very different musical moods. We began with Thea Musgrave’s "A Winter’s Morning", a quiet, atmospheric setting of a Robert Burns poem that capt…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Sound Perimeter: Dreaming in Air
From meadow to rainforest to dreamscape, three composers in today's Sound Perimeter invite us to hear the world in new ways. Ottorino Respighi captured the bright call of the cuckoo in an Italian mor…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Sound Perimeter: Mirrors and Memories
Today's Sound Perimeter presents two pieces that reflect one another across time: Frédéric Chopin’s Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4, and Caroline Shaw’s Gustave Le Gray , which reimagines and refram…
Published on 2 months ago
Sound Perimeter: Old Forms, New Worlds
Today's Sound Perimeter includes two remarkable works: Ariel Ramírez’s Misa Criolla , where the traditional Catholic Mass meets the rhythms and melodies of Argentina, and Aldemaro Romero’s Fuga con…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Sound Perimeter: The Orange Tree
Today's Sound Perimeter features two pieces inspired by oranges, both the fruit itself and the color it embodies.
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Sound Perimeter: Borderless Sounds
Tonight, Sept. 22, 2025, at 6 p.m., we gather at the Fayetteville Public Library’s Walker Community Room for Borderless Sound: Latin American Composers and the World Stage, a live edition of Sound Pe…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Sound Perimeter: Postcard from Mexico City
Today's Sound Perimeter, Postcard from Mexico City, written as host Lia Uribe's present to you, after a short visit to Mexico this past week. Listen across three vibrant voices: Guadalupe Perales’ In…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Sound Perimeter: Cat Walk
Today, Sound Perimeter was inspired by cats—curious, sly, playful, and full of personality. We met Prokofiev’s clarinet cat in "Peter and the Wolf," smiled at Rossini’s comic duet of meowing singers,…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago