Podcasts · Episode
Brian Meixner and Bill Lawing on North Carolina Brass Band, Ben Sollee on The Long Haul
Program: Piedmont Arts Podcast
Aired: Monday, September 23, 2024
Hosted by David Boraks
The North Carolina Brass Band performs a free concert in Charlotte at First United Methodist Church. It's a night of brass band and pipe organ music featuring organist Evan Currie. On this Piedmont Arts podcast, we talk with music director Brian Meixner and cornest Bill Lawing. Plus, we talk with singer-songwriter and classically trained cellist Ben Sollee. He talks about breaking boundaries with the cello, his social activism offstage, and his new post-pandemic album, The Long Haul.
Learn more about the North Carolina Brass Band
Learn more about Ben Sollee's The Long Haul
Playlist
9 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 28 in C, K. 200 Orchestra of the 18th Century Philips 432177 "Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28 & 36"" | |
| Edgar Meyer · Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra (finale) St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Edgar Meyer, double bass Sony Classical SK 609 56 "Meyer & Bottesini Concertos" | |
| Wilhelm Friedemann Bach · Overture in g (formerly attr. to JS Bach, BWV 1070) Les Violons du Roy Sono Luminus 90239 "Music of Bach's Sons" | |