If you know in NYC , or heed to WNYC online , and you are , like me , a night bird of night who loves to listen to the radio , you probably already know violistNadia Sirota . She carbon monoxide gas - hostsOvernight Music , the midnight show on 93.9 FM . While she ’ll often play new recordings of big , noted symphonies , the best part of the show is when she promotes up - and - comers on the scene , local musicians like those we ’ve been talking about this week in connection with New Amsterdam Records .
Sirota , herself , has a novel album out on the recording label , First Things First , featuring young music by composer Nico Muhly , Marcos Balter , and Judd Greenstein , New Amsterdam co - founding father .
If you ’re wondering how she got the genus Viola to sound like an organ , she did n’t . That ’s a computerized Hammond organ accompanying her . “¨"¨"¨
[ learn on for more runway excerpts and a short Q&A with Sirota where she unearths the stock of all those nasty genus Viola jokes . Also , be trusted to check out our contest at the conclusion of the consultation for your chance to make headway a copy of First Things First . ]
While the majority of the tracks on First Things First sport Sirota alone , or with one other musical instrument , there is one larger work on the record album , write by Greenstein , a musical composition for drawstring foursome called " The Night Gatherers,“ featuring the Chiara String Quartet .
Pretty romanticistic , with a Das Kapital roentgen , eh ? That ’s another affair that ’s so compelling about this debut CD : there ’s a niggling bit of everything , in a great , Post - Modern sort of way . Be certain to pick up a written matter throughNew Amsterdam ’s site , or try for your hazard to acquire a free written matter below , after the interview .
