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A New Take On Orpheus From Peabody Essex Museum's Composer-In-Residence
ResumeWhen you think of classical music, what might immediately come to mind are cavernous, ornate concert halls with musicians in black and white playing string instruments for a graying audience.
But the Peabody Essex Museum's composer-in-residence, Matt Aucoin, wants to change that image. He's designing intimate, creative performances in unusual spaces that he hopes will attract wider audiences.
An example of that is a piece he composed that he'll be conducting at the museum Friday night. It's called "The Orphic Moment" and it's a new take on the ancient myth of Orpheus, as he explains to WBUR's Sacha Pfeiffer.
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Matt Aucoin, the Peabody Essex Museum's composer-in-residence
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Peabody Essex Museum: The Lure Of Orpheus
- "The story of Orpheus, searching in the underworld for his beloved Eurydice, is music’s founding myth. It’s every musician’s justification and self-glorification and favorite bedtime story, and it’s also a cautionary tale."
This segment aired on June 5, 2014.