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Michael Hearst's SONGS FOR UNUSUAL CREATURES - Episode 1 "Aye-aye & Kronos Quartet"
- Published_at:2013-01-14
- Category:Education
- Channel:Michael Hearst
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- description: http://www.unusualcreatures.com Michael Hearst's SONGS FOR UNUSUAL CREATURES Earth's strangest animals and the music they inspire. About: Earth's most peculiar animals paired with Earth's most peculiar music. Episode 1, "Aye-aye," focuses on a nocturnal lemur from Madagascar, and features the Kronos Quartet, as well as a visit to the Duke Lemur Center. Credits: Shot and edited by Joe Beshenkovsky. Written by Joe Beshenkovsky and Michael Hearst. Art direction by Arjen Noordeman and Christie Wright of Elasticbrand. Background: The concept for this show stems from the book Unusual Creatures and the album Songs For Unusual Creatures, by Michael Hearst. Unusual Creatures (book, Chronicle Kids, 2012) -- Featuring 50 of Earth's strangest animals, complete with facts, humor, illustrations, maps, scientific info, and quizzes. Songs For Unusual Creatures (CD, Urban Geek Records, 2012) -- An album of instrumental songs inspired by some of Earth's most peculiar animals: dugong, aye-aye, magnapinna squid, Chinese giant salamander, blue-footed booby, elephant shrew, tardigrade, etc. The album features guests musicians, including Kronos Quartet, The Microscopic Septet, Margaret Leng Tan, the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots; and also features some of the strangest musical instruments on the planet: daxophone, theremin, claviola, stylophone, glass armonica, tubax. Official website: http://www.unusualcreatures.com
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