How the composer of today sees the contemporary world around him. Interviews, commentary and musical illustration provide a better picture of the modern composer. The series is hosted by Burrill Phillips, composer and professor of music at the University of Illinois.An online collection of early educational public radio content from the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB).
https://www.unlockingtheairwaves.org/programs/composer-in-the-world-of-today/
Making the new out of the old
This program, "Making the New Out of the Old," focuses on compositions that strive to ignore standard tropes in songwriting. Bernard Rogers' composition "Leaves from the Tale of Pinocchio," is highlighted.