Now Hear This – “The Iceland Sound” Preview
Preview: Season 53 Episode 16 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Scott Yoo crosses this sunlit, rainy, volcanic land of extremes to meet Icelandic composers.
Fewer people live in Iceland than in Wichita, Kansas, yet it produces some of the best musicians in the world. To find out how, Scott Yoo crosses this sunlit, rainy, volcanic land of extremes to meet composers Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Daniel Bjarnason, popular musician JFDR, instrument makers, music historians, and one of Iceland’s most famous chefs.
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Now Hear This – “The Iceland Sound” Preview
Preview: Season 53 Episode 16 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Fewer people live in Iceland than in Wichita, Kansas, yet it produces some of the best musicians in the world. To find out how, Scott Yoo crosses this sunlit, rainy, volcanic land of extremes to meet composers Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Daniel Bjarnason, popular musician JFDR, instrument makers, music historians, and one of Iceland’s most famous chefs.
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Iceland produces some of the best music and composers in the world.
Find out how this volcanic land of extremes creates a people overflowing with music.
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An Icelandic Musical Instrument Made from Driftwood
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Clip: S53 Ep16 | 4m 57s | Scott Yoo learns how driftwood can be made into an iconic Icelandic instrument. (4m 57s)
Icelandic Percussion Instruments in "Helka" by Jón Leifs
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Clip: S53 Ep16 | 3m 19s | Scott Yoo hears "Helka" by the Icelandic composer Jón Leifs. (3m 19s)
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