Composer Richard Ascough tells host Wesley Cheney about how Terry Riley's Minimalist musical masterpiece has influenced his own work, playing In C in a scratch orchestra, and how much improvisation there should be in In C.

Ben Neill, who creates art music with a schizophrenic trumpet, tells host Wesley Cheney about performing In C annually at Lincoln Center,and how he was first introduced to Minimalism when he checked out In C on vinyl from his college library.

Minimalist Composer Lawrence Ball sits down with host Wesley Cheney to discuss his friendship with Terry Riley, the influence of Terry on his own compositions, and the upcoming Sunrise to Sunset Concert he is organizing in London.

John Lyon first discovered Terry Riley and In C as a college student browsing in an English record store in the Early Seventies, and now he loves the guitar orchestra performance of In C led by Portishead's Adrian Utley.

Alaina Shaw, violist with La Primavera String Quartet and Symphonicity, sits down to talk to host Wesley Cheney about her perspective of performing In C for the first time as a classically trained musician.

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Host Wesley Cheney sits down with shakuhachi master Kojiro Umezaki to discuss integrating technology into music, the influence Terry Riley's Minimalist masterpiece has had on contemporary music, and Ko's groundbreaking performance of In C on iPhones.

Host Wesley Cheney talks to English musician Martin Archer about his introduction to In C on LP in the early Seventies, the impact that Terry Riley's other seminal work, Rainbow in Curved Air, had on him, and the challenges of performing In C with a jazz rock band.

Composer and cellist Zoe Keating talks to host Wesley Cheney about her introduction to Minimalism, and how she has incorporated it into her music.