The Open Ears Projects List

1. Adagio of spartacus and phrygia - on Resetting
2. Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyires" - On Conquering Fear
3. Schubert's "Ave Maria"
4. Francisco Tarrega's Lagrima
5. Florence PRice's Juba Dance - get through a life-changing moment
6. J.S. Bach's Concerto for Two Violins - teenage longing and the loss of a beloved friend
7. Franz Schuberts Piano Trio No. 1 - on Vulnerability
8. Chopin's Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor - on Catharsis
9. Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring - on Challenging Expectations (Jon Batiste)
10. Mozart's First Piano Sonata - on Happiness (Comedienne Rachel Strauss-Muniz)
11. Carl Orff's Gassenhauer - on American Beauty (Director Sam Mendes)
12. Nicholas Britell's "Little's Theme" - on Finding Your Truth (Lee Hill)
13. Beethoven's Violin Concerto - on Empathy (Violinist Nicola Benedetti)
14. Frederic Chopin's Berceuse - on A Quiet Kind of Miracle (Writer Robert Macfalane)
15. Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians - on How We Listen (arm reservist Joe Young)
16. Henry Purcell's "Dido's Lamet" - on Forgiveness (Mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges)
17. Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune - on Elevation (Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard)
18. Mozart's piano concerto - on Nourishing the Soul (Eva Chen)
19. Beethoven's String Quarter No. 16 - on Time and Consciousness (Jazz Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis)
20. Adagio from Bach's Violin Sonata No. 1 - on Resolution (WQXR's Jacqui Cheng)
21. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by J.S. Bach - on Perspective (Architect Daniel Libeskind)
22. Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1 - on Just Letting Go (WNYC host Alison Stewart)
23. Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King - on Imagination (New York City art teacher Justin Jackson)
24. Beethoven piano bagatelle and the poetry of Langston Huges - on Overcoming Adversity (WQXR host Terrance McKnight)
25. Arvo Part's Spiegel in Spiegel - on What Changed my Life (TV producer Megan Reid)
26. Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto - on A Journey (Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon)
27. the music of Frederic Chopin, the Etude Opus 10, No.1. - on History (Actor Jesse Eisenberg)
28. Bach's Chaconne for Violin - on Patience (Rapper Dessa)
29. Maurice Ravel's Pavane pour une infante defunte - on Imperfection (Krystal Hawes)
30. Faure's Requiem - On peace (Esther Perel)