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Songs About Buildings and Moods
TWA Flight Center and City Methodist Church
Featuring Eero Saarinen's TWA Flight Center and the City Church in Gary, Indiana
Milwaukee Art Museum and Morris-Jumel Mansion
What do the buildings we create say about us? How does a musical interpretation change our perception of a building? Songs About Buildings and Moods uses storytelling and performance to create a unique series exploring the connection between music and architecture. The buildings include Saarinen's masterpiece for TWA, Calatrava's Milwaukee Art Museum and a Black church in Chicago among others.
Milwaukee Art Museum and Morris-Jumel Mansion
Songs About Buildings and Moods Episode 4 | 28m 23s | CC
Santiago Calatrava's new wing for the Milwaukee Art Museum caused an international sensation with its iconic sun screens that open and close, giving the building the look of a bird just about to take flight. The Morris-Jumel Mansion is Manhattan's oldest still-standing residence and has hosted everyone from George Washington to Lynn-Manuel Miranda who wrote part of Hamilton there.
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