Martian Gardens for 8/17/2008

Martian Gardens 8/17/2008
WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast

MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:30--24:00 EDT
Host:Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com

PROGRAM FOR AUGUST 17, 2008

SINGLE PLAY
John Cage/Lejaren Hiller: HPSCHD
Musicworks 98 #
Musicworks Magazine/2007
harpsichord: Robert Conant
electronics: Joel Chadabe

SINGLE PLAY
Lejaren Hiller: from Computer Cantata
a. Prolog to Strophe I; Strophe I
b. Prolog to Strophe II; Strophe II
c. Prolog to Strophe III; Strophe III
A Total Matrix of Possibilities
New World Records/2008 (orig. Heliodor Records/1965)
University of Illinois Contemporary Chamber Players
conductor: Jack McKenzie
soprano: Helen Hamm

Salvatore Martirano: Underworld
CDCM Computer Music Volume 22-
A Salvatore Martirano Retrospective 1962-92
Centaur Records/1995 (orig. Heliodor Records/1967)
University of Illinois Contemporary Chamber Players
Conductor: David Gilbert

SET 1
Iannis Xenakis: Kraanerg (excerpt)
Kraanerg
Mode Records/2008
Callithumpian Consort
conductor: Stephen Drury

Helmut Lachenmann: Mouvement--Vor Der Erstarrung (excerpt)
Schwankungen am Rand
ECM New Series/2002
Ensemble Modern
Director: Peter Eotvos

Gloria Coates: from The Force for Peace in War
a. Recitative--Telegramm von Dachau
b. Aria--All These Dyings
Indian Sounds
New World Records/2002
Musica-viva-ensemble Dresden
Conductor: Jurgen Wirrmann
soprano: Sigune von Osten

SET 2
Frank Denyer: Woman, Viola, and Crow
Silenced Voices
Mode Records/2008
muted viola, voice, percussive sounds: Elizabeth Smalt

Chaya Czernowin: Six Miniatures and a Simultaneous Song
Shu Hai Practices Javelin
Mode Records/2002
ELISION Ensemble
conductor: Simon Hewett
text: Zohar Eitan

SET 3
"Blue" Gene Tyranny: Somewhere in Search of Heaven A.D. 999
The Somewhere Songs/The Invention of Memory
Mutable Music/2008
baritone: Thomas Buckner

Eve Beglarian: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Tell the Birds
New World Records/2006
MATA Ensemble
voice: Lisa Bielawa
text: William Blake

SET 4
Vivian Adelberg Rudow: Weeping Rocker
I Didn't Want to Say Goodbye
Vivian Adelburg Rudow/2004

Vivian Adelberg Rudo: Lavender
ibid.

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Selections from 60 x 60--2006/2007 at random during this program, consecutively:
Dorothy Hindman: Bathtime
Serban Nichifor: Animal Farm
Brad Decker: Lo siento
Thomas Bailey: Separation Anxiety
Ken Steen: forty-nine
Zachary Kurth-Nelson: Ives in Space