Martian Gardens for 8/09/2009

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MARTIAN GARDENS
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Host: Max Shea
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email: maxtshea@gmail.com

Program for August 9, 2009

SET ONE
Ursula Mamlok: Haiku Settings
I. So cold are the waves
II. When a nightingale sang
III. A leaf is falling
IV. A tree frog softly begins
V. How cool the green hay smells
Music of Ursula Mamlok, Vol. 1
Bridge Records/2009
soprano: Tony Arnold; flute: Claire Chase; texts: I. Basho, II. Jurin, III. Ransetsu, IV. Rogetsu, V. Boncho

Ursula Mamlok: Stray Birds
Chamber Works of Ursula Mamlok
CRI/2002 (orig. 1972-1984)
soprano: Phyllis Bryn-Julson; flute: Harvey Sollberger; cello: Fred Sherry; text: Rabindanath Tagore

SINGLE PLAY
Morton Feldman: Crippled Symmetry (disc B, region 1)
Crippled Symmetry
Bridge Records/1999
The California EAR Unit -- flutes: Dorothy Stone; percussion: Arthur Jarvinen; piano, celeste: Vicki Ray

SINGLE PLAY
Joshua Fineberg: Broken Symmetries
Empreintes, Veils, and Shards
Mode Records/2009
Ensemble Fa; conductor: Dominique My; recorded at IRCAM, 5/23/05

SET TWO
The Music Improvisation Company: Dragon Path
The Music Improvisation Company
ECM Records/Polydor/1974 (orig.1970)
electric guitar: Derek Bailey; soprano saxophone: Evan Parker; live electronics: Hugh Davies; percussion: Jamie Muir; recorded August, 1970, at Merstham Studios, London

Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: The Moment's Energy, Part 1
The Moment's Energy
ECM Records/2009
EAS -- trumpet, piccolo trumpet: Peter Evans; sho: Ko Ishikawa; clarinet, bass clarinet, shakuhachi: Ned Rothnenberg; violin, live electronics: Philipp Wachsmann; piano, prepared piano: Agusti Fernandez; double-bass: Barry Guy; percussion, live electronics: Paul Lytton; signal processing: Lawrence Casserly; sample/signal processing: Joel Ryan; computer processing: Walter Prati; live electronics: Richard Barrett, Paul Obermayer; sound projection: Marco Vecchi; recorded November, 2007, at Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, UK

SET THREE
David Rosenboom: Section I (essential tension to universe)
How Much Better If Plymouth Rock Had Landed On The Pilgrims (1969-71)
New World Records/2009
cellos: Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick; recorded at CalArts, 10/11/08

Philip Mantione:
a. T=2.7k - Beginning - Excerpt 1
b. T=2.7k - Ending - Excerpt 2
It's ALIVE! - Philip Mantione in Santa Fe
Philip Mantione/2009
trumpet: Ron Helman; interactive computer devices: P. Mantione; video: Alysse Stephanian, recorded October, 2008, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe

Biosphere: Chukhung
Substrata
All Saints/1997

Tim Hodgkinson: Shhh
Pragma
ReR USA/1998

SINGLE PLAY
Theodore Lotis: Underwater Theories
Epoque de L'eau
empreintes DIGITALes/2008

SET FOUR
Barton McLean: Visions of a Summer Night (excerpts)
a. A Little Night Music (Eine Kleine...)
b. Demons of the Night
CDCM Computer Music Series, Volume 7 # --
iEAR Studios at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Centaur Records/1990

Priscilla McLean: Archangels (from Invisible Chariots)
The McLean Mix & The Golden Age of Electronic Music
CRI/1997

SET FIVE
Alexandra Gardner: Tourmaline
Luminoso
Innova Recordings/2006
saxophone: Xelo Gino

Gyorgy Ligeti: Artikulation
(six works)
Wergo/1988

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