Martian Gardens for 9/20/2009

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MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
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email: maxtshea@gmail.com

Program for September 20, 2009

SET ONE
Jon Rose: The Chemical Contents of the Waters & Spells for Cures
The Fence/Bagni di Dolabella
ReR Megacorp/1998
The Orchestra of Ancient Guts, conducted by Dr. Johannes Rosenberg; voice: Sabine Sacchi; text: ancient Roman document; recorded in Rome, September 1993

John Young: from Ricordiamo Forli (Let's Remember Forli)
a. In Piazza Saffi
b. Interlude 1
c. Bitter Room
d. Ancient Tear
Lieu-temps
empreintes DIGITALes/2007
environmental recordings from Forli, Emilia-Romagni, Italy; narrator: Franco Bianchini; text (d): Giosu Carducci, reciter: Tarcisia Young; realized at De Montfort University, 2005

SET TWO
Sylvia Smith: In Hours Like These (Stuart Saunders Smith)
The Year Begins To Be Ripe
11 West Records/2008
orchestra bells, speaking voice: Sylvia Smith; singing voice: Christie Finn; text: Vladimir Mayaovky, "It's After One"

Stuart Saunders Smith:
a. Hearing Links
b. Links No. 5 (Sitting on the Edge of Nothing)
The Links Series of Vibraphone Essays
New World Records/2009
a. narrator: Sylvia Smith; recorded at Studio 508, UMBC, January 2008; b. vibraphone: Aiyun Huang; offstage glockenspiel, chimes, percussion: Fabio Oliveira, A. Huang; recorded at Warren Studio A, UCSD, August 2008

SET THREE
Morton Feldman: Extensions 4
First Recordings--1950s
Mode Records/1999
pianos: Philipp Vandre; recorded in Frankfurt, 1996

Dean Rosenthal: For Morton Feldman
Dean Rosenthal CD-R 2009
voice sample: Morton Feldman

Morton Feldman: Three Clarinets, Cello, and Piano
Voices & Instruments
Mode Records/2002
The Barton Workshop; recorded in the Netherlands, 2000

SET FOUR
Robert Helps: Fanfares (I. Dahl)
New Music for the Piano
CRI/2001 (orig. 1971)

Eric Moe: Valse Mirage (R. Helps)
The Waltz Project Revisted -- New Waltzes for Piano
Albany Records/2004
recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2002

Michael Jon Fink: Two Pieces for Piano Solo
The Complete 10-Inch Series from Cold Blue #
Cold Blue Music/2003
recorded in Los Angeles, 1982

Xiting Yang: My Visiting Card
60 x 60 -- 2006/2007 #
Vox Novus/2008

Mark Vernon: The Indecisive Moment
60 x 60 -- 2006/2007 #
Vox Novus/2008

Dean Rosenthal: Sinfonieren
Dean Rosenthal CD-R 2009
voice sample: "Black is the Color," Cathy Berberian; arr. Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio: from Folk Songs
a. Black is the Color
b. I wonder as I wander
The Great Works For Voice
Mode Records/1995
soprano: Christine Schadeberg; Musician's Accord, conductor: Tania Leon; recorded at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, NYC, 1/06/95

Margaret Lancaster: Have Faith! (J. Beyer)
Io
New World Records/2009
soprano: Beth Griffith; flute: M. Lancaster; recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, July 2008

Johanna Beyer: Bees
Sticky Melodies
New World Records/2008
piano: Peter Dumsday; recorded in Melbourne, November 2008

SET FIVE
Evan Parker & Ned Rothenberg: The Artist's Response?
Live at Roulette
Animul Records/2007
soprano saxophone: E. Parker; alto saxophone: N. Rothenberg; recorded at The Roulette, NYC, 10/10/06

Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: The Moment's Energy, Part 4
The Moment's Energy
ECM Records/2009
Eelectro-Acoustic Ensemble -- 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

Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Paul Lytton/Marilyn Crispell:
a. and the tints
b. a deeper red
Natives and Aliens
Leo Records/2001
saxophones> E. Parker; bass: B. Guy; percussion: P. Lytton; piano: M. Crispell; recorded at Gateway Studios, London, 5/24/96

SET SIX
Vincent Bergeron: Aux Limites
Le Savant Devait Arriver Avant Songeur
Vincent Bergeron/2008
voice: Vivika Eriksson; guitars: Marco Oppedisano; saxophones: Marco Rosano; trutruca: Markus Breuss

Vincent Bergeron/Berger Rond: Audiomachie
Audiomachia/Logomachie
Vincent Bergeron/2008
voice: Vivika Eriksson; drums: Jorg Fischer; Frederic Szymanski, Bob Marsh: other instruments; additional voice: Amy Kohn; recorded in Montreal, 2009

Marco Oppedisano: Three Short Electronic Pieces
a. What's that Noise?
b. Did You Hear That
c. The End is Near
Electroacoustic Compositions for Electric Guitar
OKS Recordings of North America/2007

Arie Shapira: Illabi-Illabi
Electronics Plus
Arie Shapira/2000
soprano: Narda Moria; violin: Ron Porat; text: Shaul Tchernichovsky, "Sachki-Sachki"

SINGLE PLAY
Risto Holopainen: Mechanical Magpies
Deep Wireless 6 -- Radio Art Compilation
New Adventures In Sound Art/2009

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