Martian Gardens for 12/13/2009

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Host: Max Shea
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Program for December 13, 2009

SET ONE
Meredith Monk:
a. Greensleeves (trad.)
b. Nota
c. Duet for Voice and Echoplex
Beginnings
Tzadik/2009
voice, guitar: M. Monk; Echoplex delay system: Daniel Zellman;
recorded at Meriden, CT, 1966 (a), New York City, 1977 (b), Expo-67, Montreal, 1967 (c)

Anthony De Mare:
a. Paris (M. Monk)
b. Memory Song (M. Monk)
Pianos and Voices (Music of Meredith Monk and John Cage)
Koch Classics/1992
recorded March, 1991, at Master Sounds Astoria, New York

SINGLE PLAY
Elliott Carter: Quintet for Piano & Strings
Quintets and Voices
Mode Records/2003
Arditti String Quartet; piano: Ursula Oppens; recorded at Recital Hall, SUNY, Purchase, December, 1998.

In celebration of Elliot Carter's 101st birthday, 12/11/09

SET TWO
Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars:
Another Glass of Wine to Give Succor to My Ailing Existence (trad./arr. F. London)
Carnival Conspiracy -- In the Marketplace All is Subterfuge
Piranha Musik/2005
featuring Curtis Hasselbring, trombone

The Legendary Pink Dots:
a. The Peculiar Fun Fair
b. The Gallery
Any Day Now
Play It Again Sam/1988
Recorded at Rain Farm, Klaverland, Netherlands, July, 1987

Frank London: Emma Goldman's Wedding
The Shvitz Soundtrack
Knitting Factory Records/1993
trumpet, voice, keyboard: F. London; drums: David Licht; bass: Sebastian Steinberg; violin: Alicia Svigals; vocals, accordion, keyboard: Lorin Sklamberg; guitar: Elliott Sharp; guitar: Marc Ribot; guitar: Robert Musso; trombone: Jim Leff; clarinet, tenor saxophone: Greg Wall; clarinet, alto saxophone: Matt Darriau, alto sax: Christopher Cauley; recorded by Bob Musso at Loho Studios, Face Studios, Knitting Factory, NYC.

Greg Wall's Later Prophets: Sheer Merooba (The Four Fold Song)
Ha'Orot
Tzadik/2009
saxophones, clarinet, shofar, moseno: Rabbi Greg Wall; piano: Shai Bachar; bass: Dave Richards; drums: Aaron Alexander; text: G. Wall; reader: Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein; recorded February, 2002, Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ

SINGLE PLAY
John Cage: Quick, A Word of Truth!
From Zero (DVD)
Mode Records/2004
text, voice, stopwatch: J. Cage

SET THREE
Bob Gluck: Shofaralong
Electric Songs
Electronic Music Foundation/2003
live shofar, electronics: Gluck

Roger Kleier: Hyperplane
The Night Has Many Hours
Innova Recordings/2009
recorded at Master Element Studios, NYC

Arie Shapira: Bass 2000
Electronics Plus
Arie Shapira/2000
double-bass: Yair Loewinson

SET FOUR
Jin Hi Kim: Eternal Way
Komungo 'Round the World
Seoul Records, Inc./1994
digeridoo: Adam Plack; komungo: JH Kim; recorded in NYC and Tokyo

Miao Xiaoyun: Yingzhou Ancient Tunes (trad.)
The Art of the Chinese Lutes
ARC Music/1998
pipa: M. Xiaoyun; recorded February, 1997, ARC Music Studios, Sussex, UK

Mara Helmuth: Mountain Wind
Mara Helmuth--Sound Collaborations
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 36,
The Composer in the Computer Age XI
Centaur Records/2007
pipa: Ming Ke; flute: I-Yin Tu; alto flute: Carlos Velez; bassoon: James Massol; violin: Timothy O'Neil; cello: Kaylie Duncan; computer: M. Helmuth; recorded at College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati

Stephen Montague: TiGiDA PiPa
Sonic Circuits VI #
Innova Recordings/1998
voices, woodblocks, claves: Songcircle, conductor: Gregory Rose; processing: S. Montague

SINGLE PLAY
John Cage: 24 Seconds on Death
From Zero (DVD)
Mode Records/2004
text, voice, stopwatch: J. Cage

SET FIVE
Lawrence Moss: Korea (Live)
Unseen Leaves
Electronic Music Foundation/2003
clarinet: Esther Lamneck, NYU New Music Ensemble; recorded May, 2000, NYU Loewe Theater; Kurzweil sampler: L. Moss

Esther Lamneck: Lifelines (L. Moss)
Cigar Smoke
Innova Recordings/2007
clarinet: E. Lamneck

SET SIX
George Crumb:
a. Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory* (J. W. Howe)
b. Lonesome Road (N. Shilkret/G. Austin)
The Winds of Destiny -- American Songbook IV
The Complete Crumb Edition Volume 13
Bridge Records/2009
soprano: Barbara Ann Martin; Orchestra 2001, conductor: James Freeman;recorded, November, 2005, at Swarthmore College.
*aka "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1862)

"The Winds of Destiny," 2010 Grammy nominated for best Classical Contemporary Composition category.

Stuart Saunders Smith: Links No. 2
The Links Series of Vibraphone Essays
New World Records/2009
vibraphone: Steven Sehman; recorded in Studio 508, UMBC, May 2008

Iannis Xenakis:
a. Pleiades -- Melanges (excerpt)
b. Psappha (excerpt)
Percussion Works
Mode Records/2006
red fish blue fish (a); Steven Schick (b); recorded at Warren Studios, UCSD

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