Martian Gardens for 11/29/2009

WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
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MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EST
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com

Program for November 29, 2009

SINGLE PLAY
Christian Wolff: Beginning
Long Piano
New World Records/2009
piano: Thomas Schultz; recorded October, 2007, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University

SET ONE
Eric Moe: I Have Only One Itching Desire
Strange Exclaiming Music
Naxos/2009
Columbus State University Percussion Ensemble; recorded 3/23/06 at Legacy Hall, Columbus State University, Georgia

John Luther Adams: Velocities Crossing in Phase-Space
Strange and Sacred Noise
Mode Records/2005
Percussion Group Cincinnati; recorded November, 1998, at Patricia Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati

SET TWO
Katherine Kemler: Techno Yaman (R. Dick)
Lipstick
Centaur Records/2008
flute, drum machine/electronics: K. Kemler; recorded June, 2007, LSU Recital Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Elizabeth McNutt: The Blistering Price of Power (E. Lyon)
Pipe Wrench
Electronic Music Foundation/2000
flute: E. McNutt; drum machine tape: Eric Lyon; recorded at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse

SET THREE
Larry Nelson: Music for Flute and Electronic Sounds
The Starry Messenger
Albany Records/2005
flute: Christina Jennings; electronics: L. Nelson; recorded 9/18/04 at Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore

Arthur Kreiger: Close Encounters
Meeting Places
Albany Records/2003
flute: Jayn Rosenfeld; electronics: A. Kreiger; recorded October, 2001, Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, SUNY, Purchase

SET FOUR
Cornelius Cardew: There is Only One Lie, There is Only One Truth
Ghosts and Monsters -- Technology and Personality in Contemporary Music
Leonardo Music Journal CD Series Volume 8
Electronic Music Foundation/1998
P.C.A. Singers and English Chamber Choir, conductor: Guy Protheroe; performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall for the Cornelius Cardew Memorial Concert, 5/16/82.

Joseph Waters: The Populist Manifesto
Joseph Waters
North Pacific Music/2000
soprano: Brenda Baker; accordion: Gernot Blume; saxophone: Tom Bergeron;cello: John Hubbard; percussion: Julie Spencer; text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

SET FIVE
James Paul Sain: Tag till...
Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, Volume 1 #
Electronic Music Foundation/2002

Paul Koonce: Hothouse
Walkabout and Back--Electroacoustic Works
Mode Records/2000

SET SIX
Dean Rosenthal: Antinomy
For Max Shea
Dean Rosenthal/CD-R compiled 2009
sampled voice/music: Henry Cowell

Henry Cowell: The Banshee
Piano Music
Smithsonian Folkways
spoken introduction, piano: H. Cowell, recorded 1963

Jeff Feddersen: This Time I Want Them All
The Art of the Virtual Rhythmicon #
Sonic Circuits XI
Innova Recordings/2006
sampled voice: Henry Cowell; sound source: H. Cowell, "The Banshee"

Linda Dusman: Becoming Becoming Gertrude
Music/Text II #
Capstone Records/2001
readers: Susan McCully, Phil Maki; text: Gertrude Stein, "The Making of Americans"; recorded 2000, W.I.N.C. Studio, West Newton, Mass.

John Cage: Voiceless Essay (excerpt)
Ghosts and Monsters -- Technology and Personality in Contemporary Music
Leonardo Music Journal CD Series Volume 8
Electronic Music Foundation/1998
text sources: Henry David Thoreau, "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience," published 1849

John Cage: The best government is no government at all
From Zero
Mode Records/2004
voice, text, stopwatch: J. Cage

SINGLE PLAY
Andrew Byrne: Tracks
White Bone Country
New World Records/2009
piano: Stephen Gosling; recorded October, 2006, Patrych Studios, Bronx, NY

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