Martian Gardens for 08/08/2010

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Amherst, Mass. 01003
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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 August 08, 2010
(extended edition)

SET ONE
Margaret Leng Tan: Put My Little Shoes Away (G. Crumb)
She Herself Alone -- The Art of the Toy Piano 2
Mode Records/2010
voice, toy piano, toy percussion quartet, arrangement: M.L. Tan; text: traditional; recorded Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, January, 2010

George Crumb: The Sleeper
Complete Crumb Edition Vol. 12
Bridge Records/2008
piano: Jacob Greenberg; mezzo-soprano: Jamie Van Eyck; text: Edgar Allen Poe; recorded at the Performing Arts Center, Theater C, SUNY Purchase, 04/04/07

Olivier Messiaen: from Petites Esquisses D'Oiseaux -- Le Rouge-gorge (Robin)
Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 1 -- Birdsong
Centaur Records/2001
piano: Paul S. Kim; recorded at Patrych Sound Studios, NYC, January, 2001

Olivier Messiaen: Amen des anges, des saints, du chant des oiseaux
Visions de l'Amen
Bridge Records/2010
piano I: Marilyn Nonken; piano II: Sarah Rothenberg; recorded at Stude Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, May, 2009

SINGLE PLAY
Iannis Xenakis: Eonta
Works With Piano
Mode Records/2010
piano: Aki Takahashi; Callithumpian Consort, conductor: Stephen Drury; recorded at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, June, 2009

SET TWO
Beta-Collide: Mysteries of the Macabre (G. Ligeti)
Psst! Psst!
Innova Recordings/2010
arrangement: Beta-Collide

György Ligeti: Nouvelles Adventures
a. Sostenuto
b. Agitato molto
Adventures
Deutsche Grammophon-Universal Music International/1989
soprano: Jane Manning, mezzo-soprano: Mary Thomas, bass: William Pearson; Ensemble Intercontemporain, conductor: Pierre Boulez; recorded at IRCAM, Paris, 1981-1982

SET THREE
Steve Reich: Clapping Music
Early Works
Elektra-Nonesuch/1987
hand claps: Russ Hartenberger, S. Reich; recorded at RCA Studio A, NYC, May, 1987

Lukas Foss: Music for Six
Curriculum Vitae
New World Records/2010
University of Buffalo Percussion Ensemble -- vibraphones: Jan Williams, Edward Foldger, marimbas: Bruce Penner, Rick Kazmierczak, electric piano: Kathryn Kayne; synthesizer: James Calabrese; recorded in New York City

SET FOUR
Robert Sheff*: Ballad
Music from the ONCE Festival 1961-1966
New World Records/2003
flute: Philip Krumm; violin: Karin Fierce; piano: Larry Leitch; recorded at the ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor, 12/16/62, *aka. "Blue" Gene Tyranny

Noah Creshevsky: Brother Tom
Twilight of the Gods
Tzadik/2010
vocal Samples: Thomas Buckner

"Blue" Gene Tyranny: Somewhere in Arizona
The Somewhere Songs/The Invention of Memory
Mutable Music/2008
baritone voice: Thomas Buckner; piano, environmental sounds: BGT; recorded at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn

SET FIVE
Laurie Anderson: Another Day in America
Homeland
Nonesuch-Elektra/2010
drums, percussion: Ben Witman, bass guitar: Skuli Sverrisson, viola: Eyvind Kang, background vocals: Antony Hegarty; vocals, percussion, violin: L. Anderson; recorded in New York City

Tracie Morris: Africa(n)
Mendi + Keith Obadike present Crosstalk #
Bridge Records/2008

Eric Lyon: Sacred Amnesia
Ex Cathedra
Centaur Records/2004

SET SIX
Stan Link: Returning
In Amber Shadows
Albany Records/2006
realized at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, 1994, and La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 1998

Yney: Assymetry
Micro Macro
Electroshock Records/2010
recorded in Moscow, 2010

SET SEVEN
Marco Oppedisano: Solitary Pathways
Mechanical Uprising
OKS Recordings of North America/2010
guitars, electronics: M. Oppedisano; voice samples: Kimberly Fiedelman

Gen Ken Montgomery: Subliminal Clutter, Part 2
Birds + Machines 1980-1989
Pogus Productions/2010
recorded in New York City, 1987

SET EIGHT
David Monacchi: Echoes of a Sonic Habitat
Eco-Acoustic Compositions
Electronic Music Foundation -- Earth Ear/2008
source sounds recorded in Montefeltro, Italy, 2003

Ned Bouhalassa: Move I (Drone Mix)
Swarm of Drones #
Asphodel-Sombient/1995

Ned Bouhalassa: The Lighthouse
Gratte-cité DVD
empreintes DIGITALes/2008
realized in 2005 at Bouhalassa's studio, Montreal

SINGLE PLAY
The Seattle Phonographers Union: Sonarchy -- March 17, 2007
The Seattle Phonographers Union
Mimeomeme/2010
recorded live in Seattle by Doug Haire for Sonarchy Radio; SPU participants: Steve Barsotti, Pete Comley, Christopher DeLaurenti, Mark Griswold, Katie Gately, Dale Lloyd, Rob Millis, Toby Paddock, Jonathan Way

--FIN--