Martian Gardens for 08/22/2010

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

This program is dedicated in loving memory of my sister,
Naomi H. Shea
(April 26, 1968 -- August 12, 2010)
Daughter - Sister - Wife - Mother - Friend - Artist
Her untimely and unexpected passing has left stony emptiness
in the hearts of her family, loved ones, and colleagues.
We pray she is at peace.

Program for August 22, 2010
(extended edition)

SET ONE
Ezra Sims: AEDM in mem
a. Singing quietly
b. Fleet and lyric
c. Gently
d. Moderately
e. Plangent
Musing and Reminiscence
New World Records/2010
cello: Ted Mook; recorded in Pelham, New York, 6/05/09

Hexagon Ensemble: Ockeghem Variations (J. Shatin)
a. Lustrous
b. Ringing
c. Electric
d. Floating
e. Resounding
The Dutch Connection
Et'Cetera/2010
Hexagon Ensemble; recorded at the Dutch Reformed Church, Renswoude, September, 2009

SINGLE PLAY
Zeitgeist: In Bone-Colored Light (J. Kitzke)
In Bone-Colored Light
Innova Recordings/2010
Zeitgeist ensemble; recorded at Wild Sound Recording Studio, Minneapolis, 2008/2009

SET TWO
Margaret Leng Tan: The Animist Child (J. Kitzke)
She Herself Alone -- The Art of the Toy Piano 2
Mode Records/2010
toy piano, percussed toy piano lid, voice: M.L. Tan; recorded at Systems Two Studios, January , 2010

Eric Chasalow: Dream Songs I-V
Left to His Own Devices
New World Records/2003
tenor (tape): William Hite; texts: John Berryman; Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conductor: Gil Rose; recorded in Rome, Italy, February, 2001

SET THREE
Evan Ziporyn: War Chant
Frog's Eye
Cantaloupe Music/2006
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conductor: Gil Rose; recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston, 5/24/04

Mario Davidovsky: Flashbacks
Flashbacks
Bridge Records/2000
The New York New Music Ensemble, conductor: Jeffrey Milarsky

SET FOUR
John Luther Adams: Burst
The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies
Cantaloupe Music/2006
percussion: Steven Schick; recorded at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2002/2003

John Luther Adams: ...dust into dust...
Strange and Sacred Noise
Mode Records/2005
Percussion Group Cincinnati; recorded at Patricia Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati, November, 1998

SET FIVE
Sō Percussion:
a. Prelude (1) (P. Lansky)
b. Recitative (1) (P. Lansky)
Paul Lansky: Threads
Cantaloupe Music/2010
Sō Percussion; recorded at Avatar Studios, 2008

Paul Lansky: Alphanumeric Song
Alphabet Book
Bridge Records/2002
electronics: P. Lansky; readers: Hannah McKay, P. Lansky

Noah Creshevsky: Born Again
Hyperrealism -- Electroacoustic Music by Noah Creshevsky
Mutable Music/2003

Larry Polansky: #13 DIY Canon (Java 2)
Four-Voice Canons
Cold Blue Music/2002
tape (source: Java Shop restaurant, Midtown Manhattan); realized by Daniel Goode; recorded in NYC and Hanover, NH, March, 2002

SET SIX
Daniel Goode: Reed Squeak and After Image
Clarinet Songs
XI Records/1993

Alvin Lucier: Letters
Wind Shadows
New World Records/2005
The Barton Workshop -- clarinet: John Anderson, violin: Marieke Keser, cello: Judith van Swaay, piano: Frank Denyer; recorded at the Bethanienklooster, Amsterdam, 6/12/03

Christian Wolff: Kegama
(Re): Making Music
Mode Records/2004
The Barton Workshop -- violin: Marieke Kesler, clarinets: John Anderson, cello: Alex Geller, piano: Frank Denyer, percussion: Tobias Liebezeit; recorded in The Netherlands, 1999

Eno, Moebius, Roedelus: Broken Head
After the Heat
Caroline Records/1996 (orig. Sky Records/1977)
voice,lyrics: Brian Eno; recorded at Conny Plank's Studio, Cologne

SET SEVEN
Laurie Anderson: Only An Expert
Homeland
Nonesuch Records/2010
keyboards: Rob Burger; viola: Eyvind Kang; guitar: Lou Reed; drums: Omar Hakim; keyboards: Peter Scherer; keyboards: Kieran Hebden; vocals, percussion, keyboards: L. Anderson

Alvin Curran: Animal Behavior
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 17 #
Music from the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College
Centaur Records/1994

SET EIGHT
The Hub: Hot Potato
Boundary Layer
Tzadik/2008

Seattle Phonographers Union: Hollow Earth Radio -- September 8, 2008
Seattle Phonographers Union
Mimeomeme/2010
recorded live for Hollow Earth Radio, Seattle

James Mobberley: Aspenglow
Music of James Mobberley
CD-R compiled 2009
featuring the ASPEN system (Automated SPeech Exchange Network)

SINGLE PLAY
John Cage/Lejarin Hiller: HPSCHD (excerpts)
HPSCHD
Electronic Music Foundation/2003
for 7 harpsichord solos and 51 compuer-generated tapes; realized by Joel Chadabe; harpsichord solos: Bob Dodge, William Blakeney, recorded at the Foundation for Baroque Music, Inc., Greenfield Center, NY, 2000

--FIN--