Martian Gardens for 02/14/2010

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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 February 14, 2010
(Extended edition 20:30 -- 24:00)

SINGLE PLAY
Luc Ferrari: from Chansons pour le corps
a. Chanson I "Les Yeux"
b. Chanson III "Les Seins"
c. Chanson IV "Le Sexe"
Chansons Pour Le Corps
Mode Records/1999
Nouvelle Orchestre Philharmonique, conductor: Yves Prin; voice: Elise Caron; texts: Collette Fellous; recorded in concert at the GRM, Salle Olivier Messiaen, Maison de Radio France, Paris, 3/18/95

SINGLE PLAY
Philip Glass: from Knee Play Five
Philip Glass Introduced by Philip Glass--promotional CD
Nonesuch/1993
violin: Gregory Fulkerson; keyboard: Michael Riesman; women's chorus; narrator: Jasper McGruder; text: Samuel M. Johnson, "Two Lovers"

SET ONE
Tom Johnson: Rational Melodies VII-X
Rational Melodies
New World Records/
Dedalus ensemble; director: Didier Aschour; recorded at the Muse en Circuit studio,
Paris, 10/06/08

Steve Reich: Heavy Smoke (from City Life)
The Minimalists #
Mode Records/2009
Orkest De Volharding, conductor: Jussi Jaatinen; sampler: Anthony Fiumara; recorded at MCO Studios, Hilversum, The Netherlands, April, 2009

Philip Glass/Allen Ginsberg: from Iron Horse
Hydrogen Jukebox
Elektra Nonesuch/1993
keyboards, conductor: Martin Goldray; flute: Carol Wincenc, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet: Andrew Sterman; percussion: Frank Cassara, Jim Pugliese; Vocal Ensemble; piano: P. Glass, baritone: Gregory Purnhagen, text, narration: A. Ginsberg

SINGLE PLAY
Paul Paccione:
a. A Page for Will
b. "Postlude," from Planxty Cage
Our Beauties Are Not Ours
New World Records/2010
piano: Nurit Tilles; recorded 8/03/09 at Patrych Studios, The Bronx

SINGLE PLAY
Steve Reich: Piano Phase
Early Works
Elektra Nonesuch/1987
Double Edge -- pianos: Nurit Tilles and Edmund Niemann; recorded at RCA Studio A, NYC, May 1986

SET TWO
Jorge Liderman: Refrains
Barcelonazo
Bridge Records/2008
Camerata De Las Americas; conductor: Jose Luis Castillo; recorded 2002, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, José Luis Castillo

George Perle: from Sinfonietta II
a. Movement I -- Scherzo I
b. Movement III -- Scherzo II
Orchestral Works
Albany Records/1999
Seattle Symphony; conductor: Gerard Schwarz

SINGLE PLAY
Zeitgeist: If Tigers Were Clouds...Then Reverberating, They Would Create All Songs (E.Hovda)
If Tigers Were Clouds #
Innova Recordings/2003
Zeitgeist Ensemble; recorded at Sundin Hall, Hamline University, St. Paul, 1/08/03
In fond memory of Eleanor Hovda 1940-2009

SET THREE
David Congo: Fusions II -- Variations in Time and Space
Fusions -- Electroacoustic Music
Centaur Records/2009
recorded June, 2009, West Springfield, Mass.

Mario Verandi: Plastic Water
orillas distantes/distant shores
Electronic Music Foundation/2001
produced at the Electroacoustic Music Studios, Berlin Technical University, 2000

David Mooney: Pivot Seal and Gasket
Facts About Air
Opaque Melodies/2009

SET FOUR
Maggi Payne: Subterranean Network
Crystal
Lovely Music, Ltd./1991

Carter Scholz: Hamilton Circuit
8 Pieces
Frog Peak/2000

SINGLE PLAY
Elsa Justel: Mâts
Mâts
empreintes DIGITALes/2004

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