Martian Gardens for 05/20/2012

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MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com

Program for May 20, 2012
Extended Edition 21:00--02:10 May 20-21, 2012

SET ONE
John Cage: Third Construction
The Works for Percussion 2
Mode Records/2012
Third Coast Percussion (Owen Clayton Condon, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore); recorded at Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, DeKalb, Illinois, June 2011

John Cage: Williams Mix
The 25th-Year Retrospective Concert of the Music of John Cage
Recorded at Town Hall, New York City, May 15, 1958
Wergo/1994
for magnetic tape and loudspeakers; realized by Earle Brown, John Cage, and David Tudor

John Cage: Daughters of the Lonesome Isle
Daughters of the Lonesome Isle
New Albion Records/1994
prepared piano: Margaret Leng Tan; recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters; New York City, 1993

SET TWO
Eric Chasalow: from The Furies
a. The Fury of Guitars and Sopranos
b. The Fury of Cooks
Over the Edge
New World Records/1993
soprano: Christine Schadeberg; electronic music: Eric Chasalow; texts: Anne Sexton; realized at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, 1984

Arie Shapira: Antigona
Spring 2012 CD-R
Arie Shapira/2012
mezzo-soprano: Bracha Kol; Meitar Ensemble and electronics; text: Sophocles; recorded in Israel, 2010

Noah Creshevsky: Talea
Man & Superman
Centaur Records/1992
electronic music: Noah Creshevksy; recorded 1991

Hugh Le Caine: Nocturne
Compositions and Demonstrations 1946-1974
Electronic Music Foundation/1999
Conductive Keyboard with tape delay: Hugh Le Caine; recorded at the University of Toronto electronic music studios, 1962

SET THREE
Adrian Moore: Rococo Variations
Contrechamps
empreintes DIGITALes/2012
electroacoustic music recorded at the composer's studio and premiered at the Soundings Festival, Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, February 3, 2006

Scott A. Wyatt: Private Play
Music from SEAMUS, Volume 8 [various artists]
SEAMUS/1999
electroacoustic music:  Scott A. Wyatt; recorded at the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios, 1997

SET FOUR
Elizabeth Hoffman: Red is the Rows
Milton Babbitt -- A Composers' Memorial [various artists]
Open Space Magazine/2012
violins: Conrad Harris, Paula Kim Harris

Ethel: No Nickel Blues (John King)
Heavy
Innova Recordings/2012
Ethel string quartet recorded at Area 52 studio, Saugerties, New York, March 17, 2011

SET FIVE
Phil Kline:  from John the Revelator
a. Northport
b. The Unnamable 
c. Wondrous Love
John The Revelator
A Mass for Six Voices
Cantaloupe Music/2008
Lionheart vocal group; Ethel string quartet; recorded at the Church of St. Luke's in the Fields, Greenwich Village, August 2007; a. "Jesus, My All, to Heav’n has Gone (North Port)," words: John Cennick, tune: R.R. Osborne; b. text: Samuel Beckett, music: Phil Kline; c. music: William Walker; arr. William J. Reynolds 

Ethel: Requiem (Lennie Tristano) 
Light
Cantaloupe Music/2010
Ethel string quartet; recorded at Kaleidoscope Sound, Union City, NJ, March 2006

Scanner:  Insulation Mix
Messiah Remix [various artists]
Cantaloupe Music/2004
 electronic music: Robin Rimbaud; loosely based on G.F. Handel

Joane Hétu: from Chaîne
a. Tisser pour toi la 1a
b. Chacun son fil
c. Lin + Tisser pour toi 1b
Filature
Ambiances Magnetiques/2011
L'ensemble Supermusique;  recoded in concert at Usine C, Montreal, March 2006

SET SIX
Francois Rabelais: Inscription mise sur la porte de Thélème
Le sixte livre dit électroacoustique de Francois Rabelais
[various artists]
Chrysopée électronique -Bourge
Mnémosyne Musique Media/1995
recitation: René Zosso; text: Francois Rebelais; recorded at the Institut International de Musque Electroacoustique de Bourges, 1994

Sten Hanson: Le Torche Cul
ibid. 
electroacoustic music: Sten Hanson; recitation: René Zosso; text: Francois Rabelais; recorded at IMEB, 1994

Paul Steenhuisen: Circumnavigating the Sea of Shit
Miniatures Concrétes [various artists]
empreintes DIGITALes/1999
electroacoustic music: Paul Steenhuisen 

Paul Steenhuisen: Poland is Not Yet Lost
60 x 60 2004/2005 [various artists]
Vox Novus/2007

SET SEVEN
John Eaton: Blind Man's Cry
First Performances
Electronic Music Foundation/2007
soprano: Michiko Hirayama; text: Tristan Corbiere; Syn-Ket: John Eaton; Moog synthesizer: Jaye Williams; tapes and mixing: Wilson Allen; recorded in Rome, 1965

Judy Klein: The Wolves of Bays Mountain (excerpts)
The Wolves of Bays Mountain
Open Space Magazine/2004 
field recordings made at Bays Mountain Park, Tennessee; computer processing: Judy Klein

Coil: Tenderness of Wolves
Scatology
Force & Form/1984
computer, electronics: John Balance, Peter Christopherson; lyrics, voice: Gavin Friday, acoustic guitar: Alex Ferguson

SET EIGHT
Judy Klein: Railcar
Music from SEAMUS, Volume 20 [various artists]
SEAMUS/2011
electroacoustic music: Judy Klein; premiered at Festival Synthése, IMEB, Bourges, 2008

Philippe Auclair: Railways soundwalk enigma
Compendium International 2002 Bourges -- IMEB [various artists]
Mnémosyne Musique Media/2002
electroacoustic music: Philippe Auclair

SET NINE
Anne LeBaron: Lagniappe -- Hourglass of Stars
1,2,4,3
Innova Recordings/2010
amplified harp with live electronics: Anne LeBaron; amplified violin: Leroy Jenkins; electronics: Earl Howard; recorded at Joe's Pub, New York City, 2004

Earl Howard: Strasser 60 (excerpt)
Granular Modality
New World Records/2012
synthesizers: Earl Howard; recorded at the Roulette, New York City, November 12, 2009

Scott Smallwood: Sunkcraft
Electrotherapy
Deep Listening/2004
antique electrotherapy devices: Scott Smallwood

SINGLE PLAY
Morton Feldman: Pianos and Voices
Only --Works for Voices and Instruments
New Albion Records/1996
5 pianos, 1 celeste: Ralph Grierson; 5 voices: Joan La Barbara; recorded in Los Angeles, 1995

SINGLE PLAY
Barbara Monk Feldman: The Northern Shore
The Northern Shore
Mode Records/2012
violin: Marc Sabat; piano: Stephen Clarke; percussion: Dirk Rothbrust; recorded at Teldex Studios, Berlin, August 26, 2003

--FIN--