Martian Gardens for July 20 & 23, 2014

MARTIAN GARDENS
 
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Amherst, Massachusetts
July 20, 2014

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Webcast date: July 23, 2014
Host: Max Shea

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SET ONE
George Crumb: from Ancient Voices of Children
a. Dances of the Ancient Earth (2:30)
b. Ghost Dance (2:08)
Complete Crumb Edition Volume 9
Bridge Records/2005
oboe: Kathryn Dupuy Cooper; mandolin: David Starobin; musical saw: Dale Stuckenbruck; harp: Courtney Hershey Bress; piano: Susan Grace; percussion: John Kinzie, Mark Foster, William Hill; conductor: David Colson; composition year: 1970; time: 4:38

Johanna Beyer: IV
Meehan/Perkins Duo -- Restless, Endless, Tactless
Johanna Beyer and the Birth of American Percussion Music
New World Records/2011
percussion: Meehan/Perkins Duo, recorded at Jones Concert Hall, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, February 9, 2009; composition year: 1935; time: 2:01

SET TWO
Morton Feldman: Structures
String Quartet No. 1, etc.
Mode Records/2014
Flux Quartet (violins: Tom Chiu, Conrad Harris; viola: Max Mandel; cello: Felix Fan); recorded at Spin Recordings Studio, Long Island City, New York, December 7, 2011; composition year: 1951; time: 5:55

Morton Feldman: Vertical Thoughts 5
Only -- Works for Voice and Instruments
New Albion Records/1996
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (violin: Roy Malan, tuba: Peter Wahrhaftig, percussion: William Winant; celeste: Marvin Tartak; voice: Joan La Barbara); recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, January 18, 1995; composition year: 1963; time: 5:19

David Rosenboom: Closed Attracting Trajectories (Melody Set 2)
Zones of Influence Part II
Zones of Influence
Pogus Productions/2014
electronics: David Rosenboom; percussion: William Winant; The Dizzy Gillespie Recording Studio Complex, California Institute of the Arts and the composer's studio, Valencia, California; composition years: 1984, 1985, revised 2013; time: 13:44

SET THREE
Stuart Saunders Smith: A River Rose
I. (2:45)
II. (3:10)
III. (1:40)
IV. (2:43)
V. (3:02)
A River Rose -- Music for Violin
New World Records/2014
violin: Ari Yoshioka; vibraphone: José "Zeca" Lacerda; recorded at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Fall 2013; composition year: 2005; total time: 13:21

Stuart Saunders Smith: Family Portraits -- Delbert
Sylvia Smith -- The Year Begins To Be Ripe
11 West Records/2008
solo percussion, spoken voice: Sylvia Smith; text: Stuart Saunders Smith; recorded at UMBC; composition year: 1994; time: 3:45

Dorota Czerner: Fireflies
Open Space 29 (Barkin/Czerner/Boretz)
Open Space/2012
voice, text: Dorota Czerner; electronic sound: Benjamin Boretz; time: 4:35

SET FOUR
Linda Dusman: Magnificat -- Ida Ida
Sounding Out! [various artists]
Everglade Records/2010
voice, electronics: Linda Dusman; text: Gertrude Stein; composition year: 2009; time: 6:14

Shelley Hirsch: Blanche Dubois
States
Tellus/Harvestworks/1997
voice, text: Shelley Hirsch; text: Shelley Hirsch (after Tennessee Williams); electronics: David Weinstein; composition year: 1987; time: 3:38

Brian Eno and David Byrne: A Secret Life
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Nonesuch Records/2006 (orig. Virgin LP/1981)
sampled voice: Samira Tawfik; percussion, synthesizers, treatments; Brian Eno, David Byrne; recorded 1979; time: 2:30

Eno + Hyde: Cells & Bells
High Life
Warp Records/2014
voice, treatments: Brian Eno; guitar loop: Karl Hyde; reverb atmosphere, keyboard: Fred Gibson; reverb guitar: Leo Abrahams; lyrics: Rick Holland; recorded 2014; time: 7:41

David Bowie: Warszawa
Low
Rykodisc/1991 (orig. EMI LP/1977)
composer: Brian Eno; vocals: David Bowie; piano, synthesizers: Brian Eno; recorded at Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France and Hansa Studio, West Berlin, 1976; time: 6:17

SET FIVE
Elainie Lillios: Backroads
a. Shoe Factory (3:51)
b. Tree Tunnel (3:29)
c. Elevator (3:31)
Entre espaces (Between Spaces)
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
realized at the composer's studio, Bowling Green, Ohio, 2002; premiered at  the Rien a voir (12) at Espace GO, Montreal, September 13, 2002; composition year: 2002; time: 10:51

Luc Ferrari: Le Sexe (Chanson 3 from Chansons pour le corps)
Chansons pour le corps; Et si tout entière maintenant
Mode Records/1999
voice: Elise Caron; clarinets: Carol Mundinger, Sylvan Frydman; percussion: Christine Lagniel; piano: Michel Maurer; synthesizer: Michel Musseau; recorded at the GRM, Salle Oliviere Messiaen, Maison de Radio France, Paris, March 18, 1995; composition years: 1988-1994; time: 1240

SET SIX
Jon Rose: 
a. Reversed Spam (3:35)
b. Buzz Buzz (0:48)
c. Whipped Cream (2:39)
The Hyperstring Project
New Dynamics of Rogue Counterpoint
ReR Megacorp/2000
computer-processed violin systems: Jon Rose; recorded at The Hospital and STEIM studios, Amsterdam, August 1999; total time: 6:13

Jon Rose: The Massage Parlor (from Bagni di Dolabella)
The Fence
ReR Megacorp/1998
The Orchestra of Ancient Guts, conductor: Dr. Johannes Rosenberg; voice: Vinetta Paraldi; recorded at RAI Studios, Rome, September 1993; time: 3:36

Guy Barash: Seven Testimonies
from The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands 
Facts About Water
Innova Recordings/2014
voice: Victor Poison-Tete; keyboard: Anthony Coleman; guitar: Ron Anderson; bass: Dave Hofstra; drums: Mike Pride; digital signal processing: Guy Barash; text: Nick Flynn; recorded at EastSide Sound and Studio zOaR, New York City; time: 8:53

SET SEVEN
Annea Lockwood: Tiger Balm
Source -- Music of the Avant Garde [various artists]
Source Records 1-6, 1968-1971
Pogus Productions/2008
electronic music on tape; recorded at Tangent Studio, London, and The Electronic Music Studio, Goldsmith College, 1970; time: 10:26

Michael Trommer: The Night Paddler 
MusicWorks #119, Summer 2014 [various artists]
MusicWorks Magazine/2014
field recordings: Michael Trommer; time: 9:01

Steven Naylor: I Wish
Deep Wireless 7 [various artists]
Radio Art Compilation
New Adventures in Sound Art/2010
electroacoustic music realized at the Electroacoustic  Studios of the University of Birmingham, UK, 2000, premiered at the Novars concert, Birmingham, November 21, 2001; composition year: 2000; time: 9:47


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