Sunday, January 26, 2014

Martian Gardens for January 26 and 29, 2014


MARTIAN GARDENS
 
WMUA .ORG
Sundays live broadcast/webcast
9:00 p.m. -- 12:00 a.m. EST
WMUA 91.1 FM
Amherst, Massachusetts
January 26, 2014

TAINTRADIO.ORG
webcast: Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. EST
Webcast date: January 29, 2014
Host: Max Shea

online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com


PLAYLIST HOUR ONE

SET ONE

Elaine Barkin: Xtet -- Last Dance for Milton
Milton Babbitt -- A Composers' Memorial [various artists]
Open Space/2012
(for MIDI pianos, celesta, harpsichord, organ, drum set) MIDI operations: Elaine Barkin;  composition year: 2011; time: 6:08

Milton Babbitt: Vision and Prayer
Music of Milton Babbitt
CRI/1988
(for soprano and Mark II RCA synthesizer; originally for soprano and piano) soprano: Bethany Beardslee; text: Dylan Thomas (1945);  recorded at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, 1961; composition year: 1954, revised 1961; time: 14:31

In memory of Milton Babbitt (May 10, 1916 -- January 29, 2011)

SET TWO
Cindy McTee: Einstein's Dream
a. Warps and Curves in the Fabric of Space and Time
b. Music of all the Spheres
c. Chasing After Quanta
d. Pondering the Behavior of Light
e. The Frantic Dance of Subatomic Particles
f. Celestial Bells
g. Wondering at all Secretes
Symphony No. 1: Ballet for Orchestra (and other works)
Naxos Records/2013
(for string orchestra, percussion, and computer) The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Leonard Slatkin; recorded at the Fisher Center Orchestra Hall, Detroit, June 2010; composition year: 2004; time: 14:18

Jon Christopher Nelson: Waves of Refraction
Electroacoustic Works
CD-R/2005
(for guitar and tape) guitar: William Buonocore; electroacoustic music: Jon Christopher Nelson; recorded at the Florida International University Electronic Music Studio; composition year: 1992; time: 7:56

SINGLE THREE
Daniel Goode: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano I
Annbling
New World Records/2014
clarinet: Daniel Goode; piano: Douglas Martin; recorded in New York City, 2012; composition years: 1959-1960, time: 2:39

Gordon Mumma: à Diane Carlson*
from Eleven Pieces & Decimal Passacaglia 
Music for Solo Piano (1960-2001)
New World Records/2008
piano: Daan Vandewalle; recorded at German Radio, Frankfurt, May 2007; composition year: 1978; time: 0:30
*TAINT Radio and WMUA automation versions only  

PLAYLIST HOUR TWO

SET FOUR
Daniel Goode: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano II & III
Annbling
New World Records/2014
clarinet: Daniel Goode; piano: Douglas Martin; recorded in New York City, 2012; composition years: 1959-1960, time: 7:42

Daniel Goode:
a. Six New Fractal Fingers (4:55)*
b. Six Fractal Fingers (3:16)
Clarinet Songs
XI Records/1993
clarinet: Daniel Goode; total time:  8:11
*WMUA live version only

SINGLE PLAY
Keeril Makin: Afterglow
Afterglow
Mode Records/2013
piano: Cory Smythe (ICE); recorded at Oktaven Studios, Yonkers, May 2011; composition year: 2007; time: 13:43

SET FIVE
Bruno Maderna:  Serenata für Claudia
Music in Two Dimensions -- Works for Flute
Mode Records/2013
(for violin and harpsichord; arr. for flute and piano by Roberto Fabbriciani); flute: Roberto Fabbriciani; piano: Massimillano Damerini; recorded in Florence, Italy, 2010; composition year: 1968; time: 1:10

Chris Campbell: Things You Already Know
Things You Already Know
Innova Recordings/2014
keyboards: Chris Campbell; recorded in Minneapolis; time: 2:05

Paul Lansky: Things She Remembered
Things She Carried
Bridge Records/1997
computer music: Paul Lansky; reader: Hannah McKay; text: Paul Lansky, Hannah McKay; recorded at Princeton, 1995-1996; time: 8:15

Viv Corringham: Broken Land
Walking
Innova Recordings/2013
(for field recordings, interviews, vocals) vocals: Viv Corringham; field recordings: Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn; composed as part of the Shadow-walks project, 2003-2013; time: 4:46

Yusef Lateef: Blues in the Adaji
In Nigeria
Yal Records/1995
tenor saxophone, flutes: Yusef Lateef; West AFrican drumming: musician unspecified; recorded at EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria, July 19, 1983, additional recording and mix at Regent Sound Studios, New York City; final mastering: Lateef's studio, Shutesbury, Massachusetts, June 19, 1995; time: 5:45

SET SIX
David Lang: Death Speaks 1 -- You Will Return
Death Speaks
Cantaloupe Music/2013
voice, bass drum: Shara Worden; guitar: Bryce Dessner; piano: Nico Muhly; vocals, violin: Owen Pallett; composition year: 2012; time: 4:30

Gordon Mumma: à Durand Begault*
from Eleven Pieces & Decimal Passacaglia 
Music for Solo Piano (1960-2001)
New World Records/2008
piano: Daan Vandewalle; recorded at German Radio, Frankfurt, May 2007; composition year: 1978; time: 0:17
*TAINT Radio and WMUA automation versions only


PLAYLIST HOUR THREE
TAINT Radio and WMUA automation version only

SET SEVEN
Malcolm Goldstein: Winter (excerpt)
The Seasons -- Vermont
XI Records/1998
double bass: Robert Black; wood flutes, electric guitar, percussion: Mark Steven Woods; oboe, English horn, ocarina: Joseph Celli; violin: Malcolm Goldstein; saxophones, vibraphones: Tom Guralnick; vibraphone, percussion: Brian Johnson; vocalizing, accordion: Kenneth Karpowicz; recorded at Real Art Ways, Hartford, February 26, 1983; composition year: 1980-1982;  excerpt time: 12:00

Derome/Goldstein/Wiens: L'idée de Nature
6 Improvisations
Ambiances Magnétiques/2013
alto saxophone, objects, flute: Jean Derome; violin: Malcolm Goldstein; electric guitar, kalimba: Rainer Wiens; recorded at Studio 270, Montreal, April 13, 2013; time: 7:54

SET EIGHT
Andrew Lewis: Cân (Song)
Au-delà  
empreintes DIGITALes/2013
(electroacoustic music) realized at the Electroacoustic Music Studios of Bangor University, Wales, 1997; premiered at the Sonic Arts Network Conference, Birmingham, UK, January 9, 1998; time: 11:51

Mary Lee Roberts: Winter Cranes
6 Compositions
Open Space/1997
(computer music) composition year: 1997; time: 7:51

SINGLE PLAY
Artemiy Artemiev: Waiting for the Winter
Cold
Electroshock Records/1995
synthesizers, electronics: Artemiy Artemiev; recorded at Electroshock Studios, Moscow, Russia, 1994-1995; time: 13:20

-- FIN --