Martian Gardens, Valley Free Radio Edition, April 29, 2016

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SET ONE
Benjamin Boretz: Two Holy Sonnets by John Donne
XIV. Batter My Heart (2:05)
V. I Am a Little World (1:50)
BENJAMINBORETZ9X9 (various artists)
Open Space/2016
vibraphone, percussion: Benjamin Boretz; composition year: 1960; total time: 3:55

Salvatore Martirano: Cocktail Music
O,O,O,O, That Shakespeherian Rag
New World Records/1998
piano: Marilyn Nonken; composition year: 1962; time: 6:21

SET TWO
Salvatore Martirano: Look at the back of my head for awhile
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 22
The Composer in the Computer Age V -- A Salvatore Martirano Retrospective: 1962-1992
Centaur Records/1995
A SalMar Construction performed live at the composer's studio, Urbana-Champaign, January, 1974; time: 12:01

Salvatore Martirano: SalMar at IRCAM (excerpt)
In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the University of Illinois
Experimental Music Studios (1958--2008) (various artists)
University of Illinois School of Music/2008
SalMar Construction electronic composing/performing system: Salvatore Martirano; composition year: 1984; excerpt time: 5:54

SET THREE
Ben Johnston: Quietness (In Memory of Salvatore Martirano)
String Quartets Nos. 6,7, & 8
New World Records/2016
voice: Ben Johnston; text: Rumi; Kepler Quartet (violins: Sharan Leventhal, Eric Segnitz; viola: Brek Renzelman, cello: Karl Lavine); recorded at Tanner/Monagle Studios, Milwaukee, March 15, 2012; composition year: 1996; time: 2:18

Harry Partch: Even Wild Horses, Act III
a. Scene 1 (Had I Not Once a Lovely Youth?) [Conga] 3:00
b. Scene 2 (Let Us Contemplate Undazed the Endless Reaches of My Innocence) [Tahitian Dance] 2:30
Plectra and Percussion Dances
Bridge Records/2014
PARTCH ensemble (ingredients may include -- diamond marimba, Eroica, cymbal: Erin Barnes; voice: Paul Berkoids; kithara: Alison Bjorkedahl; canon, surrogate kiethara, Eroica: Matt Cook; cloud chamber bowls, chromelodeon: David Johnson; saxophone: Ulrich Krieger; percussion: Yumi Lee; canon: Tom Peters; guitars, canons: John Schneider; adapted viola: Derek Stein; bowls, bass marimba, Eroica, fight bell: Nick Terry; bass marimba, voice: T.J. Roy; guitar, canons: Alex Wand); recorded at Disney Hall/Redcat Theatre, Los Angeles, June 9, 2013; composition year: 1952; total time: 5:30

Gwoup Premye Nimewo: Kongo-A Kraze Renn Nou
(Kongo Rhythm) (trad.)
Angels in the Mirror -- Voudou Music of Haiti
Ellipsis Arts/1997
tanbouren drums: Romére Thesfield, Sonson Thes,fife: Dieuseul Sivil; fé and caller, with numerous vocalists; recordings from Port Au Prince, Haiti, mixed at Pacific Coast Soundworks, West Hollywood, California, 1997; time: 6:10

Ganesh Anandan & Hans Reichel: Songbird
Self Made
Ambiances Magnetiques/2009
shruti stick, metallophone: Ganesh Anandan; daxophone: Hans Reichel; recorded by Hans Reichel, March 2008; time: 3:40

Adolfo Nuñez: Jurel (Mackerel)
Electroacoustic Music of Adolfo Nuñez
CD-R/2004 (compiled)
electroacoustic music sourced from Andalusian Flamenco sounds, commissioned by and recorded at Groupe de Musique Experimentale de Bourges, Franc, 1993; time: 11:12

Jon Rose: selections from The Fence
a. The green line (1:51)
b. Waste bins provided (3:45)
The Fence/Bagni di Dolabella
ReR Megacorp/1998
text, field recordings, musical performance: Jon Rose;produced for SFB in Berlin in August 1996; total selections time: 5:36

SET THREE
Laurie Anderson:
a. From the Air (7:07)
b. Phosphenes (0:48)
Heart of a Dog
Nonesuch Records/2015
words, lyrics, music, performance: Laurie Anderson; recorded in New York City, 2015, total time: 7:55

Laurie Anderson: From the Air
Big Science
Warner Bros./1984 (orig. LP/1982)
vocals, lyrics, synthesizer, vocoder, percussion, music: Laurie Anderson; recorded in New York City, 1982, time: 4:29

Kraftwerk: The Robots
The Man Machine
Capitol Records/1986 (orig. Kling Klang LP/1978)
voice, electronics: Ralf Hutter; voice, electronics: Florian Schneider; electronic percussion: Karl Bartos, Wolfgang Flur; recorded at Kling Klang Studios, Dusseldorf, 1978; time: 6:11

Piero Milesi: Avanti La Tre
Within Himself
Music for Films, Installations, Water, and Fireworks
Cuneiform Records/2000
samples, sampler, synthesizer: Piero Milesi; recorded at Deffenu Studio, Nuoro, Sardinia; from the film "Passaggi" by Luca Scarzella; composition years: 1991, 1995; time: 7:40

Miguel del Aguila: Presto II
Salón Buenos Aires
Bridge Records/2009
Camerata San Antonio (violins: Ertran Torgul, Karen Stiles; viola: Emiliy Watkins Freudigman; cello: Kenneth Freudigman); recorded at the First United Methodist Church, Boerne, Texas, summer 2008; composition year: 1988; time: 4:59

Luigi Dallapiccola: selections from Tartiniana Seconda, Mvt. IV --
Variazoni (Divertmenta for violin & piano)
a. Decisamente (0:26)
b. Maestroso (0:56)
c. Tranquillo (1:10)
Musica da Camera (Dallapiccola/Petrassi)
Mode Records/2006
violin: Daniele Colombo; piano: Ciro Longobardi (of Ensemble Dissonanzen); recorded at Teatro delle Palme, Naples; February 21-23, 2005; composition year: 1956; excerpts time: 4:35

John Cale: excerpt from In Memoriam John Cage (Call Waiting)
The John Cage Tribute
Koch Classics/1993
produced by John Cale for the Flux/Attitudes exhibit, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, 1992; The John Cage Tribute CD 2, Track 60; time: 0:10

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