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Martian Gardens, Taint Radio Edition, May 26, 2016

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Webcast date: May 26, 2016

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Valley Free Radio
Northampton, Mass.
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Fridays Noon -- 2:00 p.m. EDT

SINGLE PLAY
Charles Dodge: Cascando (excerpt)
Cascando --A realization of Samuel Beckett's radio play
A Retrospective (1977-2009)
New World Records/2010
Opener: John Nesci; Voice: computer synthesis based on a reading by Steven Gilborn; Music: computer synthesis based on the character Voice; composition year: 1977; time: 32:28

SET ONE
Milton Babbitt: Occasional Variations
Occasional Variations
Tzadik Records/2003
RCA Mark II Sound Synthesizer: Milton Babbitt; realized at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, 1968-1971; time: 9:54

Milton Babbitt: Soli e Duettini
Milton Babbitt
Bridge Records/2003
guitars: William Anderson, Oren Fader; recorded at KAS Studios, New York City, 2002; composition year: 1989; time: 11:39

Milton Babbitt (May 10, 1916 -- January 29, 2011) Centennial observed

SET TWO
David Starobin: The Girl from Yerevan (P. Chihara)
New Music With Guitar, Vol. 10 (various composers)
Bridge Records/2016
guitar: David Starobin; violin: Movses Pogossian; viola: Paul Colletti; composer: Paul Chihara; composition year: 2014; time: 13:50

Cornelius Dufallo: Transcendence
Dream Streets
Innova Recordings/2009
(for violin and electronics); violin: Cornelius Dufallo; recorded at BiCoastal Music, Ossining, New York; time: 9:08

SET THREE
Euardo Reck Miranda: Entre o Absurdo e o Mistério
Plural (Miranda/Correa)
Fumproarte/2004
(for chamber orchestra); The Contemporary Music Group; conductor: Stephen Davismoon; recorded at Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1995; composition year: 1993; time: 8:43

Benjamin Boretz: Group Variations I, for Chamber Orchestra
BENJAMINBORETZ9X9 (various artists)
Open Space/2016
The Group for Contemporary Music, conductor: Charles Wuorinen; recorded at Town Hall, New York City, November 24, 1968; composition year: 1967; time: 14: 14

SINGLE PLAY
Giacinto Scelsi: La nascita del Verbo
a. 1st Movement (6:14)
b. 2nd Movement (6:00)
c. 3rd Movement (8:09)
d. 4th Movement (11:15)
The Orchestral Works 2
Mode Records/2006
(for large orchestra and chorus); Wiener Kammerchor; conductor: Michael Grohotolsky; recorded live at the Festival Wien Modern, Konzerthaus Vienna, November 25, 2005; composition years: 1946 -- 1948; total time: 31:58

SET FOUR
Robert Scott Thompson: Elegies and Epiphanies
Visitation (out of the vivid air)
Aucourant Records/2012
electroacoustic music: Robert Scott Thompson; recorded at the composer's studio, Roswell, Georgia, composition year: 2012; time: 12:10

Gyula Pintér: Los cloches de flammes roses
Prix Trivium 28e Concours International/Bourges 2001 (various artists)
Mnemosyne Musique Media/2001
(for soprano and tape); soprano: Clara Simon; realized at HEAR studios, Hungarian Radio; composition year: 2001; time: 9:45

Laurie Anderson: selections from Heart of a Dog
a. Iron Mountain (3:03)
b. How to Feel Sad Without Being Sad (2:06)
c. The West Village (1:42)
d. Life Lived Backwards (2:23)
e. The Lake (Instrumental) (1:32)
Heart of a Dog
Nonesuch Records/2015
All words, music, and performance: Laurie Anderson; recorded in New York City, 2015; total selections time: 10:50

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