Martian Gardens, Valley Free Radio Edition, May 19, 2016

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Northampton, Mass.
Webcast/Broadcast date: May 19, 2016
Fridays Noon -- 2:00 p.m. EDT

SET ONE
Milton Babbitt: Philomel
Philomel
New World Records/1995
Mark II RCA Synthesizer, tapes: Milton Babbitt; soprano: Bethany Beardslee; text: John Hollander (based on Ovid's "Philomela"), created at the Columbia Princeton Electronic Music Center, 1964: time: 18:47

IN OBSERVANCE OF THE CENTENNIAL OF MILTON BABBITT

Lou Cohen: Shape05
Music
Pogus Productions/2013
computer, MIDI keyboard: Lou Cohen; time: 6:52

SET TWO
Brian Eno: In Dark Trees
Another Green World
EG Editions/1987 (orig. Island LP/1975)
rhythm generator, percussion, electric guitar: Brian Eno; recorded at Island Studios, London, Summer 1975; time: 2:29

Robert Scott Thompson: In the Shade of Brilliant Trees
Shadow Gazing
Aucourant Records/1994
computer, sampled flute, harp, violin, piano; composition year: 1988-1994; time: 3:05

David Toop: Breathing Chaos
Museum of Fruit (Architettura Series Volume 3)
Caipirinha Productions/1999
synthesizers, electronics, keyboards, flutes, percussion: David Toop; recorded in London, Fall 1998; total selections time: 8:02

Brian Eno: Complex Universe
Small Craft on a Milk Sea
Warp Records/2010
computer: Brian Eno; piano, keyboards, electronics: John Hopkins; guitar, laptop, guitarnet: Leo Abrahams; time: 3:05

Robert Scott Thompson: Snapshot
Shadow Gazing
Aucourant Records/1994
computer, sampled flute, harp, violin, piano; composition year: 1988-1994; time: 2:26

Victoria Fenner: The Queen of Bees
Deep Wireless 3 -- Radio Art Compilation
New Adventures in Sound Art/2006
field recordings, bee sounds; apiological commentary (no time or place of recordings noted); composition year: 2006; time: 6:02

Chris Watson: selections from Outside the Circle of Fire
a. Vultures (3:22)
b. Unidentified pair of birds (1:35)
c. Woodpigeon (0:20)
d. Southern right whale (0:13)
Outside the Circle of Fire
Touch Records/1998
a. nine birds feeding on a Zebra carcass, Aitong Plains, Kenya, September 1994; recorded at Nancite, Costa Rica, February 1995; wings in flight recorded at Coille Na Uladh, Glen Alfric, Scotland, July 1995; recorded surfacing at Valdes Peninsula, Argentina, August 1997; total selections time: 5:28

SET THREE
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)
Heart of a Dog
Nonesuch Records/2015
All words, music, and performance: Laurie Anderson; recorded in New York City, 2015; total selections time: 9:18

Elizabeth Brown: Arcana
Mirage
New World Records/2013
(for flute and recorded sounds); flute: Elizabeth Brown; recorded in Brooklyn, New York, 2004; composition year: 9:32

SET FOUR
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

SET FIVE
Ursula Mamlok: Haiku Settings
I. So cold are the waves (0:40)
II. When a nightingale sang (0:36)
III. A leaf is falling (1:05)
IV. A tree frog slowly begins (0:35)
V. How cool the green hay smells (2:59)
Music of Ursula Mamlok Vol. 1
Bridge Records/2009
soprano: Tony Arnold; flute: Claire Chase; text: Ransetsu; recorded at the Performing Arts Center, SUNY, Purchase, August 22, 2007; composition year: 1967; total time: 6:14

IN MEMORIAM URSULA MAMLOK (FEBRUARY 1, 1923 -- MAY 4, 2016)

John Cage: Seven Haiku
a. Haiku I (0:17)
b. Haiku II (0:19)
c. Haiku III (0:17)
d. Haiku IV (0:16)
e. Haiku V (0:17)
f. Haiku VI (0:16)
c. Haiku VII (0:15)
The Works for Piano 6
Mode Records/2005
piano: Martin Joste; recorded at Forum Culturel, Le Blanc-Mesnil, France, July 2003; composition year: 1952; total time: 2:14

John Cage: selections from Chorals
a. 0:42
b. 0:31
c. 0:53
The Works for Violin 5
Mode Records/2003
violin: Irvin Arditti; recorded at Sendesaal de Hessischen Rundfunk, Frankfurt, September 1999; composition year: 1978; total selections time: 2:05

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Martian Gardens, Taint Radio Edition, May 26, 2016

Host: Max Shea 
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Northampton, Mass.
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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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