WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Archived for Automation, Volume 01
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Recorded August 03, 2011
SINGLE PLAY
Steve Reich: Piano Phase
Early Works
Nonesuch/1987
Double Edge -- pianos: Nurit Tilles and Edmund Niemann;
recorded at RCA Studio A, New York City, May 1986
SINGLE PLAY
Philip Glass: Music In Fifths
Two Pages-Contrary Motion-Music in Fifths-Music in Similar Motion
Nonesuch/1994
electric organ: P. Glass; soprano saxophones: Jon Gibson, Dickie Landry; electronics, engineering: Kurt Munkacsi; recorded at Butterfly Studios, New York City, June 1973
SET
Sarah Peebles: Nocturnal Premonitions
Music from Nature -- A Terra Nova Compilation
Terra Nova/1997
Ingram Marshall: Cortez
Ikon and Other Early Works
New World Records/2000
SINGLE PLAY
Meredith Monk: Dolmen Music
a. Overture and Men's Conclave
b. Wa-Ohs
c. Rain
d. Pine Tree Lullaby
e. Calls
f. Conclusion
Dolmen Music
ECM New Series/1981
voices: Andrea Goodman, Julius Eastman, Monica Solem, Robert Een, Paul Langland, M. Monk; cello: R. Een; percussion: J. Eastman; recorded at Hometown Studios, New York City, March 1980
SINGLE PLAY
Leo Kupper: Amkéa
a. Récit 1
b. Vocalique
c. Récit 2
d. Mélodique
e. Glissandi Vocaux
Ways of the Voice
Pogus Productions/1999
mezzo soprano: Anna Maria Kieffer; recorded in Brussels, 1985
SINGLE PLAY
John Cage: Living Room Music
I. To Begin
II. Story
III. Melody
IV. End
The Choral Works I
Mode Records/1998
vocal group: Ars Nova, conductor: Támas Vetö; percussion: Gert Sorensen; recorded at Energy Field Studio, August 1997
SINGLE PLAY
David Rosenboom: HMBIPRHLOTP* Section V (Humanity)
How Much Better If Plymouth Rock Had Landed On The Pilgrims
New World Records/2009
tabla: Swapan Chaudhari; piccolo, flute, bass flute: Vinny Golia; sarode: Aashish Khan; trumpet: Daniel Rosenboom; piano, computer: David Rosenboom; pemade: I Nyoman Wenten; recorded at the California Institute of the Arts, 11/01/08; historical performance -- David Rosenboom, Donald Buchla: two Buchla Series 300 Electronic Music Boxes; recorded at the Music Gallery, Toronto, 4/07/79
SINGLE PLAY
David Rosenboom and Donald Buchla: HMBIPRHLOTP* Section V
Rosenboom & Buchla -- Collaboration in Performance
1750 Arch Records/1979
Buchla synthesizers: D. Rosenboom, D. Buchla; orchestration, instrumentation: D. Buchla; electronic voice 1: D. Rosenboom; electronic voices 2,3,4: D. Buchla; recorded at 1750 Arch Street, Berkeley, 4/21/78
*How Much Better If Plymouth Rock Had Landed On The Pilgrims
--FIN--
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Martian Gardens for 07/31/2011
WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Program for July 31, 2011
SINGLE PLAY
Henry Brant: Double-Crank Hand Organ Music
The Henry Brant Collection Volume 8
Innova Recordings/2007
pianos: Gerrit Hommerson, H. Brant; percussion: Amy Snyder, Ernestine Stoop, Eduard van Regtaren Altena; recorded at De Ijsbreker, Holland Festival, 6/15/84
SET ONE
Henry Brant: Dormant Craters (1st 1/3)
The Henry Brant Collection Volume 9
Innova Recordings/2007
Pulse Percussion Ensemble; Gamelan Son of Lion; Tropical Shoul Steel Drums; solo percussion: Pheeroan akLaff, Michael Veal; conductor: H. Brant; recorded at Crowell Concert Hall Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, 9/11/98
Lou Harrison: Suite for Percussion
I. Moderato
II. Slow
III. Recitative Moderato Allegro
Music of Lou Harrison
CRI/1991 (orig. 1981)
The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble, conductor: Paul Pierce; recorded at Steinway Concert Hall, NYC, 1/28/65
SINGLE PLAY
Roger Reynolds: from "Sanctuary" for Percussion and Live Electronics
a. Introduction
b. Chatter/Clatter (abbreviated)
c. Discussion
d. Oracle (abbreviated)
e. Discussion
f. Song (abbreviated)
Sanctuary DVD
Mode Records/2011
introduction, discussion: R. Reynolds; percussion solo: Steven Schick; red fish blue fish: Justin DeHartz, Ross Karre, Fabio Oliveira, Greg Stuart; live electronics; recorded at the University of California San Diego
SINGLE PLAY
Roger Reynolds: Traces
Epigram and Evolution -- Complete Piano Works
Mode Records/2009
piano soloist: Yuji Takahashi; flute: Karen Reynolds; cello: Lin Barron; live electronics; recorded at the University of California San Diego
SET TWO
Quatuor Bozzini: Aberrare, movements I, II, III (M. Arnold)
Aberrare
Actuellecd//2011
QB -- violins: Charles-Étienne Marchand, Clemens Markel; viola: Stéphanie Bozzini; cello: Isabelle Bozzini; recorded at Église de Sainte Théodosie, Calixa-Lavallée, Québec, August 2010
Giacinto Scelsi: Coelocanth (I,II,III)
The Works for Viola
Mode Records/2011
viola: Vincent Royer; recorded at Ev. Kirche, Honrath, Germany, 2008-2009
Donald Crockett: Wet Ink
Night Scenes
New World Records/2011
violin: Gabriela Diaz; piano: Cary Smythe; recorded at Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, December 2009
SET THREE
Charlie Morrow: Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves(excerpt)
Toot!
XI Records/2011
Camerata Trajectina, director: Louis Peter Grijp; recorded at VPRO Hilversum, Holland
Phil Kline: Northport
John The Revelator -- A Mass for Six Voices
Cantaloupe Music/2008
Lionheart -- countertenor: Lawrence Lipnik; tenors: Michael Ryan-Wenger, John Olund; baritones: Richard Porterfield; bass: Kurt-Owen Richards; ETHEL -- violins: Cornelius Dufalo, Mary Rowell; viola: Ralph Farris; cello: Dorothy Lawson; recorded at the Church of Saint Lukes in the Fields, Greenwich Village, 8/07; Northport 324 -- Tune: Dr. R. R. Olson (1850), Lyrics: John Cennick (1743)
Charlie Morrow: Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves (excerpt)
ibid.
Phil Kline:
a. The Snow Fell
b. Alone
ibid.
a. The Snow Fell -- Music: P. Kline; Lyrics: David Shapiro (1927 b. Alone -- Music and lyrics: Ben H. Price (1914)
Charlie Morrow: Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves (excerpt)
ibid.
Phil Kline: Wondrous Love
ibid.
Music: William Walker (published 1835); Lyrics: Alexander Means (attributed)
Charlie Morrow: Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves (excerpt)
ibid.
SET FOUR
Diane Thome: Unseen Buds
Bright Air/Brilliant Fire
Centaur Records/2001
electronics: D. Thome, Lumiere Studio, University of Washington School of Music; University Chorale, conductor: Geoffrey Boers; text: Walt Whitman
Robert Scott Thompson:
a. Shadow of Water on Sky
b. Figures in the Mirror
Sanctum
Electronic Music Foundation/2007
electroacoustic music: R.S. Thompson
SINGLE PLAY
Tom Hamilton: Modhera (Pieces for Kohn)
Pieces for Kohn/Formal & Informal Music
Kvist Records/2010
synthesizers, custom electronics: T. Hamilton; bass drums, bowed cow bells, tabla, gamelan gongs, talking drums, marimba bars, timpani cymbals: Rich O'Donnell; flute, clarinet: JD Parran; recorded at Washington University Electronic Music Studio, St. Louis, 1975
--FIN--
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Program for July 31, 2011
SINGLE PLAY
Henry Brant: Double-Crank Hand Organ Music
The Henry Brant Collection Volume 8
Innova Recordings/2007
pianos: Gerrit Hommerson, H. Brant; percussion: Amy Snyder, Ernestine Stoop, Eduard van Regtaren Altena; recorded at De Ijsbreker, Holland Festival, 6/15/84
SET ONE
Henry Brant: Dormant Craters (1st 1/3)
The Henry Brant Collection Volume 9
Innova Recordings/2007
Pulse Percussion Ensemble; Gamelan Son of Lion; Tropical Shoul Steel Drums; solo percussion: Pheeroan akLaff, Michael Veal; conductor: H. Brant; recorded at Crowell Concert Hall Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, 9/11/98
Lou Harrison: Suite for Percussion
I. Moderato
II. Slow
III. Recitative Moderato Allegro
Music of Lou Harrison
CRI/1991 (orig. 1981)
The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble, conductor: Paul Pierce; recorded at Steinway Concert Hall, NYC, 1/28/65
SINGLE PLAY
Roger Reynolds: from "Sanctuary" for Percussion and Live Electronics
a. Introduction
b. Chatter/Clatter (abbreviated)
c. Discussion
d. Oracle (abbreviated)
e. Discussion
f. Song (abbreviated)
Sanctuary DVD
Mode Records/2011
introduction, discussion: R. Reynolds; percussion solo: Steven Schick; red fish blue fish: Justin DeHartz, Ross Karre, Fabio Oliveira, Greg Stuart; live electronics; recorded at the University of California San Diego
SINGLE PLAY
Roger Reynolds: Traces
Epigram and Evolution -- Complete Piano Works
Mode Records/2009
piano soloist: Yuji Takahashi; flute: Karen Reynolds; cello: Lin Barron; live electronics; recorded at the University of California San Diego
SET TWO
Quatuor Bozzini: Aberrare, movements I, II, III (M. Arnold)
Aberrare
Actuellecd//2011
QB -- violins: Charles-Étienne Marchand, Clemens Markel; viola: Stéphanie Bozzini; cello: Isabelle Bozzini; recorded at Église de Sainte Théodosie, Calixa-Lavallée, Québec, August 2010
Giacinto Scelsi: Coelocanth (I,II,III)
The Works for Viola
Mode Records/2011
viola: Vincent Royer; recorded at Ev. Kirche, Honrath, Germany, 2008-2009
Donald Crockett: Wet Ink
Night Scenes
New World Records/2011
violin: Gabriela Diaz; piano: Cary Smythe; recorded at Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, December 2009
SET THREE
Charlie Morrow: Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves(excerpt)
Toot!
XI Records/2011
Camerata Trajectina, director: Louis Peter Grijp; recorded at VPRO Hilversum, Holland
Phil Kline: Northport
John The Revelator -- A Mass for Six Voices
Cantaloupe Music/2008
Lionheart -- countertenor: Lawrence Lipnik; tenors: Michael Ryan-Wenger, John Olund; baritones: Richard Porterfield; bass: Kurt-Owen Richards; ETHEL -- violins: Cornelius Dufalo, Mary Rowell; viola: Ralph Farris; cello: Dorothy Lawson; recorded at the Church of Saint Lukes in the Fields, Greenwich Village, 8/07; Northport 324 -- Tune: Dr. R. R. Olson (1850), Lyrics: John Cennick (1743)
Charlie Morrow: Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves (excerpt)
ibid.
Phil Kline:
a. The Snow Fell
b. Alone
ibid.
a. The Snow Fell -- Music: P. Kline; Lyrics: David Shapiro (1927 b. Alone -- Music and lyrics: Ben H. Price (1914)
Charlie Morrow: Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves (excerpt)
ibid.
Phil Kline: Wondrous Love
ibid.
Music: William Walker (published 1835); Lyrics: Alexander Means (attributed)
Charlie Morrow: Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves (excerpt)
ibid.
SET FOUR
Diane Thome: Unseen Buds
Bright Air/Brilliant Fire
Centaur Records/2001
electronics: D. Thome, Lumiere Studio, University of Washington School of Music; University Chorale, conductor: Geoffrey Boers; text: Walt Whitman
Robert Scott Thompson:
a. Shadow of Water on Sky
b. Figures in the Mirror
Sanctum
Electronic Music Foundation/2007
electroacoustic music: R.S. Thompson
SINGLE PLAY
Tom Hamilton: Modhera (Pieces for Kohn)
Pieces for Kohn/Formal & Informal Music
Kvist Records/2010
synthesizers, custom electronics: T. Hamilton; bass drums, bowed cow bells, tabla, gamelan gongs, talking drums, marimba bars, timpani cymbals: Rich O'Donnell; flute, clarinet: JD Parran; recorded at Washington University Electronic Music Studio, St. Louis, 1975
--FIN--
Saturday, July 30, 2011
The Ghost of Esperanto, Volume 02
WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
THE GHOST OF ESPERANTO, VOLUME 02
Music from the archives of Esperanto
broadcast Sunday evenings 1995--2000 on WMUA
For automated station programming
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Recorded July 30, 2011
SET ONE
Banco De Gaia: Last Train to Lhasa
Last Train to Lhasa
Planet Dog/1995
Brian Eno: Fractal Zoom (Mary's Birthday Mix)
Fractal Zoom maxi-single
Opal-Warner Bros./1992
SET TWO
Muslimgauze: Bazoft Rope
Vote Hezbollah
Soleilmoon/1993
Muslimgauze: Infidel (Arabesque Mix)
Infidel
Extreme Records/1994
Muslimgauze: Yasser Arafat's Radio
Hamas Arc
Staalplaat/1993
Muslimgauze: Yusef
Blue Mosque
Staalplaat/1995
SET THREE
Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk: Dynamite Derby
Electric Crate Digger
K7/1999
Yello: Bananas to the Beat
1980-1985--The New Mix in One Go
Vertigo/1986
Starfish Pool: Dead Acid Society
Sounds from the Electronic Lounge
TMC-React/1998
Soma: Alchemical Nuptial
The Inner Cinema
Extreme Records/1996
The Orb: More Gills Less Fishcakes
Pomme Fritz
Island/1994
SET FOUR
Severed Heads: Better Hams and Heartbreaks (vs. Judy Lovelife, PhD.)
Haul Ass!
Sevcom/1998
Psychic TV: Sir Francis E. Dec (Kitten Sparkle Remix)
Origin of the Species Volume Too!
Invisible/1998
Plastikman: Okx
Sheet One
NovaMute/1993
Coldcut: Every Home a Prison (Shut Up & Dance Mix)
Let Us Replay
Ninjatune/1999
sampled voice: Jello Biafra
Legion of Green Men: Mosaic Eye--Evolutionary Approach
Spatial Specific
Plus 8-Virgin/1996
Plastikman: Helikopter
Sheet One
NovaMute/1993
SET FIVE
Immersion: Metal Sea
Swim ~ Water Communication
Swim/1997
The Gentle People: Groovin' With You (Intergalactic Harbour Mix)
The Freestyle Files--Crackers Delight
K7/1998
SET SIX
Aphex Twin: Analogue Bubblebath I
Classics
PIAS America/2002 (orig. R&S/1992)
Amorphous Androgynous: Mountain Goat
Tales of Ephidrina
Astralwerks/1993
Future Sound of London: Dead Skin Cells
Life Forms
Astralwerks/1994
Cluster and Eno: Ho Renomo
Eno Box 2 -- Instrumental
Virgin Records/1994
SET SEVEN
Cosmic Baby: Airplay
Fantasia
Logic Records/1994
Nikolai: Are You Ready to Flow?
Fluid -- The Best of Techno Volume 5
Sm :) e Communications/1995
Executor: Nothing To Fear (M.L. Gore)
Trancemode Express 1.01
Cleopatra Records/1996
The Irresistible Force: Moonrise (excerpt)
Global Chillage
Caroline Records-Rising High/1995
--FIN--
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
THE GHOST OF ESPERANTO, VOLUME 02
Music from the archives of Esperanto
broadcast Sunday evenings 1995--2000 on WMUA
For automated station programming
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Recorded July 30, 2011
SET ONE
Banco De Gaia: Last Train to Lhasa
Last Train to Lhasa
Planet Dog/1995
Brian Eno: Fractal Zoom (Mary's Birthday Mix)
Fractal Zoom maxi-single
Opal-Warner Bros./1992
SET TWO
Muslimgauze: Bazoft Rope
Vote Hezbollah
Soleilmoon/1993
Muslimgauze: Infidel (Arabesque Mix)
Infidel
Extreme Records/1994
Muslimgauze: Yasser Arafat's Radio
Hamas Arc
Staalplaat/1993
Muslimgauze: Yusef
Blue Mosque
Staalplaat/1995
SET THREE
Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk: Dynamite Derby
Electric Crate Digger
K7/1999
Yello: Bananas to the Beat
1980-1985--The New Mix in One Go
Vertigo/1986
Starfish Pool: Dead Acid Society
Sounds from the Electronic Lounge
TMC-React/1998
Soma: Alchemical Nuptial
The Inner Cinema
Extreme Records/1996
The Orb: More Gills Less Fishcakes
Pomme Fritz
Island/1994
SET FOUR
Severed Heads: Better Hams and Heartbreaks (vs. Judy Lovelife, PhD.)
Haul Ass!
Sevcom/1998
Psychic TV: Sir Francis E. Dec (Kitten Sparkle Remix)
Origin of the Species Volume Too!
Invisible/1998
Plastikman: Okx
Sheet One
NovaMute/1993
Coldcut: Every Home a Prison (Shut Up & Dance Mix)
Let Us Replay
Ninjatune/1999
sampled voice: Jello Biafra
Legion of Green Men: Mosaic Eye--Evolutionary Approach
Spatial Specific
Plus 8-Virgin/1996
Plastikman: Helikopter
Sheet One
NovaMute/1993
SET FIVE
Immersion: Metal Sea
Swim ~ Water Communication
Swim/1997
The Gentle People: Groovin' With You (Intergalactic Harbour Mix)
The Freestyle Files--Crackers Delight
K7/1998
SET SIX
Aphex Twin: Analogue Bubblebath I
Classics
PIAS America/2002 (orig. R&S/1992)
Amorphous Androgynous: Mountain Goat
Tales of Ephidrina
Astralwerks/1993
Future Sound of London: Dead Skin Cells
Life Forms
Astralwerks/1994
Cluster and Eno: Ho Renomo
Eno Box 2 -- Instrumental
Virgin Records/1994
SET SEVEN
Cosmic Baby: Airplay
Fantasia
Logic Records/1994
Nikolai: Are You Ready to Flow?
Fluid -- The Best of Techno Volume 5
Sm :) e Communications/1995
Executor: Nothing To Fear (M.L. Gore)
Trancemode Express 1.01
Cleopatra Records/1996
The Irresistible Force: Moonrise (excerpt)
Global Chillage
Caroline Records-Rising High/1995
--FIN--
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Martian Gardens for 07/24/2011
WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Program for July 24, 2011
SET ONE
Laurie Anderson: The Geographic North Pole
The Ugly One With the Jewels
Warner Bros./1995
Jacqueline Humbert: Adieu (Humbert/Rosenboom)
Chanteuse -- Songs of a different sort
Lovely Music, Ltd./2004
Roger Reynolds: Religious Music (from The Ivanov Suite)
Electroacoustic Music
New World Records/1993
percussion: Steven Schick; piccolo: vocalist: Philip Larson; cello: Regina Mushabec; violin: János Négyesy; piccolo: John Fonville; trumpet: Edwin Harkins; members of the Suzuki Company of Toga; recorded at the University of California San Diego
Meredith Monk: Clusters 2
Songs of Ascension
ECM Records/2011
The Montclair State University Singers; The M6 vocal group; percussion: John Hollenbeck; recorded at the Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, November 2009
SET TWO
Somei Satoh: Burning Meditation
From the Depth of Silence
Mode Records/2004
baritone: Thomas Buckner; The Janáček Philharmonic, conductor: Petr Kotik; text: Kazuko Shiraishi; recorded at the Philharmonic Hall, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 5/07/03
Somei Satoh: The Passion (excerpt)
Ostravská Banda on Tour
Mutable Music/2011
baritone: Thomas Buckner (JC); baritone: Gregory Purnhagen (Pilate); male choir; Ostravská Banda recorded at Czech Radio Ostrava Studio, 10/24/10
SET THREE
Noah Creshevsky: Twice
Who
Centaur Records/2000
Robert Normandeau: from Chorus
a. Overture
b. Judaisme
c. Christianisme
d. Islaminisme
Puzzles (DVD)
empreintes DIGITALes/2005
Robert Scott Thompson: Ice
Sanctum
Electronic Music Foundation/2007
SET FOUR
Benjamin Boretz: Argument (from Language, as a music)
Open Space 10 (Randall/Boretz)
Open Space/1999
piano: B. Boretz; Center for Music Experiment, University of California, San Diego, 5/03/80
Howard Skempton: Durham Strike
Bolt from the Blue
Mode Records/2010
piano: Daniel Becker; recorded at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England, 10/02/07
Ursula Mamlok:
a. Sculpture I
b. Love Song of Two Pigeons
Music of Ursula Mamlok, Volume 2
Bridge Records/2010
piano: Garrick Ohlsson; recorded at the Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, 12/27/07
John Cage: A Valentine Out of Season (I, II, III)
Complete Short Works for Prepared Piano
Mode Records/2007
prepared piano: Philipp Vandré; recorded at Hessischer Rundfunk (Sendesaal), Frankfurt, 2001-2002
SINGLE PLAY
Francis Dhomont: À propos de K
Études Pour Kafka
empreintes DIGITALes/2009
realized in 2006 at the composer's studio in Avignon, France
SET FIVE
César Bolaños: Divertmento III
Peruvian Electroacoustic and Experimental Music (1964-1970)
Pogus Productions/2009
for clarinet, flute, bass clarinet, piano, and percussion instruments; premiered at the IV Contemporary Music Festival at the Instituto Di Tella, Beunos Aires, 10/24/67
Amy Horvey: Marionette Lazarus
Catchment
Paved Arts/2010
trumpet: A. Horvey; trumpet and organ sounds recorded in a pedestrian underpass in Saskatoon
SINGLE PLAY
Michael Tenzer: Undrleaf (Buk Katah)
Let Others Name You
New World Records/2009
for Balinese Gamelan and nonet of brass, winds, and piano; Sanggar Çudamani collective and Vancouver Players; recorded in Pengosekan, Bali, 7/09/06 (premiered at the Bali Arts Festival, Denpasar, Bali, 7/10/06); mastered in Vancouver, BC, by François Houle, Fall 2006
SINGLE PLAY
Evan Ziporyn: Three Island Duos (M. Tenzer)
a. Krk-y
b. Biak-words
c. Bouvet fanfare
This Is Not A Clarinet
Cantaloupe Music/2002
clarinets: E. Ziporyn; recorded in Roslindale and Lexington, Massachusetts, 1999-2001
--FIN--
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Program for July 24, 2011
SET ONE
Laurie Anderson: The Geographic North Pole
The Ugly One With the Jewels
Warner Bros./1995
Jacqueline Humbert: Adieu (Humbert/Rosenboom)
Chanteuse -- Songs of a different sort
Lovely Music, Ltd./2004
Roger Reynolds: Religious Music (from The Ivanov Suite)
Electroacoustic Music
New World Records/1993
percussion: Steven Schick; piccolo: vocalist: Philip Larson; cello: Regina Mushabec; violin: János Négyesy; piccolo: John Fonville; trumpet: Edwin Harkins; members of the Suzuki Company of Toga; recorded at the University of California San Diego
Meredith Monk: Clusters 2
Songs of Ascension
ECM Records/2011
The Montclair State University Singers; The M6 vocal group; percussion: John Hollenbeck; recorded at the Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, November 2009
SET TWO
Somei Satoh: Burning Meditation
From the Depth of Silence
Mode Records/2004
baritone: Thomas Buckner; The Janáček Philharmonic, conductor: Petr Kotik; text: Kazuko Shiraishi; recorded at the Philharmonic Hall, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 5/07/03
Somei Satoh: The Passion (excerpt)
Ostravská Banda on Tour
Mutable Music/2011
baritone: Thomas Buckner (JC); baritone: Gregory Purnhagen (Pilate); male choir; Ostravská Banda recorded at Czech Radio Ostrava Studio, 10/24/10
SET THREE
Noah Creshevsky: Twice
Who
Centaur Records/2000
Robert Normandeau: from Chorus
a. Overture
b. Judaisme
c. Christianisme
d. Islaminisme
Puzzles (DVD)
empreintes DIGITALes/2005
Robert Scott Thompson: Ice
Sanctum
Electronic Music Foundation/2007
SET FOUR
Benjamin Boretz: Argument (from Language, as a music)
Open Space 10 (Randall/Boretz)
Open Space/1999
piano: B. Boretz; Center for Music Experiment, University of California, San Diego, 5/03/80
Howard Skempton: Durham Strike
Bolt from the Blue
Mode Records/2010
piano: Daniel Becker; recorded at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England, 10/02/07
Ursula Mamlok:
a. Sculpture I
b. Love Song of Two Pigeons
Music of Ursula Mamlok, Volume 2
Bridge Records/2010
piano: Garrick Ohlsson; recorded at the Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, 12/27/07
John Cage: A Valentine Out of Season (I, II, III)
Complete Short Works for Prepared Piano
Mode Records/2007
prepared piano: Philipp Vandré; recorded at Hessischer Rundfunk (Sendesaal), Frankfurt, 2001-2002
SINGLE PLAY
Francis Dhomont: À propos de K
Études Pour Kafka
empreintes DIGITALes/2009
realized in 2006 at the composer's studio in Avignon, France
SET FIVE
César Bolaños: Divertmento III
Peruvian Electroacoustic and Experimental Music (1964-1970)
Pogus Productions/2009
for clarinet, flute, bass clarinet, piano, and percussion instruments; premiered at the IV Contemporary Music Festival at the Instituto Di Tella, Beunos Aires, 10/24/67
Amy Horvey: Marionette Lazarus
Catchment
Paved Arts/2010
trumpet: A. Horvey; trumpet and organ sounds recorded in a pedestrian underpass in Saskatoon
SINGLE PLAY
Michael Tenzer: Undrleaf (Buk Katah)
Let Others Name You
New World Records/2009
for Balinese Gamelan and nonet of brass, winds, and piano; Sanggar Çudamani collective and Vancouver Players; recorded in Pengosekan, Bali, 7/09/06 (premiered at the Bali Arts Festival, Denpasar, Bali, 7/10/06); mastered in Vancouver, BC, by François Houle, Fall 2006
SINGLE PLAY
Evan Ziporyn: Three Island Duos (M. Tenzer)
a. Krk-y
b. Biak-words
c. Bouvet fanfare
This Is Not A Clarinet
Cantaloupe Music/2002
clarinets: E. Ziporyn; recorded in Roslindale and Lexington, Massachusetts, 1999-2001
--FIN--
Friday, July 22, 2011
The Ghost of Esperanto, Volume 01
WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
THE GHOST OF ESPERANTO, VOLUME 01
Music from the archives of Esperanto
broadcast Sunday evenings 1995--2000 on WMUA
For automated station programming
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Recorded July 22, 2011
SINGLE PLAY
M. Griffin/D. Fulton: Dark Observer
The Most Distant Point Known
Hypnos/2000
SET ONE
Tangerine Dream: Phaedra (abridged version)
152:33: A Brief History of Ambient, Volume 1
Virgin Records/1994
Klaus Schulze: Floating (excerpt)
The Essential 72-93
Caroline Records/1994
SINGLE PLAY
The Legendary Pink Dots: The Andromeda Suite
Chemical Playschool Volumes 8 & 9
Terminal Kaleidoscope/1995
SET TWO
Richard Pinhas:
a. Iceland (Part 1)
b. Iceland (Part 2)
Iceland
Cuneiform Records/1992 (orig. 1979)
John Cage: Voiceless Essay (excerpt)
Ghosts and Monsters --
Technology and Personality in Contemporary Music
Leonardo Music Journal CD Series Volume 8
Electronic Music Foundation/1998
text: Henry David Thoreau
Biosphere: The things I tell you
Substrata
All Saints Records/1997
SET THREE
Brian Eno: Web (Lascaux Mix)
Nerve Net
Opal Records--Warner Bros./1992
featuring Robert Fripp, guitar
Ambient Temple of Imagination: Ancestors
Planetary House Nation
Mindspore Records/1997
SINGLE PLAY
Artemiy Artemiev/Phillip B. Klingler: Murmurs Across the Surface
Dreams in Moving Space
Electroshock Records/2000
SET FOUR
Muslimgauze: Curfew, Gaza
Zul'm
Extreme Records/1992
Muslimgauze:
a. Palestine is our Islamic Land, Part 1
b. Palestine is our Islamic Land, Part 2
Arab Quarter
Staalplaat/1996
SINGLE PLAY
László Hortobágyi: Transreplica Meccano 88'
a. Intro-Kill
b. Bass Cult
c. Gregorianix
d. Kiráņá-Barock
e. Bali-Si Gat
f. Harmologix
g. Vocablá
h. Ite Pravonix Est
Transreplica Meccano -- Annales of Gáyan Uttejak Society
Staalplaat/1991
--FIN--
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
THE GHOST OF ESPERANTO, VOLUME 01
Music from the archives of Esperanto
broadcast Sunday evenings 1995--2000 on WMUA
For automated station programming
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Recorded July 22, 2011
SINGLE PLAY
M. Griffin/D. Fulton: Dark Observer
The Most Distant Point Known
Hypnos/2000
SET ONE
Tangerine Dream: Phaedra (abridged version)
152:33: A Brief History of Ambient, Volume 1
Virgin Records/1994
Klaus Schulze: Floating (excerpt)
The Essential 72-93
Caroline Records/1994
SINGLE PLAY
The Legendary Pink Dots: The Andromeda Suite
Chemical Playschool Volumes 8 & 9
Terminal Kaleidoscope/1995
SET TWO
Richard Pinhas:
a. Iceland (Part 1)
b. Iceland (Part 2)
Iceland
Cuneiform Records/1992 (orig. 1979)
John Cage: Voiceless Essay (excerpt)
Ghosts and Monsters --
Technology and Personality in Contemporary Music
Leonardo Music Journal CD Series Volume 8
Electronic Music Foundation/1998
text: Henry David Thoreau
Biosphere: The things I tell you
Substrata
All Saints Records/1997
SET THREE
Brian Eno: Web (Lascaux Mix)
Nerve Net
Opal Records--Warner Bros./1992
featuring Robert Fripp, guitar
Ambient Temple of Imagination: Ancestors
Planetary House Nation
Mindspore Records/1997
SINGLE PLAY
Artemiy Artemiev/Phillip B. Klingler: Murmurs Across the Surface
Dreams in Moving Space
Electroshock Records/2000
SET FOUR
Muslimgauze: Curfew, Gaza
Zul'm
Extreme Records/1992
Muslimgauze:
a. Palestine is our Islamic Land, Part 1
b. Palestine is our Islamic Land, Part 2
Arab Quarter
Staalplaat/1996
SINGLE PLAY
László Hortobágyi: Transreplica Meccano 88'
a. Intro-Kill
b. Bass Cult
c. Gregorianix
d. Kiráņá-Barock
e. Bali-Si Gat
f. Harmologix
g. Vocablá
h. Ite Pravonix Est
Transreplica Meccano -- Annales of Gáyan Uttejak Society
Staalplaat/1991
--FIN--
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Martian Gardens for 07/17/2011
WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Program for July 17, 2011
SINGLE PLAY
Todd Reynolds: Icy Sleeves of Green v.2.0
Outerborough
Innova Recordings/2011
violin, electric bass, octave violin: T. Reynolds
SET ONE
Judy Dunaway: Rubber Patchwork Quilt
Balloon Music
CRI/1998
balloons: J. Dunaway
Philip Corner: The Gold Stone
Pieces from the Past - By Philip Corner for the Violin of Malcolm Goldstein
Pogus Productions/2011
violin: M. Goldstein; recorded at Bregman Electro-Acoustic Studios, Dartmouth College, July 1991
SET TWO
Carrie Rose: High Flyer (R. Erickson)
Books of Flutes
11 West Records/2008
solo flute: C. Rose; recorded at the University of Maryland Baltimore County
Lei Liang: Lake
Milou
New World Records/2011
flutes: John Fonville, Jane Rigler; recorded at Warren Music Studio, University of California, San Diego, 1/23/11
Larry Polansky: V'leem'shol (And to rule ...) (Cantillation Study #2)
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 11
The Virtuoso in the Computer Age II
Centaur Records/1992
five flutes: Ann La Berge; HMSL program: L. Polansky
SET THREE
Laurie Spiegel: Immersion
Obsolete Systems
Electronic Music Foundation/2001
realized onMcLeyvier computer-controlled analog synthesis music system, 1983
Artemiy Artemiev & Phillip B. Klingler: Broken Sleep in the Fracture Zone
A Moment of Infinity
Electroshock Records/2002
synthesizers: Artemiev, Klingler; recorded at Electroshock Studios, Moscow, 2001
SET FOUR
Charlie Morrow: Marilyn Monroe Collage
Toot!
XI Records/2011
string trio (anon.), sound bites; performed at Sidney Janis Gallery, 1967
Michèle Bokanowski: Phone Variations (excerpt)
Michèle Bokanowski
Trace Label/2009
musique concrète realized 1986 and 1988 at the composer's studio, Paris
SET FIVE
Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux: Zones
Impulsion
empreintes DIGITALes/2001
realized at the Sonic Research Studio of Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, 1971
Carter Scholz: Jet
8 Pieces
Frog Peak Muisc/2000
realized at Frog Peak Music, Lebanon, NH
Scott Smallwood:
a. Electreat
b. Ropiquet
Electrotherapy
Deep Listening/2004
sounds sourced from antique electrotherapy devices
SET SIX
Iannis Xenakis: Mélanges (Pléïades movement I)
Percussion Works
Mode Records/2006
percussion: red fish blue fish -- Gustavo Aguillar, Rob Esler, Ross Karre, Don Nichols, Morris Palter, Lisa Tolentino, director: Steven Schick; recorded at Warren Studios, University of California, San Diego
John Luther Adams: Thunder
The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies
Cantaloupe Music/2006
percussion: Steven Schick; recorded at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 2002-2003
The New Music Consort: Pulse (H. Cowell)
Pulse
New World Records/1990
percussion: Joseph Grable, Kory Grossman, Michael Pugliese, Mark Renodn, William Trigg; Terri Weber; conductor: Claire Heldrich; recorded at BMG studios, NYC
SINGLE PLAY
Luciano Berio: Sequenza II (for harp)
The Complete Sequenzas, Alternate Sequenzas, & Works for Solo Instruments
Mode Records/2006
harp: Susan Jolles; recorded at Shephard Hall, CUNY, 7/07/95
--FIN--
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Program for July 17, 2011
SINGLE PLAY
Todd Reynolds: Icy Sleeves of Green v.2.0
Outerborough
Innova Recordings/2011
violin, electric bass, octave violin: T. Reynolds
SET ONE
Judy Dunaway: Rubber Patchwork Quilt
Balloon Music
CRI/1998
balloons: J. Dunaway
Philip Corner: The Gold Stone
Pieces from the Past - By Philip Corner for the Violin of Malcolm Goldstein
Pogus Productions/2011
violin: M. Goldstein; recorded at Bregman Electro-Acoustic Studios, Dartmouth College, July 1991
SET TWO
Carrie Rose: High Flyer (R. Erickson)
Books of Flutes
11 West Records/2008
solo flute: C. Rose; recorded at the University of Maryland Baltimore County
Lei Liang: Lake
Milou
New World Records/2011
flutes: John Fonville, Jane Rigler; recorded at Warren Music Studio, University of California, San Diego, 1/23/11
Larry Polansky: V'leem'shol (And to rule ...) (Cantillation Study #2)
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 11
The Virtuoso in the Computer Age II
Centaur Records/1992
five flutes: Ann La Berge; HMSL program: L. Polansky
SET THREE
Laurie Spiegel: Immersion
Obsolete Systems
Electronic Music Foundation/2001
realized on
Artemiy Artemiev & Phillip B. Klingler: Broken Sleep in the Fracture Zone
A Moment of Infinity
Electroshock Records/2002
synthesizers: Artemiev, Klingler; recorded at Electroshock Studios, Moscow, 2001
SET FOUR
Charlie Morrow: Marilyn Monroe Collage
Toot!
XI Records/2011
string trio (anon.), sound bites; performed at Sidney Janis Gallery, 1967
Michèle Bokanowski: Phone Variations (excerpt)
Michèle Bokanowski
Trace Label/2009
musique concrète realized 1986 and 1988 at the composer's studio, Paris
SET FIVE
Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux: Zones
Impulsion
empreintes DIGITALes/2001
realized at the Sonic Research Studio of Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, 1971
Carter Scholz: Jet
8 Pieces
Frog Peak Muisc/2000
realized at Frog Peak Music, Lebanon, NH
Scott Smallwood:
a. Electreat
b. Ropiquet
Electrotherapy
Deep Listening/2004
sounds sourced from antique electrotherapy devices
SET SIX
Iannis Xenakis: Mélanges (Pléïades movement I)
Percussion Works
Mode Records/2006
percussion: red fish blue fish -- Gustavo Aguillar, Rob Esler, Ross Karre, Don Nichols, Morris Palter, Lisa Tolentino, director: Steven Schick; recorded at Warren Studios, University of California, San Diego
John Luther Adams: Thunder
The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies
Cantaloupe Music/2006
percussion: Steven Schick; recorded at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 2002-2003
The New Music Consort: Pulse (H. Cowell)
Pulse
New World Records/1990
percussion: Joseph Grable, Kory Grossman, Michael Pugliese, Mark Renodn, William Trigg; Terri Weber; conductor: Claire Heldrich; recorded at BMG studios, NYC
SINGLE PLAY
Luciano Berio: Sequenza II (for harp)
The Complete Sequenzas, Alternate Sequenzas, & Works for Solo Instruments
Mode Records/2006
harp: Susan Jolles; recorded at Shephard Hall, CUNY, 7/07/95
--FIN--
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Martian Gardens for 07/10/2011
WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Program for July 10, 2011
SET ONE
Malcolm Goldstein: Eight Whiskus (J. Cage)
Sounding the New Violin
What Next?/1997
recorded at Bregman Electro-Acoustic Studios, Dartmouth College, July, 1991
Philip Corner: Gamelan Maya
Pieces from the Past: By Philip Corner for the Violin of Malcolm Goldstein
Pogus Productions/2011
recorded at the Experimental Music Foundation, New York City, 12/11/84
SET TWO
Quatuor Bozzini: from 1st Movement
a. La relais
b. Demi-vérité A
c. Demi-vérité B
d. La nouvelle -- Joane
e. Identité 1
f. ADN-Spirales
g. Identité 2
h. La nouvelle -- Jean 1
i. Demi-vérité C
Le mensonge et l’identité
Actuellecd/2011
violin, voice: Charles-Étienne, Clemens Merkel; viola, voice: Stephanie Bozzini; cello, voice: Isabelle Bozzini; recorded at Studo 270, Montreal, 12/15/10
Mari Kimura: Six Caprices for Subharmonics
The World Below G and Beyond
Mutable Music/2010
violin: M. Kimura; recorded at Harvestworks and Systems Two, New York City
SET TWO
Anne La Berge: Away
Speak
New World Records/2011
voice, electronics: A. La Berge; recorded at studio VOLSAP, Amsterdam, 2009
Todd Reynolds: Outerborough
Outerborough
Innova Recordings/2011
violin, electronics: T. Reynolds
SET THREE
José Mataloni: Magma
Magical Realism of Sound/2003
Tim Hodgkinson: Vers Kongsu II
Sketch of Now
Mode Records/2006
clarinet: T. Hodgkinson; bass clarinet: Vinny Golia; percussion: Gustavo Aguilar; Hyperion Ensemble, conductor: Iancu Dumitrescu; recorded in Ploiești, October, 2003
Yan Jun: Kitchen Performance 2
Post-Minimalism
Trace Label/2007
SET FOUR
Maggi Payne: Apparent Horizon
Arctic Winds
Innova Recordings/2010
Mario Verandi: Evil Fruit
Orillas Distantes/Distant Shores
Electronic Music Foundation/2001
SET FIVE
Arie Shapira: Birds' Shop
Electronics Plus/2000
Charlie Morrow: A Future Harvest
Toot!
XI Records/2011
recorded for Studio of Acoustic Art, WDR, Cologne
Martin Supper: Fragment
Music Around Benjamin Boretz--Open Spaces 2005
Open Space/2005
two-channel tape; voice: Hans Zischler
Daniel Blinkhorn: Toy Bagatelle
Deep Wireless 8 -- Radio Art Compilation
New Adventures In Sound Art/2011
Barnwave: Prancing
Why Record? Life in the Age of Digital Performance
Electronic Music Foundation/2008
David Mooney: The Llama Strut
Rhythmic Sections
Arizona University Recordings/2002
Gilles Gobeil: La Nuit (from Ombres, espaces, silences...)
Trois Songes DVD
empreintes DIGITALes/2008
SINGLE PLAY
Tod Machover: Famine
Flora
Bridge Records/1990
electronics: T. Machover; Electric Phoenix (soprano: Judith Rees, mezzo-soprano: Mary King, tenor: Daryl Brunswick, bass: Terry Edwards); text: Rose Moss; recorded at October Sound, London, January, 1987
--FIN--
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Program for July 10, 2011
SET ONE
Malcolm Goldstein: Eight Whiskus (J. Cage)
Sounding the New Violin
What Next?/1997
recorded at Bregman Electro-Acoustic Studios, Dartmouth College, July, 1991
Philip Corner: Gamelan Maya
Pieces from the Past: By Philip Corner for the Violin of Malcolm Goldstein
Pogus Productions/2011
recorded at the Experimental Music Foundation, New York City, 12/11/84
SET TWO
Quatuor Bozzini: from 1st Movement
a. La relais
b. Demi-vérité A
c. Demi-vérité B
d. La nouvelle -- Joane
e. Identité 1
f. ADN-Spirales
g. Identité 2
h. La nouvelle -- Jean 1
i. Demi-vérité C
Le mensonge et l’identité
Actuellecd/2011
violin, voice: Charles-Étienne, Clemens Merkel; viola, voice: Stephanie Bozzini; cello, voice: Isabelle Bozzini; recorded at Studo 270, Montreal, 12/15/10
Mari Kimura: Six Caprices for Subharmonics
The World Below G and Beyond
Mutable Music/2010
violin: M. Kimura; recorded at Harvestworks and Systems Two, New York City
SET TWO
Anne La Berge: Away
Speak
New World Records/2011
voice, electronics: A. La Berge; recorded at studio VOLSAP, Amsterdam, 2009
Todd Reynolds: Outerborough
Outerborough
Innova Recordings/2011
violin, electronics: T. Reynolds
SET THREE
José Mataloni: Magma
Magical Realism of Sound/2003
Tim Hodgkinson: Vers Kongsu II
Sketch of Now
Mode Records/2006
clarinet: T. Hodgkinson; bass clarinet: Vinny Golia; percussion: Gustavo Aguilar; Hyperion Ensemble, conductor: Iancu Dumitrescu; recorded in Ploiești, October, 2003
Yan Jun: Kitchen Performance 2
Post-Minimalism
Trace Label/2007
SET FOUR
Maggi Payne: Apparent Horizon
Arctic Winds
Innova Recordings/2010
Mario Verandi: Evil Fruit
Orillas Distantes/Distant Shores
Electronic Music Foundation/2001
SET FIVE
Arie Shapira: Birds' Shop
Electronics Plus/2000
Charlie Morrow: A Future Harvest
Toot!
XI Records/2011
recorded for Studio of Acoustic Art, WDR, Cologne
Martin Supper: Fragment
Music Around Benjamin Boretz--Open Spaces 2005
Open Space/2005
two-channel tape; voice: Hans Zischler
Daniel Blinkhorn: Toy Bagatelle
Deep Wireless 8 -- Radio Art Compilation
New Adventures In Sound Art/2011
Barnwave: Prancing
Why Record? Life in the Age of Digital Performance
Electronic Music Foundation/2008
David Mooney: The Llama Strut
Rhythmic Sections
Arizona University Recordings/2002
Gilles Gobeil: La Nuit (from Ombres, espaces, silences...)
Trois Songes DVD
empreintes DIGITALes/2008
SINGLE PLAY
Tod Machover: Famine
Flora
Bridge Records/1990
electronics: T. Machover; Electric Phoenix (soprano: Judith Rees, mezzo-soprano: Mary King, tenor: Daryl Brunswick, bass: Terry Edwards); text: Rose Moss; recorded at October Sound, London, January, 1987
--FIN--
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