Martian Gardens for October 28, 2012

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Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
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Program for October 28, 2012

FUND DRIVE WEEK -- NO REGULAR SET LIST

SELECTIONS BROADCAST

UMass Percussion Ensemble: Ionisation
UMass Amherst Music Ensembles
UMass Dept. of Music & Dance/2011
composer: Edgard Varese; faculty coach: Ayano Kataoka; guest conductor: Lanfranco Marcelletti, Jr.

Alvin Curran/Leo Smith: World Music
Maritime Rites
New World Records/2004
fog horns and maritime sound recordings of the U.S. East Coast: Alvin Curran; trumpet, seal horn: Wadada Leo Smith; mixed in Rome, 1985; composition year: 1985; time: 13:00

Wadada Leo Smith/Louis Moholo-Moholo: Jackson Pollock -- Action
Ancestors
TUM Records/2012
trumpet, percussion: Wadada Leo Smith; drums, percussion: Louis Moholo-Moholo; recorded at Master Recording, Esopo, Finland, February 6, 2011; time: 9:16

Morton Feldman: from Music for Jackson Pollock
a. Music for Jackson Pollock
b. Signature 
c. Jackson Pollock Speaks
d. Pollock Paints
First Recordings -- 1950s
Mode Records/1999
cellos: Helmut Menzler; Michael Sterling (from the Turfan Ensemble); recorded at Hessischer Rundfunk Studio I, Frankfurt, 1996-98; voice of Jackson Pollock excerpted from the Jackson Pollock film by Hans Namuth, 1951; composition years: 1950-1951; time: 6:00

Morton Feldman: For Philip Guston (disc b, trak 3)
For Philip Guston
Bridge Records/1997
flutes: Dorothy Stone; percussion: Arthur Jarvinen; piano/celeste: Gloria Cheng Cochran (from the California EAR Unit); recorded at Warren Studios, University of California, San Diego; composition year: 1987; time: 31:28

Barbara Monk Feldman: In theSmall Time of a Desert Flower
The Northern Shore
Mode Records/2012
piano: Aki Takahashi; recorded at Crowell Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, August 14, 2002; composition year: 2000; time: 27:00

Benjamin  Boretz: Lament for Sarah (April 3, 1990)
Open Space 29 (Barkin/Czerner/Boretz)
Open Space/2012
piano: Benjamin Boretz; in memory of Sarah Vaughan; composition year: 1990; time: 13:43

J.K. Randall: 
a. BAB-O (B. Boretz)
b. Slitherest (1st Gathering, part 1)
A Garland of C-Sound
Open Space/2004
computer, C-Sound software: J.K. Randall; recorded at Taplin Hall, Princeton, April 17, 2004; time: 9:00

Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co: All Set
Like a Duck to Water
Cuneiform Records/2001
synthesizers: David Borden, Judy Borsher, Steve Drews; recorded at Celebration Sound, Ithaca,  New York; composition years: 1973-74; time: 7:26

David Borden: For Laurie Spiegel
Places, Times & People
Cuneiform Records/1994
synthesizers: David Borden; recorded in Ithaca, New York; time: 6:00

Laurie Spiegel: Patchwork
The Expanding Universe
Unseen Worlds/2012 (orig. Philo/1980)
computer, programming: Laurie Spiegel; recorded at Bell Laboratories, New Jersey, 1974-76; time: 9:44

Robert Normandeau: Palindrome
Palimpsestes
Empreintes Digitales/2012
electroacoustic music: Robert Normandeau: commissioned by IMEB, realized at the Institut international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, Elektronisches Studios of the Technische Universität Berlin, and the composer's studio, Montreal, 2005-06; premiered at Festival Synthès, Bourges, Cher, France, June 7, 2006; revised in 2007

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Martian Gardens for October 21, 2012

WMUA FM 91.1
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Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
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Program for October 21, 2012

SINGLE PLAY
Guy Klucevsek: Polking Around
Polka from the Fringe
Starkland/2012 (orig. 1992)
composer: William Duckworth; Guy Klucevsek and Ain't Nothin' But A Polka Band; ride cymbal: Bobby Previte; recorded at  Baby Monster Studios; 1990-91; composition year: 1986; time: 3:44

SET ONE
Stuart Saunders Smith: Thaw
Breath -- The Percussion Music of Stuart Saunders Smith
11 West Records/2004
 solo orchestra bells: Jonas Larsson; recorded at Studio 508 UMBC, Baltimore, 2004; composition year: 1993; time: 5:34

Ken Field: Bells of Balance
Pictures of Motion
sFz Recordings/1999
percussion: Ken Field; recorded at Wellspring Sound, Concord, Massachusetts, 1998-99; time: 2:27

Ken Field: A Space in a Place
Subterranea
O.O. Discs/1996
percussed objects, egg shaker, frame drum, flutes: Ken Field; recorded in The Henge cave, Roswell, New Mexico, May 1995; time: 3:57

Tom Hamilton: Crimson Sterling Mvt. III
Pieces for Kohn/Formal & Informal Music
Kvist Records/2009
ARP 2500 synthesizer: Tom Hamilton; percussion: Rich O'Donnell; wind instruments: JD Parran; recorded at Technisonic Studios, St. Louis, 1977; time: 9:23

SET TWO
Adam Rudolph & GO -- Organic Orchestra: Pléïades (Parts 1 & 2)
Web of Light
META Records/2002
GO: Organic Orchestra, conducted by Adam Rudolph; recorded in concert at Electric Lodge, Venice, California, March 2002; time: 9:12

Iannis Xenakis:  Pléïades, Mvt. II -- Métaux
Percussion Works
Mode Records/2006
percussion: red fish blue fish, conductor: Steven Schick; recorded at Warren Studios, University of California San Diego, 2006; composition year: 1978; time: 13:31

SET THREE
Adam Rudolph & Go -- Organic Orchestra: Wing Swept
The Sound of a Dream
META Records/2011
GO: Organic Orchestra, conducted by Adam Rudolph; melodica: Peter Apfelbaum; recorded in concert at Roulette Intermedium, New York City, 2010; time: 2:07

The Maya Beiser/Steven Schick Project: The Dance (cbtsww, part 1)
Caught by the Sky With Wire
O.O. Discs/2000
composer: Nick Didkovsky; cello: Maya Beier; malleted percussion, percussion: Steven Schick; recorded at Warren Studios at the University of California San Diego; composition year: 1996; time: 4:50

Maya Beiser & Michael Harrison: Just Ancient Loops, Mvt. III -- Ascension
Time Loops
Cantaloupe Music/2012
composer: Michael Harrison; cello: Maya Beiser; shakers: Payton MacDonald; recorded at Westchester Studios, New York; composition years: 2007--2011; time: 8:39

SET FOUR
Barry Schrader: The Romanesque and Gothic Entranceways
The Barnum Museum
Innova Recordings/2012
electroacoustic music: Barry Schrader; recorded in Valencia, California; composition years: 2009 -- 2012; time: 7:27

R. Weis: 
a. Sky Palace Ritual
b. Crossing Circles
Web of Illusion
R. Weis/1998
samples and sampler: R. Weis; time: 5:50

Codona: Hey Da Ba Doom
The Codona Trilogy
ECM/2009
composer: Collin Walcott; performed by Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos, and Collin Walcott; recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany, September 1982; time: 7:11

SET FIVE
Laurie Spiegel: from Four short visits to different worlds --
a. Swells
b. Mines
Obsolete Systems
Electronic Music Foundation/2001
modular analog synthesizers: Laurie Spiegel; composition years: a. circa 1972, b. 1971; time: 3:30

Steven Ricks: A Glimpse Beyond the Zero
60 x 60 -- 2004/2005 [various artists] 
Vox Novus/2007
electronics: Steven Ricks; violin: Curtis Macomber; composition year: 2004; time: 1:00

Steven Ricks: Percept Can Improv
Available Resonances
Comprovise Records/2012
microphones, samples and sampler: Steven Ricks;  composition years: 2009 -- 2011; time: 4:04

Elainie Lillios: Arturo
Entre Espaces (Between Spaces)
Empreintes Digitales/2011
electroacoustic music: Elainie Lillios; realized at the Electroacoustic Studios of The University of Birmingham (BEAST), UK, 1998; premiered at the First Symposium on Music and Computers, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece, October 23, 1998; time: 13:35

SET SIX
Roger Reynolds: imAge/piano
Epigram and Evolutions -- Complete Piano Works
Mode Records/2009
piano: Yuji Takahashi; recorded in Tokyo, 2010, composition year: 2007; time: 6:56

Somei Satoh: Litania
Litania -- Margaret Leng Tan Plays Somei Satoh
New Albion Records/1988
two pianos with digital delay: Margaret Leng Tan; recorded at SUNY Purchase; August 6, 1985; composition year: 1973; time: 13:06

SINGLE PLAY
Margaret Lancaster: Io
Io
New World Records/2009
composer: Lois V. Vierk; flute: Margaret Lancaster; electric guitar: Larry Polansky; marimba: Matthew Gold; recorded at 2nd Story Sound, New York City; December 16, 2008; composition year:1999; time: 10:09

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Martian Gardens for October 14, 2012

WMUA FM 91.1
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MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com

Program for October 14, 2012

SINGLE PLAY
Guy Klucevsek: Guy De Polka (M. J. Leach)
Polka from the Fringe
Starkland/2012 (orig. 1992)
Guy Klucevsek and Ain't Nothin' But A Polka Band; recorded at  Baby Monster Studios; 1990-91; composition year: 1987; time: 3:08

SET ONE
James Mobberley: Alter Ego
A Collection of Pieces
CD-R/2012
cello: Carter Enyeart; fixed media: James Mobberley; time: 12:24

Walter Zimmermann: Taula (from Taula/Novo Ben)
Songs of Innocence & Experience
Mode Records/2012
viola: Nikolas Schlierf; recorded at Siemens-Villa Berlin-Lankwitz, Germany, July 16, 2010; text: Roman Llull; composition year: 2003; time: 7:04

SINGLE PLAY

George Crumb: Echoes of Time and the River

Four Processionals for Orchestra (Echoes II)

I. Frozen Time

II. Remembrance of Time

III. Collapse of Time

IV. Last Echoes of Time

Complete Crumb Edition, Volume Six

BridgeRecords/2003

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Thomas Conlin; recorded at Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland, August 2002; text: Federico Garcia Lorca;  composition year: 1967; time: 18:49

SET TWO

Benjamin Broening: Arioso/Doubles

Trembling Air

Bridge Records/2012

Eighth Blackbird; recorded at Camp Concert Hall, University of Richmond, October 2008; composition year: 2002; time: 7:46 

Eric Moe: Eight Point Turn

Kick & Ride

BMOP Sound/2011

Boston Modern Orchestra Project; conducted: Gil Rose; drum set: Robert Schulz; recorded at Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, February 7, 2008; composition year: 2001; time: 12:30

SET THREE

Bob James Trio: Wolfman 

Explosions

ESP-Disk'/2008 (orig. 1965)

piano: Bob James; bass: Barre Phillips; drums: Robert Pozar; electronic tape collage: Robert Ashley, Gordon Mumma, Bob James; recorded at Bell Sound Studios, May 10, 1965; composition date: 1964 (Wolfman tapes -- Robert Ashley); time: 6:08

Robert Ashley: Fives

Music from the ONCE Festival 1961-1966 [various artists]

New World Records/2002

The Camerata Quartet; pianos: Bob James and Robert Ashley; percussion: Robert Pozar and David Maves; double bass: Bertram Turetzky; conductor: Edwin London; recorded February 9, 1963, Ann Arbor;  composition year: 1962; time: 12:36

SET FOUR

Charlie Morrow: Breath Chant

Toot!

XI Records/2011

breath and chanting with four-track overdub improvisation and four loudspeakers: Charlie Morrow; recorded in 1971; composition date: 1971; time: 5:40

Mary Jane Leach: Feu de Joie

Celestial Fires

XI Records/1993

bassoon: Shannon Peet; composition year: 1992; time: 8:51

Annie Gosfield: Cranks and Cactus Needles

Almost Truths and Open Deceptions

Tzadik/2012

The Pearls Before Swine Experience (viola: George Kentros; flute: Sara Hammerström; cello: Mats Olofsson; piano: Marten Landström); recorded at Oktaven Audio, Yonkers, New York; composition year: 2000; time: 7:32

SET FIVE

Leo Kupper: Aviformes (parts 3-7)

Digital Voices

Pogus Productions/2012

soprano: Barbara Zanichelli; processing, electronics: Leo Kupper; recorded at Studio de Recherches, Brussels, compoistion year: 2009; time: 7:00

Joan La Barbara: October Music -- Star Showers and Extraterrestrials

Voice is the Original Instrument -- Early Works

Lovely Music, Ltd./2003

voices: Joan La Barbara; recorded at The American Center for Students and Artists, Paris, France, October 1980; composition year: 1980; time: 14:16

SET SIX

Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux: Zones

Impulsion

Empreintes Digitales/2001

keyboard instruments, electronic processing: MCSM; recorded at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, December 1971--January 1972; premiered at the Festival international d’Art contemporain, Royan, France, March 25, 1972; composition year: 1971; time: 9:02

Robert Carl: A Clean Sweep
From Japan
New World Records/2012
shakuhachis: Elizabeth Brown, Robert Carl; fixed media: Robert Carl; composition year: 2005; time: 13:02

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Martian Gardens for October 7, 2012

WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
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MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com

Program for October 7, 2012

SINGLE PLAY
Maya Beiser & Michael Harrison: Time Loops
Time Loops -- Music in Pure Intonation
Cantaloupe Music/2012
cello: Maya Beiser; piano: Michael Harrison; recorded at Dimenna Center, Cary Hall, New York City; composition year: 2012; time: 2:40

SET ONE
Morton Feldman: Intersection 
First Recordings -- 1950s
Mode Records/1999
magnetic tape: Morton Feldman; composition year: 1953; time: 3:26

James Tenney: Instrumental Responses (with Ergodos I)
Melody, Ergodicity and Indeterminacy
Mode Records/2007
The Barton Workshop; computer program: James Tenney; recorded in Amsterdam, February 2007; composition year: 1964; time: 8:48

Kristin Norderval: Circadian Singing
Aural Histories (Post-ambient arias for voice and electronics)
Deep Listening Institute/2012 
voice, electronics: Kristin Norderval; composition year: 2011; time: 7:50

SINGLE PLAY
Mathew Rosenblum: Circadian Rhythms
a. Circadian Rhythms
b. Stargazing
c. Monuments
d. Circadian Rhythms (Part 2)
Circadian Rhythms
New World Records/2012
Deoro group (cello: David Eggar; percussion: Chuck Palmer; keyboards: Rob Frankenberry); recorded at Carriage House Studios, Stamford, Connecticut, February 21, 2011; composition year: 1989; time: 20:00

SINGLE PLAY
George Crumb: Eleven Echoes of Autumn, 1965 (Echoes I)
Eco 1. Fantastico
Eco 2. Languidamente, quasi lontano ("Hauntingly")
Eco 3. Prestissimo 
Eco 4. Con bravura 
Eco 5. Dark, intense
Eco 6. Dark, intense
Eco 7. Dark, intense
Eco 8. Feroce, violento
Eco 9. Serenamente, quasi lontano ("Hauntingly")
Eco 10. Senza misura ("gently undulating")
Eco 11. Adagio; ("like a prayer")
Complete Crumb Edition Vol. 12
Bridge Records/2008
The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) (violin: David Bowlin; alto flute: Claire Chase; clarinet: Joshua Rubin; piano: Jacob Greenberg); recorded at the Performing Arts Center, Theater C, SUNY Purchase, September 6, 2006; composition year: 1966; time: 17:50

SET TWO
Lisa Moore: 
Machine-like, but with some groove (Lightning Slingers and Dead Ringers, Part 3)
Lightning Slingers and Dead Ringers
Cantaloupe Music/2011
composer: Annie Gosfield; piano and sampling keyboard: Lisa Moore; recorded at Firehouse 12, New Haven, Connecticut; May-June 2010; composition year: 2008; time: 8:30

Annie Gosfield: Phantom Shakedown
Almost Truths and Open Deceptions
Tzadik/2012
piano, electronics: Annie Gosfield; recorded at Oktaven Studios, Yonkers, New York; composition year: 2010; time: 8:13

James Mobberley: CAUTION TO THE WINDS
Music from SEAMUS, Volume 2 [various artists]
SEAMUS/1994
piano: Richard Cass; fixed Media: James Mobberley; recorded at the University of Missouri Kansas City; composition year: 1987; time: 5:31

SET THREE
Benjamin Broening: Trembling Air
Trembling Air
Bridge Records/2012
Eighth Blackbird ensemble; recorded at Camp Concert Hall, University of Richmond; October 11-12, 2008; composition year: 2009; time: 12:47

Dorothy Stone: None But The Lonely Flute
None But The Lonely Flute
New World Records/1994
composer: Milton Babbitt; flute: Dorothy Stone; composition year: 1991; time: 8:58

SET FOUR
Arthur Jarvinen: The Vulture's Garden
a. The Vulture's Garden
b. The War of the Time
c. The Last Dim Weird Battle of the West
d. Not with a Bang but a Whimper 
Edible Black Ink
O.O. Discs/1996
The California Ear Unit; recorded at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, June 1996; composition year: 1990; time: 16:00

Stephen Lucky Mosko: Native Songs and Dances (from Indigenous Music II)
Indigenous Music
O.O. Discs/1998
The California Ear Unit, conductor: Stephen Mosko; recorded at Mad Hatter Studios and the California Institute of the Arts; Autumn 1997; composition year: 1984; time: 7:16

SINGLE PLAY
R. Weis: Requiem for a Paperweight
Requiem for a Paperweight
R. Weis/1998
samples, sampler: R. Weis;  sound score for installation of photographs by Arthur Tress; premier: University Art Musuem, CSU, Long Beach, California, 1994; composition year: 1994; time: 18:50

SINGLE PLAY
Hildegard Westerkamp: Cricket Voice
Transformations
Empreintes Digitales/1996
environmental sounds recorded and processed by Hildegard Westerkamp in the desert of Northern Mexico, 1987; premiered at the Community Arts Council of Vancouver, British Columbia, June 1987; composition year: 1987: time: 10:55


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Martian Gardens for September 30, 2012

WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
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MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com

Program for September 30, 2012

SINGLE PLAY
R. Weis: Narinya (Bamana Dream)
Web of Illusion
R. Weis/1998
samples, sampler: R. Weis; composition year: 1998; time: 3:04

Paul Lansky: On F
Music Box
Bridge Records/2007
computer music: Paul Lansky; composition year: 2006: time: 5:49

SET ONE
Arthur Jarvinen: Out of the Blue
Erase the Fake
O.O. Discs/1998
tuned bell plates: Arthur Jarvinen; recorded at Private Island Trax, Hollywood, California, 1998; composition year: 1998; 4:21

Mathew Rosenblum: Two Harmonies
a. Gymnopédie for Art Jarvinen
b. Fantasy for Roberta Liss
Circadian Rhythms
New World Records/2012
viola: Wendy Richman; Percussion: Timothy Feeney; piano: Shirley Yoo; recorded at SUNY Fredonia, New York, February 5, 2011; composition year: 2011; time: 6:52

Mathew Rosenblum: selections from Nü kuan tzu
a. Le Départ (Movement I)
b. Automne Malade (Movement II)
Ancient Eyes
CRI/1999
Prism Players; soprano: Kristin Norderval; mezzo soprano: Mary Nessinger; texts: Guillaume Apollinaure; recorded at Master Sound, Astoria, New York, November 1996; composition year: 1996; time: 6:20

Kristin Norderval: 13 Inspirations
Aural Histories (Post-ambient arias for voice and electronics) 
Deep Listening Institute/2012
vocals, electronics: Kristin Norderval; composition year: 2006 and 2012, time: 5:37

SINGLE PLAY
Annie Gosfield: Almost Truths and Open Deceptions
Almost Truths and Open Deceptions
Tzadik/2012
Flux Quartet (violins: Tom Chiu, Conrad Harris; viola: Max Mandel; cello: Felix Fan); contrabass: Tony Falanga; piano: Blair McMillen; drums, percussion: David Cossin; recorded at Oktaven Audio, Yonkers, New York; composition year: 2007; time: 24:05

SET THREE 
Sō Percussion: Moat
Where (we) Live
Cantaloupe Music/2012
percussion: Sō Percussion; electric guitar, voice, lyrics: Grey McMurray; recorded at Guilford Studios, Guilford, Vermont, and Good Child Studios, New York City; composition year: 2011; time: 6:17

Lisa Moore: Stainless Staining
Stainless Staining
Cantaloupe Music/2012
composer: Donnacha Dennehy; piano: Lisa Moore; sample soundtrack: Donnacha Dennehy; recorded at Firehouse 12, New Haven; time: 14:51

SINGLE PLAY
Gabriel Valverde: Espacios Inasibles 
a. Fragmentaciones
b. Luminar
Luminar
Mode Records/2001
Malmö Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Arvo Volmer; recorded at Stockholm Concert House, October 2, 1994; composition year: 1991 and 1992; time: 16:06

Haydée Schvartz: Two selections by Luciano Berio
a. Brin
b. Leaf
New Piano Works From Europe and the Americas
Mode Records/1993
piano: Haydée Schvartz; recorded at Slee Hall, SUNY Buffalo, January 1992; composition year: 1990; time: 3:46

SET FOUR
Jonty Harrison: Internal Combustion (from ReCycle)
Environs
Empreintes Digitales/2007 
8-track tape: Jonty Harrison; recorded at the composer's studio, Birmingham, and the Elektronisches Studio of the Musik-Akademie in Basel, Switzerland, premiered at the Tinguely Museum, Basel, November 17, 2006; composition year: 2006; time: 11:43

James Mobberley: Spontaneous Combustion
Music from SEAMUS, Volume 1 [various artists]
SEAMUS/1993
saxophone: Timothy Timmons; computer music, processing: James Mobberley; recorded at the Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri, Kansas City; composition year: 1991; time: 9:03

SET FIVE
Diane Thome: Masks of Eternity I-IV
Palaces of Memory
Centaur Records/1995
electroacoustic music: Diane Thome; recorded at Lumiere Studio, Lake Forest Park, Washington; composition year: 1994; time: 15:02

James Correa: When I drift into my thoughts
Plural (Correa/Miranda)
Fumproarte/2002
electronics: James Correa; recorded in Rochester, New York, 1999; composition year: 1999; time: 5:00

SINGLE PLAY
Eduardo Reck Miranda: Goma Arábica
Mother Tongue
Sargasso/2004
electroacoustic music: E. Reck Miranda; recorded at the University of Edinburgh Electroacoustic Music Studios; orchestra: The Contemporary Music Group, conductor: Steve Davismoon

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Martian Gardens for September 23, 2012

WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
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MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EDT
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com

Program for September 23, 2012

SINGLE PLAY
Noah Creshevsky: Three Minute Waltzes
I. Try
II. Piranha
III. Y Tu Mamá También 
The Twilight of the Gods
Tzadik/2010
electroacoustic music: Noah Creshevsky; composition year: (I) 2003, (II) 2007, (III) 2009; time: 2:58

SET ONE
Lou Harrison: Bowl Bells (from Varied Trio)
La Koro Sutro
New Albion Records/1988
violin: David Abel; piano: Julie Steinberg; percussion: William Winant; recorded at Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkley, November, 1987; composition year: 1986; time: 3:07

Susie Ibarra: Drum Sketch 1
Drum Sketches
Innova Recordings/2011
percussion: Susie Ibarra; field recordings from the Philippines: Roberto Rodriguez; recorded in Kerhonkson, New York, 2007; time: 2:58

Adam Rudolph and Ralph Jones: Forest Geometry
Yeyi
Meta Records/2009
percussion, wind instruments, idiophones, vocals: Rudolph, Jones; recorded at Delta College Theater, Bay City, Michigan, September 16, 2007; time: 3:05

Adam Rudolph and Ralph M. Jones: Spirit Voices
Merely a Traveler on the Cosmic Path
Meta Records/2012
percussion, wind instruments, idiophones, vocals; Rudolph, Jones; recorded at Oberlin, Ohio, time: 1:35

Sō Percussion and Grey McMurray: Five Rooms Down
Where (We) Live
Cantaloupe Music/2012
percussion: Sō Percussion; vocals and guitar: Grey McMurray; lyrics by Grey McMurray; recorded at Guilford Sound, Guilford, Vermont, time: 5:08

John Cage: Four Rooms, Scene VII
The Works for Piano 5 (Haydée Schvartz, piano)
Mode Records/2003
vocals: Jack Bruce; lyrics: Merce Cunningham; recorded at Slee Hall, Buffalo, New York, October, 1995, composition year: 1944; time: 3:01

John Cage: Five
The Number Pieces 6
Mode Records/2012
blown bottles: Essential Music; recorded SUNY Purchase, 1993-94; composition year: 1988; time: 5:00

SET TWO
Luc Ferrari: Visage 2
Visage 2/Après presque rien/Madame de Shanghai
Mode Records/2011
brass and percussion: Musique Nouvelles; conductor: Jean-Paul Dessy; recorded at l'Auditorium Abel Dubois a Mons, Belgium; April 21, 2006; composition year: 1955-56; time: 10:02

Larry Nelson: The Starry Messenger 
The Starry Messenger: Chamber Music of Larry Nelson
Albany Records/2002
flute: Christina Jennings; piano: Marcantonio Barone; recorded at Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; September 18, 2004; composition year: 1996; time: 10:06

SET THREE
Malcolm Goldstein: Autumn 
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; selection time: 12:09

Robert Normandeau: Automne (terre et bois) (Tangram part 4)
Tangram
Empreintes Digitales/1994
electroacoustic music: Robert Normandeau; recorded at 350e - Réseaux, Planétarium de Montréal; May 19, 1992; composition year: 1992; time: 5:15

Antoine Berthiaume/Quentin SirJacq/Norman Teale: Leaves and Snows
Leaves and Snows
Actuelle CD/2005 
guitar, percussion: Antoine Berthiaume; piano, percussion: Quintin SirJacq; electronics, mixing: Norman Teale; recorded at CCM Recording Studio and Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland; Autumn, 2004; time: 4:12

SINGLE PLAY
Mathew Rosenblum: The Big Rip (A Science Fiction Cantata)
a. Kam
b. The Runaway Universe
c. Caitlin Looked Up at the Sky
d. Interlude
e. Market Fundamentalists
f. Lift Up Your Eyes to the Heavens
g. Last Contact
h. The Big Rip (instrumental)
i. The Big Rip (continued)
j. Kam
Circadian Rhythms
New World Records/2012
Calmus Ensemble of Leipzig and the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet with drum machine and numerous samples; (texts: a,j. Paul Celan: "Engführung"; b. Donald Goldsmith: "The Runaway Universe"; c,g, i. Stephen Baxter: "Last Contact"; e. Internet chat; f. Book of Isiah); recorded at SWR Studios, Freiberg, Germany, July 3, 2010; composition year: 2009; time: 19:08

SET FOUR
Enzo Minarelli: The Grandeur of Genghis Khan
Fame
Pogus Productions/2012
voice, vocalizations, text: Enzo Minarelli; time: 1:17

Herbert Brün: Dustiny
SAWDUST Computer Music Project
Electronic Music Foundation/1998
SAWDUST program: Herbert Brün; composition year: 1978; time: 5:38

Tom Hamilton and Bruce Eisenbeil: Mars Fell on Alabama
Shadow Machine
Pogus Productions/2009
Nord modoular synthesizer: Tom Hamilton; guitar: Bruce Eisenbeil; time: 4:09

David Rosenboom: 
Section II (Symmetrical Harmonies in Chaotic Orbits) 
How Much Better if Plymouth Rock had Landed on the Pilgrims
New World Records/2009
electronics, synthesizers, tapes, Vox organ, dumbek drum, computers: David Rosenboom; wah-wah piano: Thomas G. McFaul; electric bass: Lynn David Newton; ARP 2500 synthesizer: Gerald Shapiro; tambura: Michael Slevin; recorded in Washington D.C., Maple (Ontario), New York City, Hartford, and Los Angeles, 1969, 1970, 1973, and 2009; composition year: 1969-71; time: 13:03

SET FIVE
Kristin Norderval: Digital Surveillance 
Aural Histories
Deep Listening/2012
vocals, electronics: Kristin Norderval; composition year: 2006; time: 4:43

Elzbieta Sikora: Reflets irises
Compendium International 2005 Bourges (various artists)
Mnemosyne Musique Media/2005
piano: Wilhem Latchoumia; electroacoustic music: Elzbieta Sikora; composition year: 2006; time: 16:15

SINGLE PLAY
Volti: O the Flesh is Hot But the Heart is Cold
Turn the Page -- New Directions in American Choral Music
Innova Recordings/2010
composer: Eric Moe; text: Matthea Harvey, "Baked Alaska, A Theory of," composition year: 2005: time: 9:28

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Martian Gardens for September 16, 2012

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Host: Max Shea
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Program for September 16, 2012

SINGLE PLAY
Roger Kleier: The Night Has Many Hours
The Night Has Many Hours
Innova Recordings/2009
electric guitar; electronics: Roger Kleier; recorded at Master Element Studio, New York City; time: 4:22

SET ONE
Annie Gosfield: The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory
a. Part I
b. Part II
Burnt Ivory and Loose Wires
Tzadik/1998
sampling keyboard: Annie Gosfield; electric guitar: Roger Kleier; percussion: Jim Pugliese and Christine Bard; recorded at Harvestworks/Studio PASS, New York City; composition date: 1996; time: 11:00

Dean Drummond: Different  Drums for Different Strokes
Newband Play Microtonal Works
Mode Records/1994 
percussion, Korg Digital Drums, Yamaha DX7II: Dominic Donato; recorded at Cove City Sound Studio, Glen Cove, New York, January 26, 1991; composition year: 1988; time: 11:06

SET TWO
Mathew Rosenblum: Yanah's Dream
Circadian Rhythms
New World Records/2012
Newband featuring Harry Partch instruments, conducted by Dean Drummond; recoreded at the New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 20, 2011; compostion year: 2008; time: 8:44

Harry Partch: Ring Around the Moon -- A Dance Fantasm for Here and Now*
a. Phase One -- Well, bless my soul! (Well, bless my soul!)
b. Phase Two -- One, two, three, four -- X,Y, Zee
c. Phase Three -- Shake hands now, boys, and at the sound of the bell come out fighting!
d. Phase Four -- Mumbo jumbo, hocus pocus, hoity toity...(Look out! He's got a gun!)
The Harry Partch Collection Volume I
New World Records/2004 (orig. 1997)
* Part II of Plectra and Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theater
 intoned voice: Harry Partch; Gate Five Ensemble (Sausalito) featuring Harry Partch intruments, conducted by Horace Schwarz; recorded in Sausalito, California, 1953; composition date: 1952; time: 9:21

SET THREE
Meredith Monk: 
a. Mapping
b. Mapping continued
Songs of Ascension
ECM New Series/2011
a. voices: Meredith Monk, Ching Gonzalez; percussion: John Hollenbeck; b. voices: Meredith Monk, Ching Gonzalez, Bruce Rameker, Allison Sniffin; recorded at the Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, November 2009; time: 3:39

Kristin Norderval: A Flat Ground
Aural Histories (post-ambient arias for voice and electronics)
Deep Listening/2012
voice, electronics: Kristin Norderval; composition year: 2001; time: 6:00

New Circle Five: 
a. If it's on...
b. Never Deceived?
Dreaming Wide Awake
Deep Listening/2003
a. percussion: Susie Ibarra; accordion: Pauline Oliveros; soprano: Kristin Norderval; b. violin, voice: Rosi Hertlein; soprano: Kristin Norderval; time: 7:39

Susie Ibarra: Umaga (from Lakbay)
Folklorica
Tzadik/2004
Susie Ibarra Trio (violin: Jennifer Choi; piano: Craig Taborn; drums, percussion: Susie Ibarra); 4:29

Meredith Monk: Chinook Winds
Facing North
ECM New Series/1992
voice: Meredith Monk; recorded at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, 1992;  time: 0:32

SET FOUR
Walter Zimmermann: Keuper
Songs of Innocence & Experience
Mode Records/2012
Sonar Quartett; recorded at Siemens-Villa Berlin Lankwitz; July 2010; composition year: 1980; time: 6:51

Tom Hamilton and Bruce Eisenbeil: Dryer Mouth
Shadow Machine
Pogus Productions/2009
Nord modular synthesizer: Tom Hamilton; guitar: Bruce Eisenbeil; recorded at the Pickle Factory, New York City, 2008; time: 8:32

Normal Love: Breathe Through Your Skin
Survival Tricks
ugExplode/2012
vocals and keyboard: vocals and keyboards: Merissa Marligoni; amplified violin and vocals: Jessica Pavone; electric bass: Evan Lipson; electric guitar and electronics: Annon Freidlin; drums: Eli Litwin

SET FIVE
Annette Vande Gorne: Figures d’espace
a. Vide et Plein
b. Texture 
c. Ritournelle 1 
d.Waves
e. Ritournelle 2 
Exils
empreintes DIGITALes/2008
electroacoustic music: Annette Vande Gorne; recorded at the Metamorphoses d'Orphee studio, Ohain, Belgium; premiered at the Rainy Day festival at Villa Louvigny, Luxemburg; composition year: 2004; time: 13:49

Elainie Lillios: Shoe Factory (from Backroads)
Entre espaces (Between Spaces)
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
realized at the composer's studio, Bowling Green, Ohio; premiered at Rien à voir (12) concert series presented by Réseaux at Espace GO, Montreal, September 13, 2002; composition date: 2002; time: 3:51

Elainie Lillios: Pool (from Earth Ascending)
Music from SEAMUS, Volume 11 [various artists]
SEAMUS/2002
voice: Deborah Norin-Kuehn; electroacoustic music: Elainie Lillios; text: Cynthia Fuller; recorded at the University of North Texas, Denton, and the Center for Teaching and Learning, Bowling Green, Ohio; composition year: 2000; time: 4:22

SET SIX
Steven Ricks: CommunalLoopsImprov
Available Resonances
Comprovise Recordings/2012
found sounds, computers: Steven Ricks; time: 3:39

R. Weis: Kirby's Ball
Excitable Audible
R.Weis/2012
sampling, computers: R. Weis; time: 4:41

Enzo Minarelli: 
I don't like poets who add dead complexities to living ones
Fame
Pogus Productions/2012
vocals, words, sounds, vocalizations: Enzo Minarelli; time: 2:56

Frank Pahl: The House on Tulip Mountain
Music for Architecture
Transmogrification/2011
music by Frank Pahl; time: 2:11

Carlo Serafini: Bicycles and Bowls
Possible Worlds [various artists]
Spectropol Records/2012
music by Carlo Serafini; time: 4:24

David Mooney: Lift Temporarily Suspended
Rhythmiconic Sections
Arizona University Recordings/2004
computer music: David Mooney; time: 1:10

Frank Pahl: The Romantic Side of Schizophrenia
The Romantic Side of Schizophrenia
FOT/1994
mandolins, accordions, baritones, clarinets: Frank Pahl; octavin, saxophones: Marko Novachoff; flutes, saxophones: Tim Holmes; time: 3:29

Edward Ka Spel: The Char Char
Down in the City of Heartbreak and Needles
Soleilmoon Records/1995
voice; keyboards: Edward Ka Spel; time 3:30

Steve Beresford: Toy Piano
Not Necessarily "English" Music [various artists]
Electronic Music Foundation/2001
toy piano, sound effects: Steve Beresford; recorded at Charing Cross Station, London, January 18, 1975

Enzo Minarelli: Seeking the Sound of Pharmacopoeia
Fame
Pogus Productions/2012
vocals, words sounds, vocalizations: Enzo Minarelli; time:3:40

SINGLE PLAY
Bob Gluck: Electric Songs 1-3
Electric Songs
Electronic Music Foundation/2003
shofar: Bob Gluck and electronics; voice: Zoe Zak

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