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 September 05, 2010
(extended edition)
SET ONE
David Rosenboom: Section VII (impression)
How Much Better If Plymouth Rock Had Landed on the Pilgrims (1969-71)
New World Records/2009
piano in expended pelog tuning: David Rosenboom; pemade: I Nyoman Wenten; jegog, calung: William Winant; live performance CalArts 12/14/08
Christopher Campbell: Diamond Marimba
Sound the All-Clear
Innova Recordings/2010
Harry Partch: Ulysses at the Edge
The Harry Partch Collection Volume 1
New World Records/2004 (orig. CRI/1997)
Gate 5 Ensemble (Evanston, Illinois)-- voice, baritone saxophone: David Reid; alto saxophone: Dick Schleppe; bamboo marimba, cloud-chamber Bowls: Danlee Mitchell; diamond marimba, cloud-chamber bowls: H. Partch; recorded in Evanston, 1958
SET TWO
Jin Hi Kim/Gerry Hemingway: Pale Blue Dot
Pulses
Auricle Records/2010
komungos: JHK; drums, percussion, voice: G. Hemingway; recorded in Shutesbury, Mass., 8/18/09
Jin Hi Kim/Gerry Hemingway: Unknot
Jin Hi Kim's Sound Universe
Living Tones/2009
electric komungo: JHK; percussion: G. Hemingway; excerpt from Jin Hi Kim's Sanjo Ecstasy, premiered at the Sanjo Festival, Jeonju, South Korea
SET THREE
César Bolaños: Flexum
Peruvian Electroacoustic and Experimental Music (1964-1970)
Pogus Productions/2010
recorded at the VIII Contemporary Music Festival at the Instituto Di Tella, Buenos Aires, 9/23/69
Beta-Collide: Yello (S. Vitiello)
Psst! Psst!
Innova Recordings/2010
Stephen Vitiello:
a. po clicks (S. Vitiello/P. Oliveros)
b. po clicks (ibid.)
Bright and Dusty Things
New Albion Records/2002
accordion: Pauline Oliveros; guitar: David Tronzo; recorded at Harvestworks, NYC
SET FOUR
John Cage: Fontana Mix
Electronic Music -- Cage/Berio/Mimaroglu #
Turnabout/1965
original construction for magnetic tape, prepared at Studio di Fonoglia of Italian Radio, Milan, 1958
John Cage: Fontana Mix
A CAGE of Saxophones -- The Works for Saxophone 3 & 4
Mode Records/2010
version for saxophone pieces from Ulrich Krieger's A CAGE of Saxophones project; mixed July-October, 2004, at π-Farm
SET FIVE
Joel Chadabe: Follow Me Softly
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 24 #
The Composer in the Computer Age VII
Centaur Records/1997
Synclavier: J. Chadabe; percussion: Jan Williams; recorded at SUNY Buffalo, November, 1984
Madjid Tahriri: Tombak
Deep Wireless 7 - Radio Art Compilation #
New Adventures In Sound Art/2010
SINGLE PLAY
Barton McLean: Rainforest Images II
Soundworlds
Innova Recordings/2010
soprano recorder, clariflute, keyboards: B. McLean; voice, violin: Priscilla McLean; voice, audio processing with Expanded Instrument system: Panaiotis; sampled recordings of birds of the Peruvian Amazon and Australian rainforests
SET SIX
Aldo Clementi: Fantasia su roBErto FABbriCiAni
Works with Flutes
Mode Records/2010
flutes: Roberto Fabbriciani; electronics: Alvise Vidolin; tape realized by Mauro Graziani at CSC dell'Università di Padova, Italy; recorded at Laboratorio di Acustica Musicale e Architettonica -- Fondazione Scuola di San Giorgio, Venezia, Italy, April, 2005
Henry Brant: Ghosts and Gargoyles VI, VII, VIII, IX
Music for Massed Flutes
New World Records/2006
The New York Flute Club, soloist and conductor: Robert Aitken; recorded at the Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC, 4/06/05
SET SEVEN
Burkina Electric: Bana
Paspanga
Cantaloupe Music/2010
voice: Maï Lingani; guitar, background vocals: Wende K. Blass; electronics, drums: Lukas Ligeti; electronics: Pyrolator; dance, background vocals: Zoko Zoko, "Vicky" Idrissa Kafando; recorded at Atatak-Studio, Düsseldorf
Raoul Björkenheim/Lukas Ligeti: Ghostedwall
Shadowglow
TUM Records/2003
guitars: R. Björkenheim, percussion: L. Ligeti, recorded at Orange Music Sound Studios, West Orange, NJ, June, 2003
Santieri Selvaggi (ensemble): I Fought the Law (D. Lang)
AC/DC
Cantaloupe Music/2005
recorded at Mondial Sound, Milan, November, 1998
Marco Oppedisano: Kickstart
Mechanical Uprising
OKS Recordings of North America/2010
guitars, electronics: M. Oppedisano; voice samples: Kimberly Fiedelman
SET EIGHT
Alvin Lucier/Nick Hennies:
Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas (Glockenspiel)
Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas
Quiet Design/2010
glockenspiel: N. Hennies, recorded at UT, Austin
Alvin Lucier:
Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas (Glockenspiel)
Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas
Lovely Music, Ltd./2003
glockenspiel: William Winant; recorded at Radio City Music Hall, 1983-1984
SINGLE PLAY
Arie Shapira: The Unnamable
Different Compositions 1967-2003
Arie Shapira/2004
electroacoustics; voice: Eran Tzur; text: Samuel Beckett
SINGLE PLAY
Rajmil Fischman: Targilim Be'ivrit Shimushit (Drills in Practical Hebrew)
...a 'wonderful' world...
Electronic Music Foundation/2007
electroacoustics; voice: Eti Ben-Zaken; text: Dan Pagis; performed at Haifa University, Metula Poetry Festival, 2003
--FIN--
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Martian Gardens for 08/29/2010
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 August 29, 2010
(extended edition)
SET ONE
Errollyn Wallen: Remember, Marimba
Intermediate Masterworks of Marimba
Bridge Records/2009
marimba: Thomas Burritt; recorded at Lawrence University Conservatory, Appleton, Wis., Summer, 2009
Carrie Rose: Family Portraits--Embden Pond (Stuart Saunders Smith)
Books of Flutes
11 West Records/2008
vibraphones: Sylvia Smith, Ayano Kataoka; alto flute: C. Rose
SET TWO
John Cage: Fontana Mix/Sextet for Low Woodwinds
A Cage of Saxophones -- Music for Saxophones 3 & 4
Mode Records/2010
Intersax: bass flute, contrabass flute: Klaus Schöpp; bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet: Andreas Schmucker, bass saxophone, contrabass saxophone, director: Ulrich Krieger; recorded at RBB, Berlin, June, 2004
Alvin Curran: Coastline (S. Lacy)
Maritime Rites
New World Records/2004
soprano saxophone: Steve Lacy; 1985 tape--East Coast U.S. foghorns, U.S. Coast Guard personnel in Maine and Maryland
SINGLE PLAY
Chaya Czernowin: Maim zarim maim Gnuvim (strange water stolen water)
MAIM [Water]
Mode Records/2010
soloists--saxophone, tubax (recorded and live): Rico Gubler; piano, harpsichord: John Mark Harris; guitars: Seth Josel; viola: Mary Oliver; musette, oboe, English horn: Peter Veale; Konzerthausorchester Berlin; conductor: Johannes Kalitzke; live electronics: EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO des SWR; recorded at Konzerthaus Berlin, 3/17/07
SET THREE
Tina Davidson: Bleached Thread, Sister Thread
I Hear the Mermaids Singing
New World Records/1996
Mendelssohn String Quartet; recorded at Baby Monster, NYC
Iva Bittová/Bang On A Can: Samota (Loneliness)
Elida
Cantaloupe Music/2005
piano: Lisa Moore; voice: I. Bittová; text: Richard Müller; recorded at Systems Two Studio, Brooklyn, December, 2004
SINGLE PLAY
Martin Bresnick: String Quartet #2, "Bucephalus"
I. Bucephalus
II. Around To The Sun
III. Alexandrine
IV. At Jhelum
V. The New Advocate
The Essential Martin Bresnick
Cantaloupe Music/2010
Flux Quartet; recorded at Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 5/16/05
SET FOUR
Mary Jane Leach: Night Blossoms
The NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music #
Innova Recordings/2010
Kiitos -- soprano: Eileen Clark; mezzo-soprano: Karen Goldfeder; tenor: Gregory Davidson; baritone: Jared Stamm; text: Yofu (translated by Lucien Stryk) recorded live at Church of the Ascension, NYC
Eve Beglarian: We Two
ibid.
vocals, guitars: E. Beglarian, Corey Dargel; additional guitars: Cristian Amigo; text: Walt Whitman
David Lang:
a. Press Release
b. I'm Still Shaking
Music from the Film (Untitled)
Cantaloupe Music/2009
Eve Beglarian: My Heart is Trembling
60 x 60 -- 2004/2005 #
Vox Novus/2007
electronics, voice: E. Beglarian; text: Charles Wesley
Anne LeBaron: Rippling with Leroy
1,2,4,3
Innova Recordings/2010
violin: Leroy Jenkins; harp: A. LeBaron; recorded at Disney Hall, CalArts, Valencia, CA, 2002
Leroy Jenkins' Driftwood: To Run
The Art of Improvisation
Mutable Music/2005
pipa: Min Xiao-Fen; piano: Denman Maroney; percussion: Rich O'Donnell; violin: L. Jenkins; recorded live at AACM Concert, Chicago, 10/08/04
SET FIVE
Anthony Braxton/Gerry Hemingway: Invention 8107AM (excerpt)
Old Dogs (2007)
Mode Records--Avant series/2010
saxophones: A. Braxton; percussion: G. Hemingway; recorded at the Daltry Room, Wesleyan University, 08/01/07
Jin Hi Kim/Gerry Hemingway: Rain Dance
Pulses
Auricle Records/2010
komungos: J.H. Kim; drums, percussion: G. Hemingway; recorded in Shutesbury, MA, 08/18/09
Samul nori: P'u Sal
Record of Changes
CMP Records/1990
changgo, choong ching, chorus: Kim Duk Soo; k'kwaengwari, changgo, ching, vocal: Lee Kwang Soo; ching, buk, changgo, chorus: Choi Jong Sil; ching, bara, changgo, chorus: Kang Min Seok; recorded at Power Station, NYC, February, 1988
SINGLE PLAY
Luc Ferrari: Und so weiter, Parts 1-3
Tautologos and Other Early Electronic Works
Electronic Music Foundation/2002
piano: Gérard Frémy; realized in 1966
SET SIX
Karlheinz Stockhausen: from Mantra
a. Takt 324-444
b. Takt 445-487
Mantra
Wergo/1995
pianos: Andreas Grau, Götz Schumacher; recorded at Hessischer Rundfunk/Aufnehem, October, 1993
Monique Jean: 13'13 pour voix défigurée
L'adieu au S.O.S.
empreintes DIGITALes/2003
realized at PRIM Studios,PRIM Media Arts Centre, Montreal, 1997; processed voices: Sylvo Archambault, Emmanuel Madan, Pascale Malaterre, Marie-France Marcotte, Alain Pelletier; text: Hélène Cixous,"Beethoven a jamais ou I'existence de Dieu"
SET SEVEN
Gordon Mumma: Music from the Venezia Space Theatre
Studio Retrospect
Lovely Music, Ltd./2000
recorded at the 27th Venezia Biennale performances of Teatro dello Spacio, at Teatro La Fenice opera house, the ONCE group ensemble, directed by Milton Cohen, September, 1964
Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV): SpaceCraft (excerpt)
MEV 40
New World Records/2008
performers -- Allen Bryant, Alvin Curran, Carol Plantamura, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum, Ivan Vandor: various electronic/acoustic instruments, voices, and objects; recorded at Academie der Künste, Berlin, 10/05/67
--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 August 29, 2010
(extended edition)
SET ONE
Errollyn Wallen: Remember, Marimba
Intermediate Masterworks of Marimba
Bridge Records/2009
marimba: Thomas Burritt; recorded at Lawrence University Conservatory, Appleton, Wis., Summer, 2009
Carrie Rose: Family Portraits--Embden Pond (Stuart Saunders Smith)
Books of Flutes
11 West Records/2008
vibraphones: Sylvia Smith, Ayano Kataoka; alto flute: C. Rose
SET TWO
John Cage: Fontana Mix/Sextet for Low Woodwinds
A Cage of Saxophones -- Music for Saxophones 3 & 4
Mode Records/2010
Intersax: bass flute, contrabass flute: Klaus Schöpp; bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet: Andreas Schmucker, bass saxophone, contrabass saxophone, director: Ulrich Krieger; recorded at RBB, Berlin, June, 2004
Alvin Curran: Coastline (S. Lacy)
Maritime Rites
New World Records/2004
soprano saxophone: Steve Lacy; 1985 tape--East Coast U.S. foghorns, U.S. Coast Guard personnel in Maine and Maryland
SINGLE PLAY
Chaya Czernowin: Maim zarim maim Gnuvim (strange water stolen water)
MAIM [Water]
Mode Records/2010
soloists--saxophone, tubax (recorded and live): Rico Gubler; piano, harpsichord: John Mark Harris; guitars: Seth Josel; viola: Mary Oliver; musette, oboe, English horn: Peter Veale; Konzerthausorchester Berlin; conductor: Johannes Kalitzke; live electronics: EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO des SWR; recorded at Konzerthaus Berlin, 3/17/07
SET THREE
Tina Davidson: Bleached Thread, Sister Thread
I Hear the Mermaids Singing
New World Records/1996
Mendelssohn String Quartet; recorded at Baby Monster, NYC
Iva Bittová/Bang On A Can: Samota (Loneliness)
Elida
Cantaloupe Music/2005
piano: Lisa Moore; voice: I. Bittová; text: Richard Müller; recorded at Systems Two Studio, Brooklyn, December, 2004
SINGLE PLAY
Martin Bresnick: String Quartet #2, "Bucephalus"
I. Bucephalus
II. Around To The Sun
III. Alexandrine
IV. At Jhelum
V. The New Advocate
The Essential Martin Bresnick
Cantaloupe Music/2010
Flux Quartet; recorded at Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 5/16/05
SET FOUR
Mary Jane Leach: Night Blossoms
The NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music #
Innova Recordings/2010
Kiitos -- soprano: Eileen Clark; mezzo-soprano: Karen Goldfeder; tenor: Gregory Davidson; baritone: Jared Stamm; text: Yofu (translated by Lucien Stryk) recorded live at Church of the Ascension, NYC
Eve Beglarian: We Two
ibid.
vocals, guitars: E. Beglarian, Corey Dargel; additional guitars: Cristian Amigo; text: Walt Whitman
David Lang:
a. Press Release
b. I'm Still Shaking
Music from the Film (Untitled)
Cantaloupe Music/2009
Eve Beglarian: My Heart is Trembling
60 x 60 -- 2004/2005 #
Vox Novus/2007
electronics, voice: E. Beglarian; text: Charles Wesley
Anne LeBaron: Rippling with Leroy
1,2,4,3
Innova Recordings/2010
violin: Leroy Jenkins; harp: A. LeBaron; recorded at Disney Hall, CalArts, Valencia, CA, 2002
Leroy Jenkins' Driftwood: To Run
The Art of Improvisation
Mutable Music/2005
pipa: Min Xiao-Fen; piano: Denman Maroney; percussion: Rich O'Donnell; violin: L. Jenkins; recorded live at AACM Concert, Chicago, 10/08/04
SET FIVE
Anthony Braxton/Gerry Hemingway: Invention 8107AM (excerpt)
Old Dogs (2007)
Mode Records--Avant series/2010
saxophones: A. Braxton; percussion: G. Hemingway; recorded at the Daltry Room, Wesleyan University, 08/01/07
Jin Hi Kim/Gerry Hemingway: Rain Dance
Pulses
Auricle Records/2010
komungos: J.H. Kim; drums, percussion: G. Hemingway; recorded in Shutesbury, MA, 08/18/09
Samul nori: P'u Sal
Record of Changes
CMP Records/1990
changgo, choong ching, chorus: Kim Duk Soo; k'kwaengwari, changgo, ching, vocal: Lee Kwang Soo; ching, buk, changgo, chorus: Choi Jong Sil; ching, bara, changgo, chorus: Kang Min Seok; recorded at Power Station, NYC, February, 1988
SINGLE PLAY
Luc Ferrari: Und so weiter, Parts 1-3
Tautologos and Other Early Electronic Works
Electronic Music Foundation/2002
piano: Gérard Frémy; realized in 1966
SET SIX
Karlheinz Stockhausen: from Mantra
a. Takt 324-444
b. Takt 445-487
Mantra
Wergo/1995
pianos: Andreas Grau, Götz Schumacher; recorded at Hessischer Rundfunk/Aufnehem, October, 1993
Monique Jean: 13'13 pour voix défigurée
L'adieu au S.O.S.
empreintes DIGITALes/2003
realized at PRIM Studios,PRIM Media Arts Centre, Montreal, 1997; processed voices: Sylvo Archambault, Emmanuel Madan, Pascale Malaterre, Marie-France Marcotte, Alain Pelletier; text: Hélène Cixous,"Beethoven a jamais ou I'existence de Dieu"
SET SEVEN
Gordon Mumma: Music from the Venezia Space Theatre
Studio Retrospect
Lovely Music, Ltd./2000
recorded at the 27th Venezia Biennale performances of Teatro dello Spacio, at Teatro La Fenice opera house, the ONCE group ensemble, directed by Milton Cohen, September, 1964
Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV): SpaceCraft (excerpt)
MEV 40
New World Records/2008
performers -- Allen Bryant, Alvin Curran, Carol Plantamura, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum, Ivan Vandor: various electronic/acoustic instruments, voices, and objects; recorded at Academie der Künste, Berlin, 10/05/67
--FIN--
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Martian Gardens for 08/22/2010
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
This program is dedicated in loving memory of my sister,
Naomi H. Shea
(April 26, 1968 -- August 12, 2010)
Daughter - Sister - Wife - Mother - Friend - Artist
Her untimely and unexpected passing has left stony emptiness
in the hearts of her family, loved ones, and colleagues.
We pray she is at peace.
Program for August 22, 2010
(extended edition)
SET ONE
Ezra Sims: AEDM in mem
a. Singing quietly
b. Fleet and lyric
c. Gently
d. Moderately
e. Plangent
Musing and Reminiscence
New World Records/2010
cello: Ted Mook; recorded in Pelham, New York, 6/05/09
Hexagon Ensemble: Ockeghem Variations (J. Shatin)
a. Lustrous
b. Ringing
c. Electric
d. Floating
e. Resounding
The Dutch Connection
Et'Cetera/2010
Hexagon Ensemble; recorded at the Dutch Reformed Church, Renswoude, September, 2009
SINGLE PLAY
Zeitgeist: In Bone-Colored Light (J. Kitzke)
In Bone-Colored Light
Innova Recordings/2010
Zeitgeist ensemble; recorded at Wild Sound Recording Studio, Minneapolis, 2008/2009
SET TWO
Margaret Leng Tan: The Animist Child (J. Kitzke)
She Herself Alone -- The Art of the Toy Piano 2
Mode Records/2010
toy piano, percussed toy piano lid, voice: M.L. Tan; recorded at Systems Two Studios, January , 2010
Eric Chasalow: Dream Songs I-V
Left to His Own Devices
New World Records/2003
tenor (tape): William Hite; texts: John Berryman; Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conductor: Gil Rose; recorded in Rome, Italy, February, 2001
SET THREE
Evan Ziporyn: War Chant
Frog's Eye
Cantaloupe Music/2006
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conductor: Gil Rose; recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston, 5/24/04
Mario Davidovsky: Flashbacks
Flashbacks
Bridge Records/2000
The New York New Music Ensemble, conductor: Jeffrey Milarsky
SET FOUR
John Luther Adams: Burst
The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies
Cantaloupe Music/2006
percussion: Steven Schick; recorded at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2002/2003
John Luther Adams: ...dust into dust...
Strange and Sacred Noise
Mode Records/2005
Percussion Group Cincinnati; recorded at Patricia Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati, November, 1998
SET FIVE
Sō Percussion:
a. Prelude (1) (P. Lansky)
b. Recitative (1) (P. Lansky)
Paul Lansky: Threads
Cantaloupe Music/2010
Sō Percussion; recorded at Avatar Studios, 2008
Paul Lansky: Alphanumeric Song
Alphabet Book
Bridge Records/2002
electronics: P. Lansky; readers: Hannah McKay, P. Lansky
Noah Creshevsky: Born Again
Hyperrealism -- Electroacoustic Music by Noah Creshevsky
Mutable Music/2003
Larry Polansky: #13 DIY Canon (Java 2)
Four-Voice Canons
Cold Blue Music/2002
tape (source: Java Shop restaurant, Midtown Manhattan); realized by Daniel Goode; recorded in NYC and Hanover, NH, March, 2002
SET SIX
Daniel Goode: Reed Squeak and After Image
Clarinet Songs
XI Records/1993
Alvin Lucier: Letters
Wind Shadows
New World Records/2005
The Barton Workshop -- clarinet: John Anderson, violin: Marieke Keser, cello: Judith van Swaay, piano: Frank Denyer; recorded at the Bethanienklooster, Amsterdam, 6/12/03
Christian Wolff: Kegama
(Re): Making Music
Mode Records/2004
The Barton Workshop -- violin: Marieke Kesler, clarinets: John Anderson, cello: Alex Geller, piano: Frank Denyer, percussion: Tobias Liebezeit; recorded in The Netherlands, 1999
Eno, Moebius, Roedelus: Broken Head
After the Heat
Caroline Records/1996 (orig. Sky Records/1977)
voice,lyrics: Brian Eno; recorded at Conny Plank's Studio, Cologne
SET SEVEN
Laurie Anderson: Only An Expert
Homeland
Nonesuch Records/2010
keyboards: Rob Burger; viola: Eyvind Kang; guitar: Lou Reed; drums: Omar Hakim; keyboards: Peter Scherer; keyboards: Kieran Hebden; vocals, percussion, keyboards: L. Anderson
Alvin Curran: Animal Behavior
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 17 #
Music from the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College
Centaur Records/1994
SET EIGHT
The Hub: Hot Potato
Boundary Layer
Tzadik/2008
Seattle Phonographers Union: Hollow Earth Radio -- September 8, 2008
Seattle Phonographers Union
Mimeomeme/2010
recorded live for Hollow Earth Radio, Seattle
James Mobberley: Aspenglow
Music of James Mobberley
CD-R compiled 2009
featuring the ASPEN system (Automated SPeech Exchange Network)
SINGLE PLAY
John Cage/Lejarin Hiller: HPSCHD (excerpts)
HPSCHD
Electronic Music Foundation/2003
for 7 harpsichord solos and 51 compuer-generated tapes; realized by Joel Chadabe; harpsichord solos: Bob Dodge, William Blakeney, recorded at the Foundation for Baroque Music, Inc., Greenfield Center, NY, 2000
--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
This program is dedicated in loving memory of my sister,
Naomi H. Shea
(April 26, 1968 -- August 12, 2010)
Daughter - Sister - Wife - Mother - Friend - Artist
Her untimely and unexpected passing has left stony emptiness
in the hearts of her family, loved ones, and colleagues.
We pray she is at peace.
Program for August 22, 2010
(extended edition)
SET ONE
Ezra Sims: AEDM in mem
a. Singing quietly
b. Fleet and lyric
c. Gently
d. Moderately
e. Plangent
Musing and Reminiscence
New World Records/2010
cello: Ted Mook; recorded in Pelham, New York, 6/05/09
Hexagon Ensemble: Ockeghem Variations (J. Shatin)
a. Lustrous
b. Ringing
c. Electric
d. Floating
e. Resounding
The Dutch Connection
Et'Cetera/2010
Hexagon Ensemble; recorded at the Dutch Reformed Church, Renswoude, September, 2009
SINGLE PLAY
Zeitgeist: In Bone-Colored Light (J. Kitzke)
In Bone-Colored Light
Innova Recordings/2010
Zeitgeist ensemble; recorded at Wild Sound Recording Studio, Minneapolis, 2008/2009
SET TWO
Margaret Leng Tan: The Animist Child (J. Kitzke)
She Herself Alone -- The Art of the Toy Piano 2
Mode Records/2010
toy piano, percussed toy piano lid, voice: M.L. Tan; recorded at Systems Two Studios, January , 2010
Eric Chasalow: Dream Songs I-V
Left to His Own Devices
New World Records/2003
tenor (tape): William Hite; texts: John Berryman; Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conductor: Gil Rose; recorded in Rome, Italy, February, 2001
SET THREE
Evan Ziporyn: War Chant
Frog's Eye
Cantaloupe Music/2006
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conductor: Gil Rose; recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston, 5/24/04
Mario Davidovsky: Flashbacks
Flashbacks
Bridge Records/2000
The New York New Music Ensemble, conductor: Jeffrey Milarsky
SET FOUR
John Luther Adams: Burst
The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies
Cantaloupe Music/2006
percussion: Steven Schick; recorded at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2002/2003
John Luther Adams: ...dust into dust...
Strange and Sacred Noise
Mode Records/2005
Percussion Group Cincinnati; recorded at Patricia Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati, November, 1998
SET FIVE
Sō Percussion:
a. Prelude (1) (P. Lansky)
b. Recitative (1) (P. Lansky)
Paul Lansky: Threads
Cantaloupe Music/2010
Sō Percussion; recorded at Avatar Studios, 2008
Paul Lansky: Alphanumeric Song
Alphabet Book
Bridge Records/2002
electronics: P. Lansky; readers: Hannah McKay, P. Lansky
Noah Creshevsky: Born Again
Hyperrealism -- Electroacoustic Music by Noah Creshevsky
Mutable Music/2003
Larry Polansky: #13 DIY Canon (Java 2)
Four-Voice Canons
Cold Blue Music/2002
tape (source: Java Shop restaurant, Midtown Manhattan); realized by Daniel Goode; recorded in NYC and Hanover, NH, March, 2002
SET SIX
Daniel Goode: Reed Squeak and After Image
Clarinet Songs
XI Records/1993
Alvin Lucier: Letters
Wind Shadows
New World Records/2005
The Barton Workshop -- clarinet: John Anderson, violin: Marieke Keser, cello: Judith van Swaay, piano: Frank Denyer; recorded at the Bethanienklooster, Amsterdam, 6/12/03
Christian Wolff: Kegama
(Re): Making Music
Mode Records/2004
The Barton Workshop -- violin: Marieke Kesler, clarinets: John Anderson, cello: Alex Geller, piano: Frank Denyer, percussion: Tobias Liebezeit; recorded in The Netherlands, 1999
Eno, Moebius, Roedelus: Broken Head
After the Heat
Caroline Records/1996 (orig. Sky Records/1977)
voice,lyrics: Brian Eno; recorded at Conny Plank's Studio, Cologne
SET SEVEN
Laurie Anderson: Only An Expert
Homeland
Nonesuch Records/2010
keyboards: Rob Burger; viola: Eyvind Kang; guitar: Lou Reed; drums: Omar Hakim; keyboards: Peter Scherer; keyboards: Kieran Hebden; vocals, percussion, keyboards: L. Anderson
Alvin Curran: Animal Behavior
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 17 #
Music from the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College
Centaur Records/1994
SET EIGHT
The Hub: Hot Potato
Boundary Layer
Tzadik/2008
Seattle Phonographers Union: Hollow Earth Radio -- September 8, 2008
Seattle Phonographers Union
Mimeomeme/2010
recorded live for Hollow Earth Radio, Seattle
James Mobberley: Aspenglow
Music of James Mobberley
CD-R compiled 2009
featuring the ASPEN system (Automated SPeech Exchange Network)
SINGLE PLAY
John Cage/Lejarin Hiller: HPSCHD (excerpts)
HPSCHD
Electronic Music Foundation/2003
for 7 harpsichord solos and 51 compuer-generated tapes; realized by Joel Chadabe; harpsichord solos: Bob Dodge, William Blakeney, recorded at the Foundation for Baroque Music, Inc., Greenfield Center, NY, 2000
--FIN--
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Martian Gardens for 08/15/2010
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 August 15, 2010
(extended edition)
SET ONE
Bang On A Can/Kyaw Kyaw Naing: Ka Pya Chi
Bang On A Can Meets Kyaw Kyaw Naing
Cantaloupe Music/2004
recorded at Sorcerer Sound Studios, NYC, November, 2002
Steven Ricks: Haiku
Mild Violence
Bridge Records/2008
tam tams, Tibetan prayer bowls: Dominic Donato; reciter: Junko Donato; recorded at SUNY Purchase, September, 2006
Beta-Collide: Waterline (S. Vitiello)
Psst! Psst!
Innova Recordings/2010
SET TWO
Zack Browning: Profit Beater
Venus Notorious
Innova Recordings/2010
flute: Kim McCormick; McCormick Percussion Ensemble, conductor: Robert McCormick; recorded at Springs Theatre, Tampa
Bang On A Can: The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory (A. Gosfield)
a. Part I
b. Part II
Classics
Cantaloupe Music/2002
piano: Lisa Moore; recorded at the Hit Factory, NYC, October, 1995
SET THREE
Larry Polansky: The World's Longest Melody (ensemble version)
The World's Longest Melody
New World Records/2010
ZWERM--electric guitar quartet: Toon Callier, Matthias Koole, Joannes Westendorp, Kobe Van Cauwenbergh; [sic]-- saxophone quartet/drums: soprano sax: Bertel Schollaert, tenor sax: Eva Vermeiren, baritone sax: Thomas Van Gelder, alto sax: Maarten Jan Huysmans, drums: Mattijs Vanderleen; electronics: L. Polansky; recorded at Studio Champ d'Action, Antwerp, December, 2009
Judy Dunaway: Fifty 210
New York Guitars #
CRI/1995
Mike Winter: Filter IV --P.I.X.L. Study No.1
DIY Canons #
Pogus Productions/2005
SET FOUR
Anthony Braxton/Gerry Hemingway: Invention 8207PM (excerpt)
Old Dogs (2007)
Mode Records/2010
saxophones: A. Braxton; percussion: G. Hemingway; recorded at the Daltry Room, Wesleyan University, 08/02/07
Marco Oppedisano: Mechanical Uprising
Mechanical Uprising
OKS Recordings of North America/2010
guitars, electronics: M. Oppedisano; voice samples: Kimberly Fiedelman
SET FIVE
Iannis Xenakis: Morsima-Amorsima
Works With Piano
Mode Records/2010
piano: Aki Takahashi; Callithumpian Consort, conductor: Stephen Drury; recorded at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, 06/11/08
Madeleine Shapiro: Yi Feng (Ge Gan-ru)
Electricity--Works for Cello and Electronics
Albany Records/2004
SET SIX
Robert Ashley: Andrea (from "Au Pair")
Atalanta (Acts of God) Vol. II
Lovely Music, Ltd./2010
voices: Robert Ashley, Jacqueline Humbert; text: R. Ashley; electronic orchestra: R. Ashley, Tom Hamilton; recorded in Rome, 1985
Neil Rolnick: Body Work
Shadow Quartet
Innova Recordings/2005
electronics: N. Rolnick; voice: Joan La Barbara; text: "Frontiers of Science," first published in the November, 2003, edition of Harper's Magazine, submitted by Prof. Terry Favero of Portland University
SET SIX
Laurie Anderson: Bodies in Motion
Homeland
Nonesuch/2010
keyboards, orchestron: Rob Burger; guitar: Skúli Sverrisson; saxophone: John Zorn; piano: Lolabelle (L. Anderson's rat terrier); vocals, percussion, keyboards: L. Anderson
Sarah Boothroyd: Through a Door
Deep Wireless 7 -- Radio Arts Compilation
New Adventures In Sound Art/2010
Mike Vernusky: Nylah
Music for Film and Electro-Theatre
Quiet Design/2010
SET SEVEN
Luigi Nono: ...sofferte onde serene...
Como una ola de fuerza y luz (and other works)
Deutsche Grammophon/1988
piano: Maurizio Pollini; tape: L. Nono; recorded at Hercules Hall, Munich, September, 1977
Thomas Clark: Peninsula
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 1 #
CEMI: Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia at the University of North Texas, Denton
Centaur Records/1988
piano: Adam Wodnicki; tape: T. Clark; recorded at CEMI, 1987
SINGLE PLAY
John Cage: In a Landscape
In a Landscape
Catalyst--BMG/1994
piano: Stephen Drury; recorded at Clinton Studios, NYC, October, 1993
--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 August 15, 2010
(extended edition)
SET ONE
Bang On A Can/Kyaw Kyaw Naing: Ka Pya Chi
Bang On A Can Meets Kyaw Kyaw Naing
Cantaloupe Music/2004
recorded at Sorcerer Sound Studios, NYC, November, 2002
Steven Ricks: Haiku
Mild Violence
Bridge Records/2008
tam tams, Tibetan prayer bowls: Dominic Donato; reciter: Junko Donato; recorded at SUNY Purchase, September, 2006
Beta-Collide: Waterline (S. Vitiello)
Psst! Psst!
Innova Recordings/2010
SET TWO
Zack Browning: Profit Beater
Venus Notorious
Innova Recordings/2010
flute: Kim McCormick; McCormick Percussion Ensemble, conductor: Robert McCormick; recorded at Springs Theatre, Tampa
Bang On A Can: The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory (A. Gosfield)
a. Part I
b. Part II
Classics
Cantaloupe Music/2002
piano: Lisa Moore; recorded at the Hit Factory, NYC, October, 1995
SET THREE
Larry Polansky: The World's Longest Melody (ensemble version)
The World's Longest Melody
New World Records/2010
ZWERM--electric guitar quartet: Toon Callier, Matthias Koole, Joannes Westendorp, Kobe Van Cauwenbergh; [sic]-- saxophone quartet/drums: soprano sax: Bertel Schollaert, tenor sax: Eva Vermeiren, baritone sax: Thomas Van Gelder, alto sax: Maarten Jan Huysmans, drums: Mattijs Vanderleen; electronics: L. Polansky; recorded at Studio Champ d'Action, Antwerp, December, 2009
Judy Dunaway: Fifty 210
New York Guitars #
CRI/1995
Mike Winter: Filter IV --P.I.X.L. Study No.1
DIY Canons #
Pogus Productions/2005
SET FOUR
Anthony Braxton/Gerry Hemingway: Invention 8207PM (excerpt)
Old Dogs (2007)
Mode Records/2010
saxophones: A. Braxton; percussion: G. Hemingway; recorded at the Daltry Room, Wesleyan University, 08/02/07
Marco Oppedisano: Mechanical Uprising
Mechanical Uprising
OKS Recordings of North America/2010
guitars, electronics: M. Oppedisano; voice samples: Kimberly Fiedelman
SET FIVE
Iannis Xenakis: Morsima-Amorsima
Works With Piano
Mode Records/2010
piano: Aki Takahashi; Callithumpian Consort, conductor: Stephen Drury; recorded at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, 06/11/08
Madeleine Shapiro: Yi Feng (Ge Gan-ru)
Electricity--Works for Cello and Electronics
Albany Records/2004
SET SIX
Robert Ashley: Andrea (from "Au Pair")
Atalanta (Acts of God) Vol. II
Lovely Music, Ltd./2010
voices: Robert Ashley, Jacqueline Humbert; text: R. Ashley; electronic orchestra: R. Ashley, Tom Hamilton; recorded in Rome, 1985
Neil Rolnick: Body Work
Shadow Quartet
Innova Recordings/2005
electronics: N. Rolnick; voice: Joan La Barbara; text: "Frontiers of Science," first published in the November, 2003, edition of Harper's Magazine, submitted by Prof. Terry Favero of Portland University
SET SIX
Laurie Anderson: Bodies in Motion
Homeland
Nonesuch/2010
keyboards, orchestron: Rob Burger; guitar: Skúli Sverrisson; saxophone: John Zorn; piano: Lolabelle (L. Anderson's rat terrier); vocals, percussion, keyboards: L. Anderson
Sarah Boothroyd: Through a Door
Deep Wireless 7 -- Radio Arts Compilation
New Adventures In Sound Art/2010
Mike Vernusky: Nylah
Music for Film and Electro-Theatre
Quiet Design/2010
SET SEVEN
Luigi Nono: ...sofferte onde serene...
Como una ola de fuerza y luz (and other works)
Deutsche Grammophon/1988
piano: Maurizio Pollini; tape: L. Nono; recorded at Hercules Hall, Munich, September, 1977
Thomas Clark: Peninsula
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 1 #
CEMI: Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia at the University of North Texas, Denton
Centaur Records/1988
piano: Adam Wodnicki; tape: T. Clark; recorded at CEMI, 1987
SINGLE PLAY
John Cage: In a Landscape
In a Landscape
Catalyst--BMG/1994
piano: Stephen Drury; recorded at Clinton Studios, NYC, October, 1993
--FIN--
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Martian Gardens for 08/08/2010
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 August 08, 2010
(extended edition)
SET ONE
Margaret Leng Tan: Put My Little Shoes Away (G. Crumb)
She Herself Alone -- The Art of the Toy Piano 2
Mode Records/2010
voice, toy piano, toy percussion quartet, arrangement: M.L. Tan; text: traditional; recorded Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, January, 2010
George Crumb: The Sleeper
Complete Crumb Edition Vol. 12
Bridge Records/2008
piano: Jacob Greenberg; mezzo-soprano: Jamie Van Eyck; text: Edgar Allen Poe; recorded at the Performing Arts Center, Theater C, SUNY Purchase, 04/04/07
Olivier Messiaen: from Petites Esquisses D'Oiseaux -- Le Rouge-gorge (Robin)
Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 1 -- Birdsong
Centaur Records/2001
piano: Paul S. Kim; recorded at Patrych Sound Studios, NYC, January, 2001
Olivier Messiaen: Amen des anges, des saints, du chant des oiseaux
Visions de l'Amen
Bridge Records/2010
piano I: Marilyn Nonken; piano II: Sarah Rothenberg; recorded at Stude Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, May, 2009
SINGLE PLAY
Iannis Xenakis: Eonta
Works With Piano
Mode Records/2010
piano: Aki Takahashi; Callithumpian Consort, conductor: Stephen Drury; recorded at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, June, 2009
SET TWO
Beta-Collide: Mysteries of the Macabre (G. Ligeti)
Psst! Psst!
Innova Recordings/2010
arrangement: Beta-Collide
György Ligeti: Nouvelles Adventures
a. Sostenuto
b. Agitato molto
Adventures
Deutsche Grammophon-Universal Music International/1989
soprano: Jane Manning, mezzo-soprano: Mary Thomas, bass: William Pearson; Ensemble Intercontemporain, conductor: Pierre Boulez; recorded at IRCAM, Paris, 1981-1982
SET THREE
Steve Reich: Clapping Music
Early Works
Elektra-Nonesuch/1987
hand claps: Russ Hartenberger, S. Reich; recorded at RCA Studio A, NYC, May, 1987
Lukas Foss: Music for Six
Curriculum Vitae
New World Records/2010
University of Buffalo Percussion Ensemble -- vibraphones: Jan Williams, Edward Foldger, marimbas: Bruce Penner, Rick Kazmierczak, electric piano: Kathryn Kayne; synthesizer: James Calabrese; recorded in New York City
SET FOUR
Robert Sheff*: Ballad
Music from the ONCE Festival 1961-1966
New World Records/2003
flute: Philip Krumm; violin: Karin Fierce; piano: Larry Leitch; recorded at the ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor, 12/16/62, *aka. "Blue" Gene Tyranny
Noah Creshevsky: Brother Tom
Twilight of the Gods
Tzadik/2010
vocal Samples: Thomas Buckner
"Blue" Gene Tyranny: Somewhere in Arizona
The Somewhere Songs/The Invention of Memory
Mutable Music/2008
baritone voice: Thomas Buckner; piano, environmental sounds: BGT; recorded at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn
SET FIVE
Laurie Anderson: Another Day in America
Homeland
Nonesuch-Elektra/2010
drums, percussion: Ben Witman, bass guitar: Skuli Sverrisson, viola: Eyvind Kang, background vocals: Antony Hegarty; vocals, percussion, violin: L. Anderson; recorded in New York City
Tracie Morris: Africa(n)
Mendi + Keith Obadike present Crosstalk #
Bridge Records/2008
Eric Lyon: Sacred Amnesia
Ex Cathedra
Centaur Records/2004
SET SIX
Stan Link: Returning
In Amber Shadows
Albany Records/2006
realized at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, 1994, and La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 1998
Yney: Assymetry
Micro Macro
Electroshock Records/2010
recorded in Moscow, 2010
SET SEVEN
Marco Oppedisano: Solitary Pathways
Mechanical Uprising
OKS Recordings of North America/2010
guitars, electronics: M. Oppedisano; voice samples: Kimberly Fiedelman
Gen Ken Montgomery: Subliminal Clutter, Part 2
Birds + Machines 1980-1989
Pogus Productions/2010
recorded in New York City, 1987
SET EIGHT
David Monacchi: Echoes of a Sonic Habitat
Eco-Acoustic Compositions
Electronic Music Foundation -- Earth Ear/2008
source sounds recorded in Montefeltro, Italy, 2003
Ned Bouhalassa: Move I (Drone Mix)
Swarm of Drones #
Asphodel-Sombient/1995
Ned Bouhalassa: The Lighthouse
Gratte-cité DVD
empreintes DIGITALes/2008
realized in 2005 at Bouhalassa's studio, Montreal
SINGLE PLAY
The Seattle Phonographers Union: Sonarchy -- March 17, 2007
The Seattle Phonographers Union
Mimeomeme/2010
recorded live in Seattle by Doug Haire for Sonarchy Radio; SPU participants: Steve Barsotti, Pete Comley, Christopher DeLaurenti, Mark Griswold, Katie Gately, Dale Lloyd, Rob Millis, Toby Paddock, Jonathan Way
--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 August 08, 2010
(extended edition)
SET ONE
Margaret Leng Tan: Put My Little Shoes Away (G. Crumb)
She Herself Alone -- The Art of the Toy Piano 2
Mode Records/2010
voice, toy piano, toy percussion quartet, arrangement: M.L. Tan; text: traditional; recorded Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, January, 2010
George Crumb: The Sleeper
Complete Crumb Edition Vol. 12
Bridge Records/2008
piano: Jacob Greenberg; mezzo-soprano: Jamie Van Eyck; text: Edgar Allen Poe; recorded at the Performing Arts Center, Theater C, SUNY Purchase, 04/04/07
Olivier Messiaen: from Petites Esquisses D'Oiseaux -- Le Rouge-gorge (Robin)
Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 1 -- Birdsong
Centaur Records/2001
piano: Paul S. Kim; recorded at Patrych Sound Studios, NYC, January, 2001
Olivier Messiaen: Amen des anges, des saints, du chant des oiseaux
Visions de l'Amen
Bridge Records/2010
piano I: Marilyn Nonken; piano II: Sarah Rothenberg; recorded at Stude Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, May, 2009
SINGLE PLAY
Iannis Xenakis: Eonta
Works With Piano
Mode Records/2010
piano: Aki Takahashi; Callithumpian Consort, conductor: Stephen Drury; recorded at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, June, 2009
SET TWO
Beta-Collide: Mysteries of the Macabre (G. Ligeti)
Psst! Psst!
Innova Recordings/2010
arrangement: Beta-Collide
György Ligeti: Nouvelles Adventures
a. Sostenuto
b. Agitato molto
Adventures
Deutsche Grammophon-Universal Music International/1989
soprano: Jane Manning, mezzo-soprano: Mary Thomas, bass: William Pearson; Ensemble Intercontemporain, conductor: Pierre Boulez; recorded at IRCAM, Paris, 1981-1982
SET THREE
Steve Reich: Clapping Music
Early Works
Elektra-Nonesuch/1987
hand claps: Russ Hartenberger, S. Reich; recorded at RCA Studio A, NYC, May, 1987
Lukas Foss: Music for Six
Curriculum Vitae
New World Records/2010
University of Buffalo Percussion Ensemble -- vibraphones: Jan Williams, Edward Foldger, marimbas: Bruce Penner, Rick Kazmierczak, electric piano: Kathryn Kayne; synthesizer: James Calabrese; recorded in New York City
SET FOUR
Robert Sheff*: Ballad
Music from the ONCE Festival 1961-1966
New World Records/2003
flute: Philip Krumm; violin: Karin Fierce; piano: Larry Leitch; recorded at the ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor, 12/16/62, *aka. "Blue" Gene Tyranny
Noah Creshevsky: Brother Tom
Twilight of the Gods
Tzadik/2010
vocal Samples: Thomas Buckner
"Blue" Gene Tyranny: Somewhere in Arizona
The Somewhere Songs/The Invention of Memory
Mutable Music/2008
baritone voice: Thomas Buckner; piano, environmental sounds: BGT; recorded at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn
SET FIVE
Laurie Anderson: Another Day in America
Homeland
Nonesuch-Elektra/2010
drums, percussion: Ben Witman, bass guitar: Skuli Sverrisson, viola: Eyvind Kang, background vocals: Antony Hegarty; vocals, percussion, violin: L. Anderson; recorded in New York City
Tracie Morris: Africa(n)
Mendi + Keith Obadike present Crosstalk #
Bridge Records/2008
Eric Lyon: Sacred Amnesia
Ex Cathedra
Centaur Records/2004
SET SIX
Stan Link: Returning
In Amber Shadows
Albany Records/2006
realized at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, 1994, and La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 1998
Yney: Assymetry
Micro Macro
Electroshock Records/2010
recorded in Moscow, 2010
SET SEVEN
Marco Oppedisano: Solitary Pathways
Mechanical Uprising
OKS Recordings of North America/2010
guitars, electronics: M. Oppedisano; voice samples: Kimberly Fiedelman
Gen Ken Montgomery: Subliminal Clutter, Part 2
Birds + Machines 1980-1989
Pogus Productions/2010
recorded in New York City, 1987
SET EIGHT
David Monacchi: Echoes of a Sonic Habitat
Eco-Acoustic Compositions
Electronic Music Foundation -- Earth Ear/2008
source sounds recorded in Montefeltro, Italy, 2003
Ned Bouhalassa: Move I (Drone Mix)
Swarm of Drones #
Asphodel-Sombient/1995
Ned Bouhalassa: The Lighthouse
Gratte-cité DVD
empreintes DIGITALes/2008
realized in 2005 at Bouhalassa's studio, Montreal
SINGLE PLAY
The Seattle Phonographers Union: Sonarchy -- March 17, 2007
The Seattle Phonographers Union
Mimeomeme/2010
recorded live in Seattle by Doug Haire for Sonarchy Radio; SPU participants: Steve Barsotti, Pete Comley, Christopher DeLaurenti, Mark Griswold, Katie Gately, Dale Lloyd, Rob Millis, Toby Paddock, Jonathan Way
--FIN--
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Martian Gardens for 08/01/2010
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 August 1, 2010
SET ONE
Margaret Leng Tan: Dream (J. Cage)
She Herself Alone -- The Art of the Toy Piano 2
Mode Records/2010
toy piano, piano: M.L. Tan; recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, January, 2010
David Mahler: Deep Water
Only Music Can Save Me Now
New World Records/2010
piano: Nurit Tilles; voice: D. Mahler; recorded at the Academy of Arts And Letters; November, 2009
Olivier Messiaen: Amen du Jugement
Visions de l'Amen
Bridge Records/2010
pianos: Marilyn Nonken, Sarah Rothenberg; recorded at Stude Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, May, 2009
SINGLE PLAY
Roger Reynolds: Symphony [Myths]
a. Futami ga ura
b. Intermezzo
c. Symplegades ("The Clashing of Rocks")
Whispers Out orf Time [Works for Orchestra]
Mode Records/2010
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; conductor: Kotaro Sato; recorded Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 10/25/90
SINGLE PLAY
KIVA: Two Poems of the Absurd & Two Poems on the Absurd (excerpt)
KIVA
Pogus Productions/2010
DX7, voice, electronics: Keith Humble; percussion, voice, electronics: Jean-Charles François; trombone, violin, voice, electronics: John Silber; violin: Mary Oliver; computer vocoder: Eric Lyon
SET TWO
Volti: O the Flesh Is Hot But the Heart Is Cold (E. Moe)
Turn the Page
Innova Recordings/2010
Volti, director: Robert Geary; text: Matthea Harvey, "Baked Alaska, A Theory of"
Charles Wuorinen: Sanctus (from Mass -- for the restoration of St. Luke in the Fields)
Genesis
Albany Records/2004
The New York Virtuoso Singers; violin: Curtis Macomber; trombones: James E. Pugh, Joseph Alessi; bass trombone: David Taylor; organ: Harold Chaney; conductor: C. Wuorinen; recorded at St. George's Episcopal Church, NYC, April, 1995
Mary Jane Leach: O Magna Vasti Creta
Ariadne's Lament
New World Records/1998
New York Treble Singers; conductor: Virginia Davidson; Cassatt String Quartet; recorded at the Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC
SET THREE
Peter Gach: Northern Flight (M. Byrne)
Fresh Piano
Innova Recordings/2010
Madelyn Byrne: Winter
Lesbian American Composers #
CRI/1998
electronic samples -- crotales: Lisa Frisari, voice: Malin Serner; realized at Columbia University's Computer Music Studio, 1997
SINGLE PLAY
Chris Brown & Pauline Oliveros: Noctilucent Clouds (excerpt)
Music In the Air
Deep Listening/2010
piano, live computer signal processing (SuperCollider): C. Brown; accordion, conch, percussion, EIS (Expanded Instrument System); recorded in Berkeley, 9/12/08
SET FOUR
Bill Alves: The Question Mark's Black Ink
The Terrain of Possibilities -- Computer Music by Bill Alves
Electronic Music Foundation/1997
piano: Vicki Ray; percussion: Mark Nicolay; electronic tape: B. Alves
Arthur Jarvinen: Edible Black Ink
Edible Black Ink & The California Ear Unit
O.O. Discs/1996
electric guitar: Peter Zaferes; recorded at TRAX, Hollywood, May, 1991
J.K. Randall: through Lapland
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba -- 24 New Concert Pieces #
Bridge Records/2009
recorded at the Zeltsman Marimba Festival 2009, Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Appleton, Wisconsin, summer 2009
SINGLE PLAY
Benjamin Boretz: III. Postlude (with Jim Randall in mind)
String Quartet
Open Space/2008
The DAFO Quartet; recorded at the studios of the Polish National Radio and Television, Warsaw, September, 2007
SINGLE PLAY
Jacques Tremblay: La Petite Camille (from Empathies entropiques)
Chroniques d'une séduction
empreintes DIGITALes/2008
realized at J. Tremblay's studio, Montreal, 1998-2001
--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 August 1, 2010
SET ONE
Margaret Leng Tan: Dream (J. Cage)
She Herself Alone -- The Art of the Toy Piano 2
Mode Records/2010
toy piano, piano: M.L. Tan; recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, January, 2010
David Mahler: Deep Water
Only Music Can Save Me Now
New World Records/2010
piano: Nurit Tilles; voice: D. Mahler; recorded at the Academy of Arts And Letters; November, 2009
Olivier Messiaen: Amen du Jugement
Visions de l'Amen
Bridge Records/2010
pianos: Marilyn Nonken, Sarah Rothenberg; recorded at Stude Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, May, 2009
SINGLE PLAY
Roger Reynolds: Symphony [Myths]
a. Futami ga ura
b. Intermezzo
c. Symplegades ("The Clashing of Rocks")
Whispers Out orf Time [Works for Orchestra]
Mode Records/2010
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; conductor: Kotaro Sato; recorded Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 10/25/90
SINGLE PLAY
KIVA: Two Poems of the Absurd & Two Poems on the Absurd (excerpt)
KIVA
Pogus Productions/2010
DX7, voice, electronics: Keith Humble; percussion, voice, electronics: Jean-Charles François; trombone, violin, voice, electronics: John Silber; violin: Mary Oliver; computer vocoder: Eric Lyon
SET TWO
Volti: O the Flesh Is Hot But the Heart Is Cold (E. Moe)
Turn the Page
Innova Recordings/2010
Volti, director: Robert Geary; text: Matthea Harvey, "Baked Alaska, A Theory of"
Charles Wuorinen: Sanctus (from Mass -- for the restoration of St. Luke in the Fields)
Genesis
Albany Records/2004
The New York Virtuoso Singers; violin: Curtis Macomber; trombones: James E. Pugh, Joseph Alessi; bass trombone: David Taylor; organ: Harold Chaney; conductor: C. Wuorinen; recorded at St. George's Episcopal Church, NYC, April, 1995
Mary Jane Leach: O Magna Vasti Creta
Ariadne's Lament
New World Records/1998
New York Treble Singers; conductor: Virginia Davidson; Cassatt String Quartet; recorded at the Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC
SET THREE
Peter Gach: Northern Flight (M. Byrne)
Fresh Piano
Innova Recordings/2010
Madelyn Byrne: Winter
Lesbian American Composers #
CRI/1998
electronic samples -- crotales: Lisa Frisari, voice: Malin Serner; realized at Columbia University's Computer Music Studio, 1997
SINGLE PLAY
Chris Brown & Pauline Oliveros: Noctilucent Clouds (excerpt)
Music In the Air
Deep Listening/2010
piano, live computer signal processing (SuperCollider): C. Brown; accordion, conch, percussion, EIS (Expanded Instrument System); recorded in Berkeley, 9/12/08
SET FOUR
Bill Alves: The Question Mark's Black Ink
The Terrain of Possibilities -- Computer Music by Bill Alves
Electronic Music Foundation/1997
piano: Vicki Ray; percussion: Mark Nicolay; electronic tape: B. Alves
Arthur Jarvinen: Edible Black Ink
Edible Black Ink & The California Ear Unit
O.O. Discs/1996
electric guitar: Peter Zaferes; recorded at TRAX, Hollywood, May, 1991
J.K. Randall: through Lapland
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba -- 24 New Concert Pieces #
Bridge Records/2009
recorded at the Zeltsman Marimba Festival 2009, Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Appleton, Wisconsin, summer 2009
SINGLE PLAY
Benjamin Boretz: III. Postlude (with Jim Randall in mind)
String Quartet
Open Space/2008
The DAFO Quartet; recorded at the studios of the Polish National Radio and Television, Warsaw, September, 2007
SINGLE PLAY
Jacques Tremblay: La Petite Camille (from Empathies entropiques)
Chroniques d'une séduction
empreintes DIGITALes/2008
realized at J. Tremblay's studio, Montreal, 1998-2001
--FIN--
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Martian Gardens for 07/25/2010
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 25, 2010
(extended edition)
SET ONE
New Millennium Ensemble: Percussion Duo (C. Wuorinen)
H.C.E. (Here Comes Everybody)
CRI/1998
piano: Margaret Kampmeier; percussion: John Ferrari; recorded at Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY Stony Brook
Ursula Mamlok: Designs
a. Lento
b. Capriccioso
Music of Ursula Mamlok Vol. 1
Bridge Records/2009
violin: David Bowlin; piano: Jacob Greenberg; recorded at the Performing Arts Center, Theater C, SUNY Purchase, 10/13/07
SET TWO
Margaret Leng Tan: She Herself Alone (L. Liben)
She Herself Alone -- The Art of the Toy Piano 2
Mode Records/2010
toy piano, toy psaltery: M.L. Tan; recorded at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, January, 2010
Gamelan Son of Lion: Traffic (L. Liben)
Sonogram
Innova Recordings/2008
Gamelan Son of Lion; recorded at Hungry Hollow Studio
Lou Harrison: from Ditone Set
a. Usul
b. Plaint
Por Gitaro
Mode Records/2008
National Steel Guitar: John Schneider; recorded at Harrison House, Joshua Tree, California, 7/05/04
SET THREE
Larry Polansky: for jim, ben, and lou
a. Preamble (for Jim Tenney)
b. Rue Plats (Resting Place) (for Ben Johnston)
c. The World's Longest Melody ("The Ever-Widening Halfstep") (for Lou Harrison)
The World's Longest Melody
New World Records/2010
guitar: Toon Callier; harp: Jutta Troch; live guitar tuning, percussion: Jeroen Stevens; voice: W. Victor (b.), lyrics, melody: Morris Rosenfeld (b.); recorded at Bjilokestudio, Ghent Conservatory, February, 2009
Lou Harrison: Short set from "Lazarus Laughed"
a. Caligula's Dance
b. Miriam
c. Round Dance
Works 1939-2000
Mode Records/2003
flutes: Leta Miller; cello: Karen Andrie; celesta: Michael McGushin; recorded at the recital hall of UC Santa Cruz, 2001
SET FOUR
Hyo-Shin Na: All the Noises in the World
All The Noises
New World Records/2008
JeongGaAkHoe ensemble -- komungo: Jae-hyun Chun, piri: Hyang-Hee Lee, taegeum: Hong Yoo; Seung-hee Lee, haegeum: Yoo-jin Sung, kayageum: Yoo-jin Sung, changgu: Jae-choon Yang; recorded at Old First Concerts, San Francisco, 5/19/06
Jin Hi Kim: No World Improvisations
Jin Hi Kim's Sound Universe
Living Tones/2009
komungo: J.H. Kim; Senegalese djambe: Mor Thiam; didgeridoo: Adam Pack; double reed, mukha veena: Joseph Celli; performed at American Music Week, Bonn, Germany
SET FIVE
Alexander Volidin: Silver Thread
Unfinished Journey
Electroshock Records/2010
prepared electric guitar: Alexander Sveridoff; violin: Albina Batirshina; voice: Serge Kardinoff; recorded at Electroshock Records Studio, Moscow
Alvin Lucier: Nothing is Real (Lennon/McCartney, "Strawberry Fields Forever")
Ghosts and Monsters -- Technology and Personality in Contemporary Music #
Leonardo Music Journal CD Series Volume 8
Electronic Music Foundation/1998
piano, teapot: Margaret Leng Tan; recorded at Radio Bremen, February, 1998
SET SIX
Orlando Jacinto García: Music for Berlin
Celestial Voices
O.O. Discs/1998
flutes: Robert Dick; piano: Anthony de Mare; recorded at the studios of the University of Maryland Baltimore County
Robert Dick and Steve Gorn: Light
Steel and Bamboo
O.O. Discs/1993
flute: R. Dick; bass bansuri: S. Gorn
Dmitry Mazurov: Abyss
Creature on a Lavatory Pan
Electroshock Records/2010
recorded at Electroshock Records Studio, Moscow
SET SEVEN
Darren Copeland: On Schedule
Perdu et Retrouve DVD
empreintes DIGITALes/2007
recorded at D. Copeland's studio, Toronto, 2003
Gen Ken Montgomery: Birds & Machines (Machine Suite)
Birds + Machines 1980-1989
Pogus Productions/2010
recorded in New York City, 1989
SINGLE PLAY
François Bayle: Le Sommeil D'Euclide I
Son Vitesse-Lumière
Magison/1997
SINGLE PLAY
Alexander Berne: Chronicles2 (sic.)
The Saduk ("Composed and Performed by Alexander Berne" boxed set)
Innova Recordings/2010
recorded at Mirabella Studios, Florida
SINGLE PLAY
Sō Percussion: Drumming, Part One (S. Reich)
Drumming
Cantaloupe Music/2005
Recorded at the Hit Factory and Sony Music Studios, NYC, November, 2004
SINGLE PLAY
Philip Glass: Contrary Motion
Two Pages/Contrary Motion/Music in Fifths/Music in Similar Motion
Elektra-Nonesuch/1994
electric organ: P. Glass; recorded at Basement Recording Studio, NYC, March, 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 25, 2010
(extended edition)
SET ONE
New Millennium Ensemble: Percussion Duo (C. Wuorinen)
H.C.E. (Here Comes Everybody)
CRI/1998
piano: Margaret Kampmeier; percussion: John Ferrari; recorded at Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY Stony Brook
Ursula Mamlok: Designs
a. Lento
b. Capriccioso
Music of Ursula Mamlok Vol. 1
Bridge Records/2009
violin: David Bowlin; piano: Jacob Greenberg; recorded at the Performing Arts Center, Theater C, SUNY Purchase, 10/13/07
SET TWO
Margaret Leng Tan: She Herself Alone (L. Liben)
She Herself Alone -- The Art of the Toy Piano 2
Mode Records/2010
toy piano, toy psaltery: M.L. Tan; recorded at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, January, 2010
Gamelan Son of Lion: Traffic (L. Liben)
Sonogram
Innova Recordings/2008
Gamelan Son of Lion; recorded at Hungry Hollow Studio
Lou Harrison: from Ditone Set
a. Usul
b. Plaint
Por Gitaro
Mode Records/2008
National Steel Guitar: John Schneider; recorded at Harrison House, Joshua Tree, California, 7/05/04
SET THREE
Larry Polansky: for jim, ben, and lou
a. Preamble (for Jim Tenney)
b. Rue Plats (Resting Place) (for Ben Johnston)
c. The World's Longest Melody ("The Ever-Widening Halfstep") (for Lou Harrison)
The World's Longest Melody
New World Records/2010
guitar: Toon Callier; harp: Jutta Troch; live guitar tuning, percussion: Jeroen Stevens; voice: W. Victor (b.), lyrics, melody: Morris Rosenfeld (b.); recorded at Bjilokestudio, Ghent Conservatory, February, 2009
Lou Harrison: Short set from "Lazarus Laughed"
a. Caligula's Dance
b. Miriam
c. Round Dance
Works 1939-2000
Mode Records/2003
flutes: Leta Miller; cello: Karen Andrie; celesta: Michael McGushin; recorded at the recital hall of UC Santa Cruz, 2001
SET FOUR
Hyo-Shin Na: All the Noises in the World
All The Noises
New World Records/2008
JeongGaAkHoe ensemble -- komungo: Jae-hyun Chun, piri: Hyang-Hee Lee, taegeum: Hong Yoo; Seung-hee Lee, haegeum: Yoo-jin Sung, kayageum: Yoo-jin Sung, changgu: Jae-choon Yang; recorded at Old First Concerts, San Francisco, 5/19/06
Jin Hi Kim: No World Improvisations
Jin Hi Kim's Sound Universe
Living Tones/2009
komungo: J.H. Kim; Senegalese djambe: Mor Thiam; didgeridoo: Adam Pack; double reed, mukha veena: Joseph Celli; performed at American Music Week, Bonn, Germany
SET FIVE
Alexander Volidin: Silver Thread
Unfinished Journey
Electroshock Records/2010
prepared electric guitar: Alexander Sveridoff; violin: Albina Batirshina; voice: Serge Kardinoff; recorded at Electroshock Records Studio, Moscow
Alvin Lucier: Nothing is Real (Lennon/McCartney, "Strawberry Fields Forever")
Ghosts and Monsters -- Technology and Personality in Contemporary Music #
Leonardo Music Journal CD Series Volume 8
Electronic Music Foundation/1998
piano, teapot: Margaret Leng Tan; recorded at Radio Bremen, February, 1998
SET SIX
Orlando Jacinto García: Music for Berlin
Celestial Voices
O.O. Discs/1998
flutes: Robert Dick; piano: Anthony de Mare; recorded at the studios of the University of Maryland Baltimore County
Robert Dick and Steve Gorn: Light
Steel and Bamboo
O.O. Discs/1993
flute: R. Dick; bass bansuri: S. Gorn
Dmitry Mazurov: Abyss
Creature on a Lavatory Pan
Electroshock Records/2010
recorded at Electroshock Records Studio, Moscow
SET SEVEN
Darren Copeland: On Schedule
Perdu et Retrouve DVD
empreintes DIGITALes/2007
recorded at D. Copeland's studio, Toronto, 2003
Gen Ken Montgomery: Birds & Machines (Machine Suite)
Birds + Machines 1980-1989
Pogus Productions/2010
recorded in New York City, 1989
SINGLE PLAY
François Bayle: Le Sommeil D'Euclide I
Son Vitesse-Lumière
Magison/1997
SINGLE PLAY
Alexander Berne: Chronicles2 (sic.)
The Saduk ("Composed and Performed by Alexander Berne" boxed set)
Innova Recordings/2010
recorded at Mirabella Studios, Florida
SINGLE PLAY
Sō Percussion: Drumming, Part One (S. Reich)
Drumming
Cantaloupe Music/2005
Recorded at the Hit Factory and Sony Music Studios, NYC, November, 2004
SINGLE PLAY
Philip Glass: Contrary Motion
Two Pages/Contrary Motion/Music in Fifths/Music in Similar Motion
Elektra-Nonesuch/1994
electric organ: P. Glass; recorded at Basement Recording Studio, NYC, March, 1975
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