WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
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live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EST
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Program for November 14, 2010
SET ONE
Henryk Górecki: Amen (Opus 35)
Miserere
Elektra-Nonesuch/1994
Chicago Symphony Chorus, director: Margaret Hillis; recorded April, 1994, at St. Mary of the Angels Church, Chicago
In memoriam Henryk Mikołaj Górecki: December 6, 1933 -- November 12, 2010
Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble: Alleluia. Nativitas (Pérotin)
Officium Novum
ECM New Series/2010
The Hilliard Ensemble -- countertenor: David James, tenor: Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor: Steven Harrold, baritone: Gordon Jones; saxophones: J. Garbarek; conductor: Peter Laenger; recorded at St. Gerold's Provost, Vorarlberg, Austria, June, 2009
Howard Skempton:
a. Music, when soft voices die
b. He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
Bolt From The Blue
Mode Records/2010
Exaudi -- sopranos: Juliet Fraser, Katie Trethewey, Julie Doyle; mezzo soprano: Ruth Massey; countertenor: Tom Williams; tenors: Stephen Jeffes, Jonathan Bungard; bass-baritone: Jonathan Saunders; bass: Jimmy Holliday, director: James Weeks (Doyle, Bungard on b. only); texts: a. Percy Bysshe Shelley, b. William Butler Yeats; a. recorded at St. Silas, Chalk Farm, London, 9/26/07, b. St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, 1/17/07
Giacinto Scelsi: Lento -- Misterioso, soprannaturale (from Cinque Incantesimi)
The Piano Works 3
Mode Records/2006
piano: Aki Takahashi; recorded at Teldex Studio, Berlin, March, 2005
SET TWO
Robert Dick & Thomas Buckner: The Bird on the Scene Says Yes
Flutes & Voices
Mutable Music/2010
flute with glissando headjoint: R. Dick; vocals: T. Buckner; recorded by Tom Hamilton at Systems Two, Brooklyn, 6/18/09
Mari Kimura: Gemini for solo violin
The World Below G and Beyond
Mutable Music/2010
recorded by Tom Hamilton at Harvestworks and Systems Two, NYC
Mari Kimura: Axon (T. León)
Polytopia
Bridge Records/2007
recorded at Kaufman Astoria Studios, Queens, June 2005
SET THREE
Mrs. Frances Perry: Cranberry Song
Folk Music from Wisconsin -- The Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture
Rounder Records - Library of Congress/2001 (orig. 1960)
recorded by Helene Stratman-Thomas and Aubrey Snyder at Black River Falls, 1946
Amy Horvey: Cranberry Flats Mobile
Catchment
Paved Arts/Amy Horvey/2010
trumpet: A. Horvey; recorded at Cranberry Flats Conservation Area, South Saskatchewan River, August, 2001
SET FOUR
Hildegard Westerkamp: Kits Beach Soundwalk
Transformations
empreintes DIGITALes/2010
narration: H. Westerkamp; realized at the composer's studio, 1989, sounds recorded at Kitsilano Beach (aka "Kits Beach"), Vancouver featuring sounds sampled from Xenakis' "Concrete PH"
Iannis Xenakis: Concrete PH
Electronic Music
Electronic Music Foundation/1997
sound source: smoldering charcoal; composed and recorded at GRM, Paris, for the Phillips Pavilion at the World's Fair, Brussels, 1958
Iannix Xenakis: Polytope De Cluny (excerpt)
Electronic Works 2
Mode Records/2009
premiered at the Festiveal d'Automne, Paris, 1972
SET FIVE
Natasha Barrett: Gentle Sediments (Barely: part-3)
Bouteilles de Klein
empreintes DIGITALes/2010
realized at the composer's studio, Oslo; premiered at the 38th Synthèse festival, Bourges, 6/04/08
Luigi Nono: Omaggio a Vedova
Omaggio a Vedova
WERGO/1993 (orig. 1972)
recorded at Radiotelevisione Italiana, Rome, 1960
Flutronix: Run-On
Flutronix
Flutronix Music/2010
flutes, electronics: Nathalie Joachim, Allison Logggins-Hull; recorded at Total Sonic Media, Brooklyn
SET SIX
Annea Lockwood: Tiger Balm
Source -- Music of the Avant Garde, Source Records 1-6, 1968-1971
Pogus Productions/2008
recorded at Tangent Studio, London, and The Electronic Music Studio, Goldsmith College, 1970
Annea Lockwood: Tiger Balm (purring reprise)
ibid.
Alvin Curran: Light Flowers Dark Flowers I
Solo Works: The '70s
New World Records/2010
performed and recorded in Rome, 1974
SINGLE PLAY
Zack Browning: Venus Notorious
Venus Notorious
Innova Recordings/2010
pianos: Julie Gunn, Edward Rath; xylophone: William Moersch; drum set: Ricardo Flores; recorded at the University of Illinois
--FIN--
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Martian Gardens for 11/07/2010
WMUA FM 91.1
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EST
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Program for November 07, 2010
SET ONE
Tom Waits: November
The Black Rider
Island Records/1993
piano, banjo, vocal, lyrics: T. Waits; accordion: Greg Cohen; saw: Don Neely
Howard Skempton: Resister
Bolt From the Blue
Mode Records/2010
piano: Daniel Becker; recorded at St. Silas, Chalk Farm, London, 9/26/07
Bruce Haack: Electric To Me Turn
Farad-The Electric Voice
Stones Throw Records/2007
Joan La Barbara: Autumn Signal
Voice is the Original Instrument
Lovely Music/2003
J. La Barbara: voice, Buchla Synthesizer; premiered 10/22/78,
Metamusic Festival, Berlin
SET TWO
Arlene Zallman: East, West of the Sun
I. Town Life
II. Pan
III. Three Strophes with Negligible Variations
IV. Epitaph of the a Sailor
V. Epithalamium
VI. The Game Keeper: Model Conservation or it Lacks Point
VII. Nahuatl: Aztec Song
Sei La Terra Che Aspetta
Bridge Records/2010
Wellesley College Chamber Singers and Instrumental Ensemble, conductor Brian Hulse; accompanist: Jenny Tang; V -- soprano: Bess Conners, flute: Kathy Boyd; texts: I, III, V, VI -- Classic Anthology by Confucius (translated by Ezra Pound); II -- Plate inscription for a statue of Pan (from the Greek Anthology, translated by Dudley Fitts); IV -- (from the Greek Anthology, translated by Dudley Fitts); VII -- Magic World American Indian Songs (edited by William Brandon); recorded at Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, 1998
ETHEL
a. Lighthouse (C. Dufallo)
b. Also Sprach Einstein (M. Rowell)
Light
Cantaloupe Music/2006
ETHEL string quartet; (b) vocals: Erin Grey, Einstein the African Gray Parrot, whistle: Randy Crafton; recorded at Kaleidoscope Sound, Union City, NJ, March, 2006; (b) also recorded at Knoxville Zoo, Knoxville, TN
SET THREE
Philip Glass/Robert Wilson:
a. Trial 1 -- "All Men Are Equal"
b. Knee 2
Einstein On The Beach
Elektra Nonesuch/1993
music, lyrics: P. Glass; design, direction: R. Wilson; Philip Glass Ensemble, conductor: Michael Riesman; (a) spoken voice: Jasper McGruder, (b) spoken voice: Lucinda Childs, Sheryl Sutton texts: (a) Samuel M. Johnson, Christopher Knowles (b) C. Knowles; recorded at Looking Glass Studios, NYC, winter-spring 1993
Eurythmics: Doubleplusgood
1984 (For The Love of Big Big Brother)
RCA/1984
chanted lyrics inspired by George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," (1948), sampled words from the film "1984," based on Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four," (written and directed by William Radford, 1984)
Laurie Anderson: Dark Time In The Revolution
Homeland
Nonesuch/2010
vocals, percussion, keyboards, radio: L. Anderson; drums: Joey Baron; viola: Eyvind Kang; bass: Skúli Sverrison; accordion, keyboards: Rob Burger; recorded in New York City
SET FOUR
Hildegard Westerkamp: Fantasie for Horns II
Transformations
empreintes DIGITALes/2010 (orig. 1996)
French horn: Brian G'Froerer; electroacoustics: H. Westerkamp; realized at Sonic Research Studio, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, 1978
Amy Horvey: Marionette-Lazarus
Catchement
Paved Arts/Amy Horvey/2010
trumpet: A Horvey; organ: Valerie Hall recorded in a pedestrian underpass, Saskatoon, SK
SET FIVE
Natasha Barrett: Sub Terra Cycle: Kongsberg Silver Mines
Bouteilles de Klein (Installations) DVD
empreintes DIGITALes/2010
recorded on the miner's train in the disused silver mines of Kongsberg Silver Mines, Buskerud County, Norway
Alejandro José: Todo Es Uno
Desde El Otro Lado -- Electroacoustic Music from Latin America #
O.O. Discs/1998
sound sources: pulsar signals 175 light years from Earth registered by the Arecibo Radio Telescope, Puerto Rico; human amino acids registered as sound
Robert Dick & Thomas Buckner: Makemake
Flutes & Voices
Mutable Music/2010
vocalizations: T. Buckner; flutes: R. Dick; recorded by Tom Hamilton, Systems Two, Brooklyn, 6/18/09
SET SIX
If, Bwana: Ringing the Bell
"Assemble.Age!"
Mutable Music/2010
Trio Scardaturo -- viola: Elisabeth Smalt, voice: Alfrun Schmid, keyboard: Bob Gilmore; assembled from recordings of Interpretations concert at Roulette, NYC, 3/18/08
Frank Denyer: Woman, Viola, and Crow
Silenced Voices
Mode Records/2008
muted viola, voice, percussion sounds: Elizabeth Smalt; recorded at Robert Bosch Geluid, Amsterdam, 3/20/06
SINGLE PLAY
Alvin Curran: The Works II
Solo Works: The '70s
New World Records/2010
A. Curran: all instruments, sounds, tapes; performed, mixed at Sound 80 Studios, Minneapolis, 2/24/80
--FIN--
Amherst, Mass. 01003
wmua.org
live webcast
MARTIAN GARDENS
Sundays 21:00--24:00 EST
Host: Max Shea
online playlists: Martian Gardens blog
email: maxtshea@gmail.com
Program for November 07, 2010
SET ONE
Tom Waits: November
The Black Rider
Island Records/1993
piano, banjo, vocal, lyrics: T. Waits; accordion: Greg Cohen; saw: Don Neely
Howard Skempton: Resister
Bolt From the Blue
Mode Records/2010
piano: Daniel Becker; recorded at St. Silas, Chalk Farm, London, 9/26/07
Bruce Haack: Electric To Me Turn
Farad-The Electric Voice
Stones Throw Records/2007
Joan La Barbara: Autumn Signal
Voice is the Original Instrument
Lovely Music/2003
J. La Barbara: voice, Buchla Synthesizer; premiered 10/22/78,
Metamusic Festival, Berlin
SET TWO
Arlene Zallman: East, West of the Sun
I. Town Life
II. Pan
III. Three Strophes with Negligible Variations
IV. Epitaph of the a Sailor
V. Epithalamium
VI. The Game Keeper: Model Conservation or it Lacks Point
VII. Nahuatl: Aztec Song
Sei La Terra Che Aspetta
Bridge Records/2010
Wellesley College Chamber Singers and Instrumental Ensemble, conductor Brian Hulse; accompanist: Jenny Tang; V -- soprano: Bess Conners, flute: Kathy Boyd; texts: I, III, V, VI -- Classic Anthology by Confucius (translated by Ezra Pound); II -- Plate inscription for a statue of Pan (from the Greek Anthology, translated by Dudley Fitts); IV -- (from the Greek Anthology, translated by Dudley Fitts); VII -- Magic World American Indian Songs (edited by William Brandon); recorded at Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, 1998
ETHEL
a. Lighthouse (C. Dufallo)
b. Also Sprach Einstein (M. Rowell)
Light
Cantaloupe Music/2006
ETHEL string quartet; (b) vocals: Erin Grey, Einstein the African Gray Parrot, whistle: Randy Crafton; recorded at Kaleidoscope Sound, Union City, NJ, March, 2006; (b) also recorded at Knoxville Zoo, Knoxville, TN
SET THREE
Philip Glass/Robert Wilson:
a. Trial 1 -- "All Men Are Equal"
b. Knee 2
Einstein On The Beach
Elektra Nonesuch/1993
music, lyrics: P. Glass; design, direction: R. Wilson; Philip Glass Ensemble, conductor: Michael Riesman; (a) spoken voice: Jasper McGruder, (b) spoken voice: Lucinda Childs, Sheryl Sutton texts: (a) Samuel M. Johnson, Christopher Knowles (b) C. Knowles; recorded at Looking Glass Studios, NYC, winter-spring 1993
Eurythmics: Doubleplusgood
1984 (For The Love of Big Big Brother)
RCA/1984
chanted lyrics inspired by George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," (1948), sampled words from the film "1984," based on Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four," (written and directed by William Radford, 1984)
Laurie Anderson: Dark Time In The Revolution
Homeland
Nonesuch/2010
vocals, percussion, keyboards, radio: L. Anderson; drums: Joey Baron; viola: Eyvind Kang; bass: Skúli Sverrison; accordion, keyboards: Rob Burger; recorded in New York City
SET FOUR
Hildegard Westerkamp: Fantasie for Horns II
Transformations
empreintes DIGITALes/2010 (orig. 1996)
French horn: Brian G'Froerer; electroacoustics: H. Westerkamp; realized at Sonic Research Studio, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, 1978
Amy Horvey: Marionette-Lazarus
Catchement
Paved Arts/Amy Horvey/2010
trumpet: A Horvey; organ: Valerie Hall recorded in a pedestrian underpass, Saskatoon, SK
SET FIVE
Natasha Barrett: Sub Terra Cycle: Kongsberg Silver Mines
Bouteilles de Klein (Installations) DVD
empreintes DIGITALes/2010
recorded on the miner's train in the disused silver mines of Kongsberg Silver Mines, Buskerud County, Norway
Alejandro José: Todo Es Uno
Desde El Otro Lado -- Electroacoustic Music from Latin America #
O.O. Discs/1998
sound sources: pulsar signals 175 light years from Earth registered by the Arecibo Radio Telescope, Puerto Rico; human amino acids registered as sound
Robert Dick & Thomas Buckner: Makemake
Flutes & Voices
Mutable Music/2010
vocalizations: T. Buckner; flutes: R. Dick; recorded by Tom Hamilton, Systems Two, Brooklyn, 6/18/09
SET SIX
If, Bwana: Ringing the Bell
"Assemble.Age!"
Mutable Music/2010
Trio Scardaturo -- viola: Elisabeth Smalt, voice: Alfrun Schmid, keyboard: Bob Gilmore; assembled from recordings of Interpretations concert at Roulette, NYC, 3/18/08
Frank Denyer: Woman, Viola, and Crow
Silenced Voices
Mode Records/2008
muted viola, voice, percussion sounds: Elizabeth Smalt; recorded at Robert Bosch Geluid, Amsterdam, 3/20/06
SINGLE PLAY
Alvin Curran: The Works II
Solo Works: The '70s
New World Records/2010
A. Curran: all instruments, sounds, tapes; performed, mixed at Sound 80 Studios, Minneapolis, 2/24/80
--FIN--
Monday, November 1, 2010
Martian Gardens for 10/31/2010
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 October 31, 2010
WMUA fund drive week: 10/30/10 -- 11/05/10
Selections broadcast between obligatory
exhortations for donations. Grin and bear it.
Alvin Curran: Songs and Views from the Magnetic Garden, part I
Solo Works: The '70s
New World Records/2010
Performed, recorded, and mixed by A. Curran at Via dell'Orso 28, Rome, 1974
Chaya Czernowin: Mei mecha'a (Water of Dissent)
MAIM [Water]
Mode Records/2010
Konzerthausorchester Berlin, conductor: Johannes Kalitzke; saxophone, tubax: Rico Gubler: piano, harpsichord: John Mark Harris; guitars: Seth Josel; viola: Mary Oliver; musette, oboe, English horn; live electronics recorded at EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO of SWR, Freiburg, sound direction: Michael Acker, Rinhold Braig, Thomas Hummel; recorded at the Konzerthaus Berlin, 3/17/07
David Monacchi: Stati d'Acqua
Eco-Acoustic Compositions
Electronic Music Foundation/2008
sound sources: course of the Tiber River from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea; sound scan of a human fetus
Matthew Burtner and MICE: Sandprints
MICE World Tour
EcoSono/2009
Mobile Interactive Computer Ensemble created by Matthew Burtner
sounds on Sandprints: Microphones in the Nambian Desert, performers whistling
John Cage: Song Books I-II/Empty Words III (continued)
Edition John Cage -- Sonata XIII-Music for Marcel Duchamp-
Song Books I-II-Empty Words III
Wergo/1992
Schola Cantorum Stuttgart, conductor: Clytus Gottwald; spoken words, electronics: J. Cage; recorded live, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Stuttgart, 6/22/75
Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble: Litany
a. Litany (N. Kedrov)
b. Otche nash (Lipovan Old Believers Tradition)
c. Dostoino est (anonymous)
Officium Novum
ECM New Series/2010
The Hilliard Ensemble -- countertenor: David James, tenor: Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor: Steven Harrold, baritone: Gordon Jones; saxophones: J. Garbarek; recorded at St. Gerold's Provost, Vorarlberg, Austria, June, 2009
Kitty Brazelton: the beginning and ending of all things
Ecclesiastes--A Modern Oratorio
Innova Recordings/2010
The Time Remaining Band, conductor: K. Brazelton; laptop drones, soundtracks: K. Brazelton; recorded at Dreamland, West Hurley, New York
Julia Wolfe: my lips from speaking I-III (for six pianos)
Dark Full Rides -- Music in Multiples
Cantaloupe Music/2009
pianos: Lisa Moore; recorded by Michael Riesman at Look Glass Studios, NYC
--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 October 31, 2010
WMUA fund drive week: 10/30/10 -- 11/05/10
Selections broadcast between obligatory
exhortations for donations. Grin and bear it.
Alvin Curran: Songs and Views from the Magnetic Garden, part I
Solo Works: The '70s
New World Records/2010
Performed, recorded, and mixed by A. Curran at Via dell'Orso 28, Rome, 1974
Chaya Czernowin: Mei mecha'a (Water of Dissent)
MAIM [Water]
Mode Records/2010
Konzerthausorchester Berlin, conductor: Johannes Kalitzke; saxophone, tubax: Rico Gubler: piano, harpsichord: John Mark Harris; guitars: Seth Josel; viola: Mary Oliver; musette, oboe, English horn; live electronics recorded at EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO of SWR, Freiburg, sound direction: Michael Acker, Rinhold Braig, Thomas Hummel; recorded at the Konzerthaus Berlin, 3/17/07
David Monacchi: Stati d'Acqua
Eco-Acoustic Compositions
Electronic Music Foundation/2008
sound sources: course of the Tiber River from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea; sound scan of a human fetus
Matthew Burtner and MICE: Sandprints
MICE World Tour
EcoSono/2009
Mobile Interactive Computer Ensemble created by Matthew Burtner
sounds on Sandprints: Microphones in the Nambian Desert, performers whistling
John Cage: Song Books I-II/Empty Words III (continued)
Edition John Cage -- Sonata XIII-Music for Marcel Duchamp-
Song Books I-II-Empty Words III
Wergo/1992
Schola Cantorum Stuttgart, conductor: Clytus Gottwald; spoken words, electronics: J. Cage; recorded live, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Stuttgart, 6/22/75
Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble: Litany
a. Litany (N. Kedrov)
b. Otche nash (Lipovan Old Believers Tradition)
c. Dostoino est (anonymous)
Officium Novum
ECM New Series/2010
The Hilliard Ensemble -- countertenor: David James, tenor: Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor: Steven Harrold, baritone: Gordon Jones; saxophones: J. Garbarek; recorded at St. Gerold's Provost, Vorarlberg, Austria, June, 2009
Kitty Brazelton: the beginning and ending of all things
Ecclesiastes--A Modern Oratorio
Innova Recordings/2010
The Time Remaining Band, conductor: K. Brazelton; laptop drones, soundtracks: K. Brazelton; recorded at Dreamland, West Hurley, New York
Julia Wolfe: my lips from speaking I-III (for six pianos)
Dark Full Rides -- Music in Multiples
Cantaloupe Music/2009
pianos: Lisa Moore; recorded by Michael Riesman at Look Glass Studios, NYC
--FIN--
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Martian Gardens for 10/24/2010
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 October 24, 2010
SET ONE
Howard Skempton: Five Poems of Mary Webb
a. To Life
b. Reflections
c. The Spirit of Earth
d. Safe
e. To the World
Bolt from the Blue -- Music for Piano and Voices
Mode Records/2010
EXAUDI, director: James Weeks; recorded at St. Silas, Chalk Farm, London, 9/26/07
Jan Garbarek: Allting Finns
Officium Novum
ECM New Series/2010
The Hilliard Ensemble -- countertenor: David James, tenor: Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor: Steven Harrold, baritone: Gordon Jones; saxophones: J. Garbarek; text: Pär Lagerkvist, "Den döde," conductor: Peter Laenger; recorded at St. Gerold's Provost, Vorarlberg, Austria, June, 2009
David Mahler: from Day Creek Piano Works and The Teams Are Waiting in the Field
a. Chorale
b. Chorale
c. Chorale
d. Chorale
e. VIII. Distant Sounds
Only Music Can Save Me Now
New World Records/2010
voices: Julie Hanify, D. Mahler, Nurit Tilles; piano: N. Tilles; text: J.M Neale, "The Teams Are Waiting in the Field," to the melody of Chevy Chase; recorded at The Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, November, 2009
Iva Bittová and Bang On A Can: Nejsi
Elida
Cantaloupe Music/2005
Bang On A Can; violin, voice: I. Bittová; Systems Two, Brooklyn, December, 2004
SET TWO
David First: Thought You Said Sherbet
The Alternative Schubertiade #
CRI/1999
sampler, computer synthesizer, electric guitar: D. First; motif:
first nine measures of "Gretchen am Spinnrade" (Schubert, arr. Liszt)
David First: Aw!-Drawline Spout-Holi Spank (excerpts)
Privacy Issues (droneworks 1996-2009)
XI Records/2010
guitars, computers, computerized guitar: D. First
SET THREE
Alvin Lucier: Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas (marimba)
Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas
Quiet Design/2010
marimba: Nick Hennies; recorded at University of Texas-Austin Percussion Studio
John Cage: from Sculptures Musicale
I. soprano sax, sax-mouthpiece, accordion, e-bow guitar, percussion, radio, no input mixer, sine tone
II. tenor and baritone saxes, percussion, piano, cello
III. alto sax, bass-cl a rinet, launeddas, bamboo flute, melodica
The Works for Saxophone 3 & 4 -- A CAGE of Saxophones
Mode Records/2010
intersax, director: Ulrich Krieger; recorded (mainly) at the π-Farm, Germany, 2004
SINGLE PLAY
Fred Frith: The Previous Evening Part I (Homage to John Cage)
The Previous Evening
ReR Megacorp/1998
clarinets: Christian Kaya, percussion: Heike Liss, voice: Bernd Weber, F. Frith: voice, instruments, processing; recorded at Studio Gordon, Munich, spring, 1993
Fred Frith to perform a the University of Massachusetts for the Magic Triangle Jazz Series presented in conjunction with WMUA, Thursday, 10/28/10, at Bezanson Recital Hall
SET FOUR
Ingram Marshall: Fog Tropes
Fog Tropes-Gradual Requiem-Gambuh I
New Albion Records/1988
trumpets: Jim Miller, Tim Wilson; trombones: Mack Kenley, Don Kenelly; French horns: William Klingelhofer, Brian McCarty; conductor: John Adams; recorded at Tres Virgos Studio, San Rafael, California; tape material: fog horns in San Francisco Bay
Pauline Oliveros: Sound Patterns and Tropes
The NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music #
Innova Recordings/2010
University of Wisconsin-River Falls Concert Choir and Percussion Quartet; recorded at UW-RF Abbott Concert Hall, River Falls, Wisconsin
SET FIVE
Robert Normandeau: Bédé
a. The Realm of Childhood
b. The Valley of Phantoms
c. In Search of the Voice
Tangram
empreintes DIGITALes/1994
electroacoustics: R. Normandeau; voice: Marie-Hélène Blain; produced at Normandeau's studio, Montreal, and GRM Paris, 1990
Lori Freedman: Bridge One: Firth of Forth
Bridge
Actuellecd/2009
clarinet: L. Freedman; recorded at Studio 270, Montreal, June, 2009
Lawrence Moss: Into the Woods
Unseen Leaves
Electronic Music Foundation/2003
flute: William Montgomery; recorded in Gildenhorn Recial Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland
Bang On A Can: 1/2 (B. Eno)
Music for Airports (Live)
Cantaloupe Records/2007
Bang On A Can All-Stars -- cello: May Beiser, clarinets: Evan Ziporyn, guitar: Mark Stewart, percussion: Steven Schick, piano/keyboards: Lisa Moore, bass: Robert Black; recorded live, spring, 1998
SET SIX
David Congo: Fusions I. The Art of Movement
Fusions -- Electroacoustic Music
Centaur Records/2009
recorded at the composer's studio, West Springfield, Massachusetts, June, 2009
Edward Artemiev: Peregrini
Mood-Pictures
Electroshock Records/2010
voice: T. Kuindji; electronics: E. Artemiev; recorded in Moscow
--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 October 24, 2010
SET ONE
Howard Skempton: Five Poems of Mary Webb
a. To Life
b. Reflections
c. The Spirit of Earth
d. Safe
e. To the World
Bolt from the Blue -- Music for Piano and Voices
Mode Records/2010
EXAUDI, director: James Weeks; recorded at St. Silas, Chalk Farm, London, 9/26/07
Jan Garbarek: Allting Finns
Officium Novum
ECM New Series/2010
The Hilliard Ensemble -- countertenor: David James, tenor: Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor: Steven Harrold, baritone: Gordon Jones; saxophones: J. Garbarek; text: Pär Lagerkvist, "Den döde," conductor: Peter Laenger; recorded at St. Gerold's Provost, Vorarlberg, Austria, June, 2009
David Mahler: from Day Creek Piano Works and The Teams Are Waiting in the Field
a. Chorale
b. Chorale
c. Chorale
d. Chorale
e. VIII. Distant Sounds
Only Music Can Save Me Now
New World Records/2010
voices: Julie Hanify, D. Mahler, Nurit Tilles; piano: N. Tilles; text: J.M Neale, "The Teams Are Waiting in the Field," to the melody of Chevy Chase; recorded at The Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, November, 2009
Iva Bittová and Bang On A Can: Nejsi
Elida
Cantaloupe Music/2005
Bang On A Can; violin, voice: I. Bittová; Systems Two, Brooklyn, December, 2004
SET TWO
David First: Thought You Said Sherbet
The Alternative Schubertiade #
CRI/1999
sampler, computer synthesizer, electric guitar: D. First; motif:
first nine measures of "Gretchen am Spinnrade" (Schubert, arr. Liszt)
David First: Aw!-Drawline Spout-Holi Spank (excerpts)
Privacy Issues (droneworks 1996-2009)
XI Records/2010
guitars, computers, computerized guitar: D. First
SET THREE
Alvin Lucier: Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas (marimba)
Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas
Quiet Design/2010
marimba: Nick Hennies; recorded at University of Texas-Austin Percussion Studio
John Cage: from Sculptures Musicale
I. soprano sax, sax-mouthpiece, accordion, e-bow guitar, percussion, radio, no input mixer, sine tone
II. tenor and baritone saxes, percussion, piano, cello
III. alto sax, bass-cl a rinet, launeddas, bamboo flute, melodica
The Works for Saxophone 3 & 4 -- A CAGE of Saxophones
Mode Records/2010
intersax, director: Ulrich Krieger; recorded (mainly) at the π-Farm, Germany, 2004
SINGLE PLAY
Fred Frith: The Previous Evening Part I (Homage to John Cage)
The Previous Evening
ReR Megacorp/1998
clarinets: Christian Kaya, percussion: Heike Liss, voice: Bernd Weber, F. Frith: voice, instruments, processing; recorded at Studio Gordon, Munich, spring, 1993
Fred Frith to perform a the University of Massachusetts for the Magic Triangle Jazz Series presented in conjunction with WMUA, Thursday, 10/28/10, at Bezanson Recital Hall
SET FOUR
Ingram Marshall: Fog Tropes
Fog Tropes-Gradual Requiem-Gambuh I
New Albion Records/1988
trumpets: Jim Miller, Tim Wilson; trombones: Mack Kenley, Don Kenelly; French horns: William Klingelhofer, Brian McCarty; conductor: John Adams; recorded at Tres Virgos Studio, San Rafael, California; tape material: fog horns in San Francisco Bay
Pauline Oliveros: Sound Patterns and Tropes
The NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music #
Innova Recordings/2010
University of Wisconsin-River Falls Concert Choir and Percussion Quartet; recorded at UW-RF Abbott Concert Hall, River Falls, Wisconsin
SET FIVE
Robert Normandeau: Bédé
a. The Realm of Childhood
b. The Valley of Phantoms
c. In Search of the Voice
Tangram
empreintes DIGITALes/1994
electroacoustics: R. Normandeau; voice: Marie-Hélène Blain; produced at Normandeau's studio, Montreal, and GRM Paris, 1990
Lori Freedman: Bridge One: Firth of Forth
Bridge
Actuellecd/2009
clarinet: L. Freedman; recorded at Studio 270, Montreal, June, 2009
Lawrence Moss: Into the Woods
Unseen Leaves
Electronic Music Foundation/2003
flute: William Montgomery; recorded in Gildenhorn Recial Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland
Bang On A Can: 1/2 (B. Eno)
Music for Airports (Live)
Cantaloupe Records/2007
Bang On A Can All-Stars -- cello: May Beiser, clarinets: Evan Ziporyn, guitar: Mark Stewart, percussion: Steven Schick, piano/keyboards: Lisa Moore, bass: Robert Black; recorded live, spring, 1998
SET SIX
David Congo: Fusions I. The Art of Movement
Fusions -- Electroacoustic Music
Centaur Records/2009
recorded at the composer's studio, West Springfield, Massachusetts, June, 2009
Edward Artemiev: Peregrini
Mood-Pictures
Electroshock Records/2010
voice: T. Kuindji; electronics: E. Artemiev; recorded in Moscow
--FIN--
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Martian Gardens for 10/17/2010
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 October 17, 2010
SINGLE PLAY
Tom Johnson:
a. The 78 two-note chords
b. The 266 three-note chords
c. The 715 four-note chords
The Chord Catalogue -- all the 8178 chords possible in one octave
XI Records/1999
piano: T. Johnson; recorded at La Muse en Circuit, Paris, March, 1998
SET ONE
Arthur Jarvinen: The Vulture's Garden
a. The Vulture's Garden
b. The War of 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
California Ear Unit -- featuring Dorothy Stone, flutes; recorded at Mad Hatter, Los Angeles, June, 1996
Dorothy Stone: Indigenous Music II -- Flute (S. L. Mosko)
None But The Lonely Flute
New World Records/1994
In memory of three composers/performers, and affiliates of The California Institute of the Arts and The California Ear Unit --
Stephen Lucky Mosko: 1947 - 2005
Dorothy Stone (wife of Mosko): 1958 - 2008
Arthur Jarvinen: 1956 - 2010
SET TWO
Kitty Brazelton: Motet
Ecclesiastes: A Modern Oratorio
Innova Recordings/2010
The Time Remaining Band -- conductor, laptop soundtrack: K. Brazelton; text: Book of Ecclesiastes; recorded at 2nd Story Sound, NYC
Jan Garbarek: Ov zarmanali -- Hymn of the baptism of Christ (Komitas)
Officium Novum
ECM New Series/2010
The Hilliard Ensemble -- countertenor: David James, tenor: Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor: Steven Harrold, baritone: Gordon Jones; saxophones: J. Garbarek; conductor: Peter Laenger; recorded at St. Gerold's Provost, Vorarlberg, Austria, June, 2009
Arvo Pärt: Ode VII
Kanon Pakajanen
ECM New Series/1998
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor: Teije van Geest; text from "Canon of Repentance to Our Lord Jesus Christ" by St. Andrew of Crete, recorded at Niguliste Church, Tallinn, June, 1997
SET THREE
Anatoly Pereslegin: Isiah No. 2
Download the God
Electroshock Records/2000
performed and recorded by A. Pereslegin, Jerusalem, 1994-1995; final mix by A. Pereslegin, Moscow, 1999-2000
Cesare Rosa Calamaro: Ludus
Electroacoustic Music from Sicily #
Electronic Music Foundation/2003
SET FOUR
Barton McLean: Magic at Xanadu (MAX)
Soundworlds
Innova Recordings/2010
B. McLean: keyboards in Composer's Playpen (in MAX computer language)
Mike Swinchoski: Alternative Song
60 x 60 -- 2004-2005 #
Vox Novus/2006
André Cormier: 380
ibid.
Jonty Harrison: Unsound Objects
Articles indéfinis
empreintes DIGITALes/1996
composed at Harrison's studio at the Electronic Music Studios of the University of Birmingham, UK
SET FIVE
Stefano Scodanibbio: Oltracuidansa (excerpt)
Oltracuidansa
Mode Records/2010
contrabass: S. Scodanibbio; recorded at CCMIX, Paris, 2000-2009
Nicola Cisternino: Xöömij
CCMIX Paris -- Xenakis/UPIC/Continuum #
Mode Records/2001
bass: Nicholas Isherwood; realized at the Ateliers UPIC (CCMIX), Paris, April, 1997
SET SIX
Michael Gordon/David Lang/Julia Wolfe:
a. Opening Slide Lecture
b. Where is that Boy
The Carbon Copy Building -- A comic-strip opera
Cantaloupe Music/2006
performed by Bang On A Can All-Stars -- singers: Theo Bleckmann, Tony Boutté, Katie Geissinger, Toby Twining; musicians: electric guitar: John Benthal, percussion: David Cossin; keyboards: Martin Goldray; woodwinds: Bohdan Hilash; text, illustrations: Ben Katchor; recorded at Avatar Studios, NYC, August, 2000
Joëlle Léandre and Quentin Sirjacq: Moon Journey
Out of Nowhere
Actuelle/2008
contrabass: J. Léandre; piano: Q. Sirjacq; recorded at Studio Lu Hullette, Paris, 1/13/08
Fred Frith: Trocosi
Prints
ReR Megacorp/2003
acoustic bass: Sebastian Grimms; other instruments and voice: F. Frith; text: International Herald Tribune edition 1/28/97, "Enslavement of Women in Ghana"; sample: Kahil El'Zabar, "Where Do You Want to Go"
SINGLE PLAY
Olly Wilson: Piano Piece
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 37 #
Music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music TIMARA Studios
Centaur Records/2008
piano: Thomas Fosnocht
--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 October 17, 2010
SINGLE PLAY
Tom Johnson:
a. The 78 two-note chords
b. The 266 three-note chords
c. The 715 four-note chords
The Chord Catalogue -- all the 8178 chords possible in one octave
XI Records/1999
piano: T. Johnson; recorded at La Muse en Circuit, Paris, March, 1998
SET ONE
Arthur Jarvinen: The Vulture's Garden
a. The Vulture's Garden
b. The War of 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
California Ear Unit -- featuring Dorothy Stone, flutes; recorded at Mad Hatter, Los Angeles, June, 1996
Dorothy Stone: Indigenous Music II -- Flute (S. L. Mosko)
None But The Lonely Flute
New World Records/1994
In memory of three composers/performers, and affiliates of The California Institute of the Arts and The California Ear Unit --
Stephen Lucky Mosko: 1947 - 2005
Dorothy Stone (wife of Mosko): 1958 - 2008
Arthur Jarvinen: 1956 - 2010
SET TWO
Kitty Brazelton: Motet
Ecclesiastes: A Modern Oratorio
Innova Recordings/2010
The Time Remaining Band -- conductor, laptop soundtrack: K. Brazelton; text: Book of Ecclesiastes; recorded at 2nd Story Sound, NYC
Jan Garbarek: Ov zarmanali -- Hymn of the baptism of Christ (Komitas)
Officium Novum
ECM New Series/2010
The Hilliard Ensemble -- countertenor: David James, tenor: Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor: Steven Harrold, baritone: Gordon Jones; saxophones: J. Garbarek; conductor: Peter Laenger; recorded at St. Gerold's Provost, Vorarlberg, Austria, June, 2009
Arvo Pärt: Ode VII
Kanon Pakajanen
ECM New Series/1998
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor: Teije van Geest; text from "Canon of Repentance to Our Lord Jesus Christ" by St. Andrew of Crete, recorded at Niguliste Church, Tallinn, June, 1997
SET THREE
Anatoly Pereslegin: Isiah No. 2
Download the God
Electroshock Records/2000
performed and recorded by A. Pereslegin, Jerusalem, 1994-1995; final mix by A. Pereslegin, Moscow, 1999-2000
Cesare Rosa Calamaro: Ludus
Electroacoustic Music from Sicily #
Electronic Music Foundation/2003
SET FOUR
Barton McLean: Magic at Xanadu (MAX)
Soundworlds
Innova Recordings/2010
B. McLean: keyboards in Composer's Playpen (in MAX computer language)
Mike Swinchoski: Alternative Song
60 x 60 -- 2004-2005 #
Vox Novus/2006
André Cormier: 380
ibid.
Jonty Harrison: Unsound Objects
Articles indéfinis
empreintes DIGITALes/1996
composed at Harrison's studio at the Electronic Music Studios of the University of Birmingham, UK
SET FIVE
Stefano Scodanibbio: Oltracuidansa (excerpt)
Oltracuidansa
Mode Records/2010
contrabass: S. Scodanibbio; recorded at CCMIX, Paris, 2000-2009
Nicola Cisternino: Xöömij
CCMIX Paris -- Xenakis/UPIC/Continuum #
Mode Records/2001
bass: Nicholas Isherwood; realized at the Ateliers UPIC (CCMIX), Paris, April, 1997
SET SIX
Michael Gordon/David Lang/Julia Wolfe:
a. Opening Slide Lecture
b. Where is that Boy
The Carbon Copy Building -- A comic-strip opera
Cantaloupe Music/2006
performed by Bang On A Can All-Stars -- singers: Theo Bleckmann, Tony Boutté, Katie Geissinger, Toby Twining; musicians: electric guitar: John Benthal, percussion: David Cossin; keyboards: Martin Goldray; woodwinds: Bohdan Hilash; text, illustrations: Ben Katchor; recorded at Avatar Studios, NYC, August, 2000
Joëlle Léandre and Quentin Sirjacq: Moon Journey
Out of Nowhere
Actuelle/2008
contrabass: J. Léandre; piano: Q. Sirjacq; recorded at Studio Lu Hullette, Paris, 1/13/08
Fred Frith: Trocosi
Prints
ReR Megacorp/2003
acoustic bass: Sebastian Grimms; other instruments and voice: F. Frith; text: International Herald Tribune edition 1/28/97, "Enslavement of Women in Ghana"; sample: Kahil El'Zabar, "Where Do You Want to Go"
SINGLE PLAY
Olly Wilson: Piano Piece
CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 37 #
Music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music TIMARA Studios
Centaur Records/2008
piano: Thomas Fosnocht
--FIN--
Friday, October 8, 2010
Martian Gardens for 10/10/2010
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 October 10, 2010
SINGLE PLAY
Fred Frith: Glass c/w Steel
Guitar Solos
RēR Megacorp/2003 (orig. Caroline/1974)
SET ONE
Evan Ziporyn: The Ornate Zither and the Nomad Flute
Frog's Eye
Cantaloupe Music/2006
soprano: Anne Harley; Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Wind Ensemble, conductor: Gil Rose; texts: Li Shangyin ("The Ornate Zither"), W.S. Merwin ("The Nomad Flute"); recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston, 11/05/05
Benjamin Chadabe: Hell and Humdrums
The Metaphysician's Hammer
Electronic Music Foundation/2000
percussion: B. Chadabe; text, recitation: Benjamin Hartlage; recorded at Murmur Studio, NYC, and Bennington College 1998-2000
SET TWO
Jin Hi Kim and Gerry Hemingway: Windtails
Pulses
Auricle Records/2010
komungos: JHK; percussion: G. Hemingway; recorded in Shutesbury, MA,8/18/09
Lou Harrison: Untitled (from Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan)
Scenes from Cavafy -- Music for Gamelan
New World Recordes/2010
piano: Adrienne Verner; Gamelan Pacifica, conductor: Jarrad Powell; recorded at London Bridge Studio, Seattle, 2009-2010
SINGLE PLAY
Lois V. Vierk/Anita Feldman: Hexa
The NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music
Innova Recordings/2010
three tap dancers on Tap Dance Instrument: David Parker, Rhonda Price, A. Feldman; percussion: Gary Schall; live electronics, Lexicon PCM 42: L. Vierk; recorded at Pyramid Studios, NYC, 1989-1990
SET THREE
Luciano Berio: Gesti
Sequenzas & Solo Works
Mode Records/2006
recorder: Lucia Mense; recorded at Sandessal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, 7/11/95
Margaret Lancaster: Io (L. Vierk)
Io
New World Records/2009
electric guitar: Larry Polansky; marimba: Matthew Gold; flute: M. Lancaster; recorded at 2nd Story Sound, NYC, 2/06/09
Aldo Clementi: luCiAno BErio
Works with Flutes
Mode Records/2010
recorded at Laboratorio di Acustica Musicale e Architettonica-Fondazione Scuola di San Giorgio, Venice, April, 2005
SET FOUR
Margaret Leng Tan: from Old MacDonald's Yellow Submarine (E. Griswold)
a. On that Farm
b. e-i-e-i-o
c. Pink Memories
She Herself Alone -- The Art of the Toy Piano 2
Mode Records/2010
toy piano, prepared piano, music box: M.L. Tan; recorded at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, January, 2010
Mendi + Keith Obadike: The Pink of Stealth
Mendi + Keith Obadike present Crosstalk #
Bridge Records/2009
vocals: M. Obadike; K. Obadike: guitar, bass, drums, ubo aka, synthesizers, treatments
Edward Artemiev:
a. Fox Hunting
b. Dialog with a Computer
Mood-Pictures
Electroshock Records/2010
a. performed by E. Artemiev, from the motion picture "Fox Hunting"; b. performed by E. Artemiev, from the motion picture "By the Eyes of the Wolf"
Bruce Haack: Program Me
Farad -- The Electric Voice
Stone's Throw Records/2010
electric voice: Farad vocoder & Ed Harvey (orig. 1981)
SET FIVE
Kitty Brazelton:
a. Time to go, Time to remain
b. Bells
Ecclesiastes -- A Modern Oratorio
Innova Recordings/2010
The Time Remaining Band, conductor: K. Brazelton; laptop drones, electronics: K. Brazelton; text: Book of Ecclesiastes; recorded at Dreamland, West Hurley, NY
Joan La Barbara: October Music -- Star Showers and Extraterrestrials
Voice Is the Original Instrument -- Early Works
Lovely Music, Ltd./2003
premiered at the American Center for Students and Artists, Paris, October, 1980
SET SIX
David First: A Bet on Transcendence Favors the House
Privacy Issues (droneworks 1996-2009)
XI Records/2010
ebow guitar: D. First
Marco Oppedisano: Nocturne
Mechanical Uprising
OKS Recordings of North America/2010
guitars: M. Oppedisano; voice samples: Kimberly Fiedelman
SINGLE PLAY
Jonty Harrison: Splintering (excerpt)
Evidence Matérielle
empreintes DIGITALes/1999
composed at the Electroacoustic Music Studios of the University of Birmingham, UK, 1999
--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 October 10, 2010
SINGLE PLAY
Fred Frith: Glass c/w Steel
Guitar Solos
RēR Megacorp/2003 (orig. Caroline/1974)
SET ONE
Evan Ziporyn: The Ornate Zither and the Nomad Flute
Frog's Eye
Cantaloupe Music/2006
soprano: Anne Harley; Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Wind Ensemble, conductor: Gil Rose; texts: Li Shangyin ("The Ornate Zither"), W.S. Merwin ("The Nomad Flute"); recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston, 11/05/05
Benjamin Chadabe: Hell and Humdrums
The Metaphysician's Hammer
Electronic Music Foundation/2000
percussion: B. Chadabe; text, recitation: Benjamin Hartlage; recorded at Murmur Studio, NYC, and Bennington College 1998-2000
SET TWO
Jin Hi Kim and Gerry Hemingway: Windtails
Pulses
Auricle Records/2010
komungos: JHK; percussion: G. Hemingway; recorded in Shutesbury, MA,8/18/09
Lou Harrison: Untitled (from Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan)
Scenes from Cavafy -- Music for Gamelan
New World Recordes/2010
piano: Adrienne Verner; Gamelan Pacifica, conductor: Jarrad Powell; recorded at London Bridge Studio, Seattle, 2009-2010
SINGLE PLAY
Lois V. Vierk/Anita Feldman: Hexa
The NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music
Innova Recordings/2010
three tap dancers on Tap Dance Instrument: David Parker, Rhonda Price, A. Feldman; percussion: Gary Schall; live electronics, Lexicon PCM 42: L. Vierk; recorded at Pyramid Studios, NYC, 1989-1990
SET THREE
Luciano Berio: Gesti
Sequenzas & Solo Works
Mode Records/2006
recorder: Lucia Mense; recorded at Sandessal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, 7/11/95
Margaret Lancaster: Io (L. Vierk)
Io
New World Records/2009
electric guitar: Larry Polansky; marimba: Matthew Gold; flute: M. Lancaster; recorded at 2nd Story Sound, NYC, 2/06/09
Aldo Clementi: luCiAno BErio
Works with Flutes
Mode Records/2010
recorded at Laboratorio di Acustica Musicale e Architettonica-Fondazione Scuola di San Giorgio, Venice, April, 2005
SET FOUR
Margaret Leng Tan: from Old MacDonald's Yellow Submarine (E. Griswold)
a. On that Farm
b. e-i-e-i-o
c. Pink Memories
She Herself Alone -- The Art of the Toy Piano 2
Mode Records/2010
toy piano, prepared piano, music box: M.L. Tan; recorded at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, January, 2010
Mendi + Keith Obadike: The Pink of Stealth
Mendi + Keith Obadike present Crosstalk #
Bridge Records/2009
vocals: M. Obadike; K. Obadike: guitar, bass, drums, ubo aka, synthesizers, treatments
Edward Artemiev:
a. Fox Hunting
b. Dialog with a Computer
Mood-Pictures
Electroshock Records/2010
a. performed by E. Artemiev, from the motion picture "Fox Hunting"; b. performed by E. Artemiev, from the motion picture "By the Eyes of the Wolf"
Bruce Haack: Program Me
Farad -- The Electric Voice
Stone's Throw Records/2010
electric voice: Farad vocoder & Ed Harvey (orig. 1981)
SET FIVE
Kitty Brazelton:
a. Time to go, Time to remain
b. Bells
Ecclesiastes -- A Modern Oratorio
Innova Recordings/2010
The Time Remaining Band, conductor: K. Brazelton; laptop drones, electronics: K. Brazelton; text: Book of Ecclesiastes; recorded at Dreamland, West Hurley, NY
Joan La Barbara: October Music -- Star Showers and Extraterrestrials
Voice Is the Original Instrument -- Early Works
Lovely Music, Ltd./2003
premiered at the American Center for Students and Artists, Paris, October, 1980
SET SIX
David First: A Bet on Transcendence Favors the House
Privacy Issues (droneworks 1996-2009)
XI Records/2010
ebow guitar: D. First
Marco Oppedisano: Nocturne
Mechanical Uprising
OKS Recordings of North America/2010
guitars: M. Oppedisano; voice samples: Kimberly Fiedelman
SINGLE PLAY
Jonty Harrison: Splintering (excerpt)
Evidence Matérielle
empreintes DIGITALes/1999
composed at the Electroacoustic Music Studios of the University of Birmingham, UK, 1999
--FIN--
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Martian Gardens for 10/03/2010
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 October 3, 2010
SINGLE PLAY
Florent Ghys: Coma Carus
Baroque Tardif--Soli
Cantaloupe Music/2009
pianino: F. Ghys
SET ONE
Robert Dick: Eyewitness
The NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music #
Innova Recordings/2010
Flute Force; recorded at SUNY Purchase, 1998-2000
Frances White: Centre Bridge
Centre Bridge -- Electroacoustic Works
Mode Records/2007
shakuhachi: Elizabeth Brown
Elizabeth Brown: Loons (from Isle Royale Shakuhachi Duets)
The NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music #
Innova Recordings/2010
recorded by E. Brown, Brooklyn, 7/09/05
SET TWO
Patti Monson: High Art (M. Bresnick)
High Art
Albany Records/2003
piccolo: P. Monson; toy piano: Martin Bresnick
Martin Bresnick: The Bucket Rider
The Essential Martin Bresnick
Cantaloupe Music/2006
Bang On A Can; recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, 11/08/05
SET THREE
John Cage: Party Pieces (1-20) (J. Cage, H. Cowell, L. Harrison, V. Thomson)
The Works for Saxophone 3 & 4
Mode Records/2010
intersax, director: Ulrich Krieger; recorded at RBB/SFB, Berlin, 5/23/03
Lou Harrison: Isna's Song (from A Soedjiatmoko Set)
Scenes from Cavafy -- Music for Gamelan
New World Records/2010
Gamelan Pacifica, director: Jarrad Powell; Gamelan Pacifica Chorus, director: Jessika Kenney; text: The Rāmāyana, book VII, adapted by L. Harrison; recorded at London Bridge Studio, Seattle, 2009-2010
SET FOUR
Bob Gluck: Doina
Electric Songs--Live Performances 2001-2003
Electronic Music Foundation/2003
saz (bağlama), electronics: B. Gluck
Anne LeBaron: Submerged Cavern
1,2,4,3
Innova Recordings/2010
shakuhachi: Kiku Day; koto: Konoko Nishi; harp: A. LeBaron; recorded at Mills College, Oakland, 2005
Ellen Fullman: Nocnoca Progression
Change of Direction
New Albion Records/1998
Elise Gould, Nigel Jacobs, E. Fullman: Long String Instrument
Fred Frith: Hit and Run
Accidental
RēR Megacorp/2001
recorded at Studio Jankowski, Stuttgart, 1995-1996
Roberto Musci/Chris Cutler/Jon Rose/Claudio Gabbiano: track 3
Steel Water Light
RēR Megacorp/2001
sampler: R. Musci; electrified percussion, processing: C. Cutler; tenor violin, processing: J. Rose; guitars: C. Gabbiani
Christopher Campbell: Sunface Streams Moonface
Sound the All-Clear
Innova Recordings/2010
recorded at Fur Seal Studio, Minneapolis
SET FIVE
Robert Normandeau: Puzzle
Puzzles
empreintes DIGITALes/2005
premiered at Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC, 10/09/03
Stéphane Roy: Ruptures (from Trois petites histoires concrètes)
Migrations
empreintes DIGITALes/2003
realized at Roy's studio, St. Louis, Missouri, 1998
Douglas Geers: Verbosity Ore
60 x 60 2006-2007 #
Vox Novus/2008
David First: Tell Tale 2.1
Privacy Issues (droneworks 1996-2009)
XI Records/2010
transistor radios: D. First
Simon Wickham-Smith: from Justkidding
d. The Machine Says It
b. Unsafeday
Multiple Tongues
Electroshock Records/2010
voice: Helen Kidd
David First: Happy Beatday
Privacy Issues (droneworks 1996-2009)
XI Records/2010
slide whistle: D. First
SET SIX
Holger Czukay: Boat-Woman Song (excerpt)
OHM--The Early Gurus of Electronic Music--1948-1980 #
Ellipsis Arts/2000
samples from Adam de la Halle; Vietnamese women singing folk song
Kraig Grady: Eve Without Apples
The Lab -- 20th Anniversary CD #
The Lab/2004
pump organ, prepared dulcimer: K. Grady, performed at The Lab, San Francisco, 1987
Eve Beglarian: Preciosilla
Overstepping
OODiscs/1998
flute: Margaret Lancaster; voice: E. Beglarian; text: Gertrude Stein; recorded at Noise Production, NYC
SET SEVEN
Robert Ashley: She Was A Visitor
Automatic Writing
Lovely Music, Ltd./1996
Brandeis University Chamber Chorus, conductor: Alvin Lucier; written in 1967 as part the electronic opera "That Morning Thing"
Alvin Lucier: Chambers
Vespers and Other Early Works
New World Records/2002
Chambers (1968) recorded at The Coffeehouse, Middletown, Connecticut, 2002
--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 October 3, 2010
SINGLE PLAY
Florent Ghys: Coma Carus
Baroque Tardif--Soli
Cantaloupe Music/2009
pianino: F. Ghys
SET ONE
Robert Dick: Eyewitness
The NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music #
Innova Recordings/2010
Flute Force; recorded at SUNY Purchase, 1998-2000
Frances White: Centre Bridge
Centre Bridge -- Electroacoustic Works
Mode Records/2007
shakuhachi: Elizabeth Brown
Elizabeth Brown: Loons (from Isle Royale Shakuhachi Duets)
The NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music #
Innova Recordings/2010
recorded by E. Brown, Brooklyn, 7/09/05
SET TWO
Patti Monson: High Art (M. Bresnick)
High Art
Albany Records/2003
piccolo: P. Monson; toy piano: Martin Bresnick
Martin Bresnick: The Bucket Rider
The Essential Martin Bresnick
Cantaloupe Music/2006
Bang On A Can; recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, 11/08/05
SET THREE
John Cage: Party Pieces (1-20) (J. Cage, H. Cowell, L. Harrison, V. Thomson)
The Works for Saxophone 3 & 4
Mode Records/2010
intersax, director: Ulrich Krieger; recorded at RBB/SFB, Berlin, 5/23/03
Lou Harrison: Isna's Song (from A Soedjiatmoko Set)
Scenes from Cavafy -- Music for Gamelan
New World Records/2010
Gamelan Pacifica, director: Jarrad Powell; Gamelan Pacifica Chorus, director: Jessika Kenney; text: The Rāmāyana, book VII, adapted by L. Harrison; recorded at London Bridge Studio, Seattle, 2009-2010
SET FOUR
Bob Gluck: Doina
Electric Songs--Live Performances 2001-2003
Electronic Music Foundation/2003
saz (bağlama), electronics: B. Gluck
Anne LeBaron: Submerged Cavern
1,2,4,3
Innova Recordings/2010
shakuhachi: Kiku Day; koto: Konoko Nishi; harp: A. LeBaron; recorded at Mills College, Oakland, 2005
Ellen Fullman: Nocnoca Progression
Change of Direction
New Albion Records/1998
Elise Gould, Nigel Jacobs, E. Fullman: Long String Instrument
Fred Frith: Hit and Run
Accidental
RēR Megacorp/2001
recorded at Studio Jankowski, Stuttgart, 1995-1996
Roberto Musci/Chris Cutler/Jon Rose/Claudio Gabbiano: track 3
Steel Water Light
RēR Megacorp/2001
sampler: R. Musci; electrified percussion, processing: C. Cutler; tenor violin, processing: J. Rose; guitars: C. Gabbiani
Christopher Campbell: Sunface Streams Moonface
Sound the All-Clear
Innova Recordings/2010
recorded at Fur Seal Studio, Minneapolis
SET FIVE
Robert Normandeau: Puzzle
Puzzles
empreintes DIGITALes/2005
premiered at Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC, 10/09/03
Stéphane Roy: Ruptures (from Trois petites histoires concrètes)
Migrations
empreintes DIGITALes/2003
realized at Roy's studio, St. Louis, Missouri, 1998
Douglas Geers: Verbosity Ore
60 x 60 2006-2007 #
Vox Novus/2008
David First: Tell Tale 2.1
Privacy Issues (droneworks 1996-2009)
XI Records/2010
transistor radios: D. First
Simon Wickham-Smith: from Justkidding
d. The Machine Says It
b. Unsafeday
Multiple Tongues
Electroshock Records/2010
voice: Helen Kidd
David First: Happy Beatday
Privacy Issues (droneworks 1996-2009)
XI Records/2010
slide whistle: D. First
SET SIX
Holger Czukay: Boat-Woman Song (excerpt)
OHM--The Early Gurus of Electronic Music--1948-1980 #
Ellipsis Arts/2000
samples from Adam de la Halle; Vietnamese women singing folk song
Kraig Grady: Eve Without Apples
The Lab -- 20th Anniversary CD #
The Lab/2004
pump organ, prepared dulcimer: K. Grady, performed at The Lab, San Francisco, 1987
Eve Beglarian: Preciosilla
Overstepping
OODiscs/1998
flute: Margaret Lancaster; voice: E. Beglarian; text: Gertrude Stein; recorded at Noise Production, NYC
SET SEVEN
Robert Ashley: She Was A Visitor
Automatic Writing
Lovely Music, Ltd./1996
Brandeis University Chamber Chorus, conductor: Alvin Lucier; written in 1967 as part the electronic opera "That Morning Thing"
Alvin Lucier: Chambers
Vespers and Other Early Works
New World Records/2002
Chambers (1968) recorded at The Coffeehouse, Middletown, Connecticut, 2002
--FIN--
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