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 April 15, 2012
SET ONE
Gavin Bryars: Titanic Lament
The Sinking of the Titanic (radio edits)
Point Music/1995
Barney Childs: London Rice Wine
A Music; That it Might Be...
New World Records/2002
flute with live electronics: Philip Rehfeldt
SET TWO
Frank Denyer: Woman, Viola and Crow
Silenced Voices
Mode Records/2008
muted viola, voice, percussion sounds: Elisabeth Smalt; recorded at Robert Bosch Geluid, Amsterdam, March 20, 2006
If, Bwana/Trio Scordatura: Gilmore's Girls
E (and sometimes why)
Pogus Productions/2012
Trio Scordatura -- viola d'amore: Elisabeth Smalt; voice: Alfrun Schmid; keyboard/laptop: Bob Gilmore; voice: Lisa Bernard Kelley; trombone: Monique Buzzarté; keyboard: Al Margolis who is If, Bwana; recorded at Robert Bosch Geluid, Amsterdam, June 2010
SET THREE
Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel, part one
Rothko Chapel/Why Patterns?
New Albion Records/1991
UC Berkeley Chorus, director: Philip Brett; viola: David Abel; celeste: Karen Rosemak; percussion: William Winant; recorded at Skywalker Sound, October 1990
Morton Feldman: For Franz Kline
Only -- Works for Voice and Instruments
New Albion Records/1996
soprano: Joan La Barbara; violin: Roy Malan; cello: Stephen Harrison; French horn: Lawrence Ragent; piano: Marvin Tartak; chimes: William Winant, director: Stephen L. Mosko; recorded in Los Angeles, 1995
SET FOUR
Harry Partch: Near Lodi I cut the huge Tokays*
Bitter Music
Bridge Records/2012
narrator: John Schneider; piano: Richard Valitutto; recorded at Second Story Studio, Venice, California, Summer 2010
*Flame Tokay grape native to Lodi, California
Harry Partch:
a. While my Heart Keeps Beating Time
b. Yankee Doodle Birds
Enclosure Two --
Historic Speech-Music Recordings from the Harry Partch Archives
Innova Recordings/1995
a. voice: Philip Blackburn; piano: Liz Schmidt; b. voice: Harry Partch, from 1970 interview
John Luther Adams: Apple Blossom Round
Songbirdsongs
Mode Records/2012
Callithumpian Consort, director: Stephen Drury; recorded at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, 2006 and 2008
Evan Ziporyn: Mumbai II
Big Grenadilla/Mumbai
Cantaloupe Music/2012
tabla: Sandeep Das; Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conductor: Gil Rose; recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston, May 29, 2011
R. Weis: Tubular March
Excitable Audible
R. Weis/2012
sampling and sequencing: R. Weis
SET FIVE
Frances White: In the Library of Dreams
In the Library of Dreams
Pogus Productions/2012
viola d'amore: David Cerutti; electronics: Frances White
Mathew Adkins: Silk to Steel
Compendium International -- Bourges 2005 [various artists]
Mnémosyne Musique Media/2012
electroacoustic music: Mathew Adkins
SET SIX
Christian Bouchard: Impasto 46
Automacité
empreintes DIGITALes/2006
electroacoustic music: Christian Bouchard; commissioned by Codes d’accès, realized at the composer's studio, premiered at Les machines à communiquer electroacoustic music concerts at La Chapelle, Montreal, April 29, 2006
Christian Bouchard: Brazil Wins (from Parcelles 2)
Fractures
empreintes DIGITALes/2003
electroacoustic music: Christian Bouchard; commissioned by Réseaux des arts médiatiques; realized at the composer's studio, premiered at the Rien à voir (14) series, Réseaux at Espace GO, Montreal, October 18, 2003
SET SEVEN
Roderik De Man: Wait a Minute
Electrified Music
Electroshock Records/2004
Diego Garro: O Que a menina ouve
Cultures électroniques --
Prix Trivium et Magisterium 2005, IMEB series [various artists]
Mnémosyne Musique Media/2005
Kyle Bruckmann: Orgone Accelerator
On Procedural Grounds
New World Records/2012
oboe, English horn, electronics: Kyle Bruckmann; recorded in Oakland, California, 2011
PAS: Vacation Beat
Flanked by Women and Pumpkins
Alrealon Musique/2012
SINGLE PLAY
Elaine Barkin: Xtet -- Last Dance for Milton
Milton Babbitt -- A Composers' Memorial [various artists]
Open Space/2012
computer music: Elaine Barkin
-- FIN --
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Martian Gardens for 04/08/2012
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 April 08, 2012
SINGLE PLAY
Jorge Rapp: Electronic Study II
Cultures électroniques 19 -- Bourges 2006 [various artists]
Mnémosyne Musique Media/2006
composed at the Music Production and Research Laboratory from Recoleta Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires, 1985; Synclavier II and software: Jorge Rapp
SINGLE PLAY
Mauricio Kagel: Phonophonie --
Four melodramas for two voices and other sound sources
Transición II/Phonophonie
Mode Records/2003
bass baritone: Nicholas Isherwood; tapes and sound direction: Stefano Bassanese; offstage voice: Tim Greacon; prerecorded percussion: Dmitri Fiorin; prerecorded voices: Piera Acone, Elena Barbalich; additional voices: Daniele Del Giudice, Xavier Tabet; Nicholas Isherwood; realized in Venice and Paris, 1999-2001
SET ONE
Leo Kupper:
a. Lumiere sans Ombre
b. Aviformes (Part 1)
Digital Voices
Pogus Productions/2012
a. bass baritone: Nicholas Isherwood; b. soprano: Barbara Zanichelli; electronic music: Leo Kupper; recorded at Studio de Recherches, Brussels
John Luther Adams: Morningfieldsong
Songbirdsongs
Mode Records/2012
The Callithumpian Consort; director: Stephen Drury; featured bird songs: song sparrow, field sparrow; recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston, 2006 and 2008
SET TWO
John Luther Adams: Mourning Dove
Songbirdsongs
Mode Records/2012
The Callithumpian Consort; director: Stephen Drury; featured bird songs: mourning dove; recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston, 2006 and 2008
Adrian Moore: Fields of Darkness and Light
Contrechamps
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
violin: Darragh Morgan; realized at the composer's studio and premiered at Clothworkers Centenary Hall, Leeds, UK, April 28, 2010; commissioned by Darragh Morgan
Samuel Adler: for Milton
Milton Babbitt -- A Composers' Memorial [various artists]
Open Space/2012
violin: Michelle Ross
SET THREE
R. Weis: Plastic Foil Rubber
Excitable Audible
R. Weis/2011
sampling and sequencing: Robert Weis
Joel Gressel: Crossings
Computer Generations [various artists]
CRI/2011 (orig. 1978, 1996)
computer music realized at the Godfrey Winham Laboratory, Princeton University, 1976
Joel Gressel: Is It Serious?
Milton Babbitt -- A Composers' Memorial [various artists]
Open Space/2012
computer music: Joel Gressel
SINGLE PLAY
Françoise Barrière: Trois modes d'air et de lamentations
a. Premier mouvement
b. Second mouvement
c. Troisième mouvement
Compendium International -- Bourges 2006 [various artists]
Mnémosyne Musique Media/2006
accordion: Claudio Jacomucci; electronic music: Françoise Barrière; realized at IMEB, Bourges, 2004-2005
SET FOUR
Kyle Bruckmann: Cell Structure
On Procedural Grounds
New World Records/2012
oboe, electronic music: Kyle Bruckmann; clarinet: Matt Ingalls; recorded at New Improved Recording, Oakland, June 29, 2011
Dr. Ox: Beta Receptor
Dr. Ox
Cycling '74/2008
cello: Tanja Orning; computer: Natasha Barrett; recorded at NoTAM, Oslo, December 2006
Christian Calon:
a. Hauteur des simulacres (At the Level of Simulacra)
b. Le parking (The Parking Lot)
Le Projet Ulysse [The Ulysses Project]
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
electroacoustic music: Christian Calon; guitar: Rene Lussier; voice: Shelley Hirsch; premiered the studios of German radio, Berlin, December 4, 1998
SINGLE PLAY
Ingram Marshall:
a. Inside
b. Rules and Regulations
c. Cell Doors
Alcatraz
New Albion Records/1991
-- 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 April 08, 2012
SINGLE PLAY
Jorge Rapp: Electronic Study II
Cultures électroniques 19 -- Bourges 2006 [various artists]
Mnémosyne Musique Media/2006
composed at the Music Production and Research Laboratory from Recoleta Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires, 1985; Synclavier II and software: Jorge Rapp
SINGLE PLAY
Mauricio Kagel: Phonophonie --
Four melodramas for two voices and other sound sources
Transición II/Phonophonie
Mode Records/2003
bass baritone: Nicholas Isherwood; tapes and sound direction: Stefano Bassanese; offstage voice: Tim Greacon; prerecorded percussion: Dmitri Fiorin; prerecorded voices: Piera Acone, Elena Barbalich; additional voices: Daniele Del Giudice, Xavier Tabet; Nicholas Isherwood; realized in Venice and Paris, 1999-2001
SET ONE
Leo Kupper:
a. Lumiere sans Ombre
b. Aviformes (Part 1)
Digital Voices
Pogus Productions/2012
a. bass baritone: Nicholas Isherwood; b. soprano: Barbara Zanichelli; electronic music: Leo Kupper; recorded at Studio de Recherches, Brussels
John Luther Adams: Morningfieldsong
Songbirdsongs
Mode Records/2012
The Callithumpian Consort; director: Stephen Drury; featured bird songs: song sparrow, field sparrow; recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston, 2006 and 2008
SET TWO
John Luther Adams: Mourning Dove
Songbirdsongs
Mode Records/2012
The Callithumpian Consort; director: Stephen Drury; featured bird songs: mourning dove; recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston, 2006 and 2008
Adrian Moore: Fields of Darkness and Light
Contrechamps
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
violin: Darragh Morgan; realized at the composer's studio and premiered at Clothworkers Centenary Hall, Leeds, UK, April 28, 2010; commissioned by Darragh Morgan
Samuel Adler: for Milton
Milton Babbitt -- A Composers' Memorial [various artists]
Open Space/2012
violin: Michelle Ross
SET THREE
R. Weis: Plastic Foil Rubber
Excitable Audible
R. Weis/2011
sampling and sequencing: Robert Weis
Joel Gressel: Crossings
Computer Generations [various artists]
CRI/2011 (orig. 1978, 1996)
computer music realized at the Godfrey Winham Laboratory, Princeton University, 1976
Joel Gressel: Is It Serious?
Milton Babbitt -- A Composers' Memorial [various artists]
Open Space/2012
computer music: Joel Gressel
SINGLE PLAY
Françoise Barrière: Trois modes d'air et de lamentations
a. Premier mouvement
b. Second mouvement
c. Troisième mouvement
Compendium International -- Bourges 2006 [various artists]
Mnémosyne Musique Media/2006
accordion: Claudio Jacomucci; electronic music: Françoise Barrière; realized at IMEB, Bourges, 2004-2005
SET FOUR
Kyle Bruckmann: Cell Structure
On Procedural Grounds
New World Records/2012
oboe, electronic music: Kyle Bruckmann; clarinet: Matt Ingalls; recorded at New Improved Recording, Oakland, June 29, 2011
Dr. Ox: Beta Receptor
Dr. Ox
Cycling '74/2008
cello: Tanja Orning; computer: Natasha Barrett; recorded at NoTAM, Oslo, December 2006
Christian Calon:
a. Hauteur des simulacres (At the Level of Simulacra)
b. Le parking (The Parking Lot)
Le Projet Ulysse [The Ulysses Project]
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
electroacoustic music: Christian Calon; guitar: Rene Lussier; voice: Shelley Hirsch; premiered the studios of German radio, Berlin, December 4, 1998
SINGLE PLAY
Ingram Marshall:
a. Inside
b. Rules and Regulations
c. Cell Doors
Alcatraz
New Albion Records/1991
-- FIN --
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Martian Gardens for 04/01/2012
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 April 01, 2012
SET ONE
Earle Brown:
a. Three Pieces I-III
b. Perspectives
Music for Piano(s), 1951-1995
New Albion Records/1996
piano: David Arden
Johanna Beyer: Movement for Double Bass and Piano
Modern American Bass [various artists]
New World Records/2011
bass: Robert Black; piano: John McDonald
Johanna Beyer: Gebrauchs-Musik I-III
Crawford/Beyer
New Albion Records/2001
piano: Sarah Cahill
SET TWO
Harry Partch: November 15 -- Leaving Santa Barbara
Bitter Music
Bridge Records/2012
narrator: John Schneider; piano: Richard Valitutto
Harry Partch: selections from Water! Water!
a. Water Criers. Visitors from strange and foreign places:
The Singer from Spoleto, and an Alabama Mocking Bird -- Dear Old Alabama
b. Water Criers. The baseball game is called on account of rain!
c. Opening Epilogue. Ghosts, Undele, Oomph! (The Indian Ghosts dance
over Clarence's body and play on liquor bottles)
d. Do-lo-lo-lo -- doom! (Aldermen, Ladies, and Ghosts) Phoebus bids
farewell. The Indian Runners bring news. The final song and dance,
Gone, Man, Gone! (whole ensemble). With the descending moan of sirens
Phoebus plunges wildly into nothingness.
The Harry Partch Collection Volume 3
New World Records/1997
Water! Water! An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues, Gate 5 Ensemble Cast and Instrumentalists conducted by John Garvey; recorded at the University of Illinois, 1962
SET THREE
Warren Burt: The Shape of the Voice I -- Milton Babbitt
Milton Babbitt -- A Composers' Memorial [various artists]
Open Space/2012
computer music: Warren Burt
Kim Cascone: Edgeboundaries 123
Dust Theories
Cycling '74/2001
computer music: Kim Cascone
Pete Stollery: Back to Square One
Scènes
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
realized at the Studio Circé of IMEB, Bourges, 2007; North East Scotland’s Festival of New Music Sound at the Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen, September 1, 2007
SET FOUR
Milton Babbitt: Phonemena for soprano and tape
Philomel
New World Records/1995
soprano: Lynne Webber
John Melby: for Milton
Milton Babbitt -- A Composers' Memorial [various artists]
Open Space/2012
computer and soprano; coloratura soprano: Patricia Sonego
Lydia Kavina: In Whims of the Wind
Music from the Ether -- Original Works for Theremin
Mode Records/1999
Theremin: Lydia Kavina; piano: Joshua Pierce; coloratura soprano: Elizabeth Parcells; recorded at John Ford Auditorium, Portland, Maine, June 22, 1997
SET FIVE
Joseph Cell and Jin Hi Kim: April One
No World (Trio) Improvisations
O.O. Discs/1992
voice: Shelley Hirsch; electric komungo: Jin Hi Kim; reeds, Korean piri: Joseph Celli; recorded at Coyote Studios, Brooklyn, September 12, 1991
Eleanor Hovda:
a. Jo Ha Kyu
b. Ikima
The Eleanor Hovda Collection
Innova Recordings/
a. oboe: Lydia Van Cleve; b. shakuhachi: Eleanor Hovda
Luciano Berio:
a. Comma
b. Chanson pour Pierre Boulez
Sequenzas & Solo Works
Mode Records/2006
a. e-flat clarinet: Carol Robinson; recorded at La Muse en Circuit, Alfortville, France, September 2, 2005; b. cello: Rohan de Saram; recorded at Teldex Studio, Berlin, April 2, 2006
SET SIX
Carlo Serafini: Bicycles and Bowls
Possible Worlds -- Recent Xenharmonic Explorations [various artists]
Spectropol Records/2012
Douglas Geers: Polk Pond
60 x 60 -- 2004/2005 [various artists]
Vox Novus/2007
Nicolas Bernier: Antithèse électronique
Travaux Mécaniques
empreintes DIGITALes/2012
Christian Banasik: Glass Cutter
60 x 60 -- 2004/2005 [various artists]
Vox Novus/2007
R. Weis: Casserole & Singing Bowl
Excitable Audible
R. Weis/2011
Annea Lockwood: Dialogue -- Bottles & Jars
The Glass World
¿What Next? Recordings/1997 (orig. 1970)
PAS: Melancholy Drink Coaster
Pure Energy Output Sessions
Alrealon Musique/2012
SINGLE PLAY
Iannis Xenakis: excerpts from La légende d'Eer
Electronic Works I: La Legend D'Eer
Mode Records/2005
7-channel tape (1977-1978) remixed by Gerard Pape at GRM, Paris, 2004
-- 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 April 01, 2012
SET ONE
Earle Brown:
a. Three Pieces I-III
b. Perspectives
Music for Piano(s), 1951-1995
New Albion Records/1996
piano: David Arden
Johanna Beyer: Movement for Double Bass and Piano
Modern American Bass [various artists]
New World Records/2011
bass: Robert Black; piano: John McDonald
Johanna Beyer: Gebrauchs-Musik I-III
Crawford/Beyer
New Albion Records/2001
piano: Sarah Cahill
SET TWO
Harry Partch: November 15 -- Leaving Santa Barbara
Bitter Music
Bridge Records/2012
narrator: John Schneider; piano: Richard Valitutto
Harry Partch: selections from Water! Water!
a. Water Criers. Visitors from strange and foreign places:
The Singer from Spoleto, and an Alabama Mocking Bird -- Dear Old Alabama
b. Water Criers. The baseball game is called on account of rain!
c. Opening Epilogue. Ghosts, Undele, Oomph! (The Indian Ghosts dance
over Clarence's body and play on liquor bottles)
d. Do-lo-lo-lo -- doom! (Aldermen, Ladies, and Ghosts) Phoebus bids
farewell. The Indian Runners bring news. The final song and dance,
Gone, Man, Gone! (whole ensemble). With the descending moan of sirens
Phoebus plunges wildly into nothingness.
The Harry Partch Collection Volume 3
New World Records/1997
Water! Water! An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues, Gate 5 Ensemble Cast and Instrumentalists conducted by John Garvey; recorded at the University of Illinois, 1962
SET THREE
Warren Burt: The Shape of the Voice I -- Milton Babbitt
Milton Babbitt -- A Composers' Memorial [various artists]
Open Space/2012
computer music: Warren Burt
Kim Cascone: Edgeboundaries 123
Dust Theories
Cycling '74/2001
computer music: Kim Cascone
Pete Stollery: Back to Square One
Scènes
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
realized at the Studio Circé of IMEB, Bourges, 2007; North East Scotland’s Festival of New Music Sound at the Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen, September 1, 2007
SET FOUR
Milton Babbitt: Phonemena for soprano and tape
Philomel
New World Records/1995
soprano: Lynne Webber
John Melby: for Milton
Milton Babbitt -- A Composers' Memorial [various artists]
Open Space/2012
computer and soprano; coloratura soprano: Patricia Sonego
Lydia Kavina: In Whims of the Wind
Music from the Ether -- Original Works for Theremin
Mode Records/1999
Theremin: Lydia Kavina; piano: Joshua Pierce; coloratura soprano: Elizabeth Parcells; recorded at John Ford Auditorium, Portland, Maine, June 22, 1997
SET FIVE
Joseph Cell and Jin Hi Kim: April One
No World (Trio) Improvisations
O.O. Discs/1992
voice: Shelley Hirsch; electric komungo: Jin Hi Kim; reeds, Korean piri: Joseph Celli; recorded at Coyote Studios, Brooklyn, September 12, 1991
Eleanor Hovda:
a. Jo Ha Kyu
b. Ikima
The Eleanor Hovda Collection
Innova Recordings/
a. oboe: Lydia Van Cleve; b. shakuhachi: Eleanor Hovda
Luciano Berio:
a. Comma
b. Chanson pour Pierre Boulez
Sequenzas & Solo Works
Mode Records/2006
a. e-flat clarinet: Carol Robinson; recorded at La Muse en Circuit, Alfortville, France, September 2, 2005; b. cello: Rohan de Saram; recorded at Teldex Studio, Berlin, April 2, 2006
SET SIX
Carlo Serafini: Bicycles and Bowls
Possible Worlds -- Recent Xenharmonic Explorations [various artists]
Spectropol Records/2012
Douglas Geers: Polk Pond
60 x 60 -- 2004/2005 [various artists]
Vox Novus/2007
Nicolas Bernier: Antithèse électronique
Travaux Mécaniques
empreintes DIGITALes/2012
Christian Banasik: Glass Cutter
60 x 60 -- 2004/2005 [various artists]
Vox Novus/2007
R. Weis: Casserole & Singing Bowl
Excitable Audible
R. Weis/2011
Annea Lockwood: Dialogue -- Bottles & Jars
The Glass World
¿What Next? Recordings/1997 (orig. 1970)
PAS: Melancholy Drink Coaster
Pure Energy Output Sessions
Alrealon Musique/2012
SINGLE PLAY
Iannis Xenakis: excerpts from La légende d'Eer
Electronic Works I: La Legend D'Eer
Mode Records/2005
7-channel tape (1977-1978) remixed by Gerard Pape at GRM, Paris, 2004
-- FIN --
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Martian Gardens for 03/25/2012
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 March 25, 2012
SET ONE
Pauline Oliveros and Miya Masaoka: Afternoon (Hirusugi)
Accordion Koto
Deep Listening/2007
koto: Miya Masaoka; accordion: P. Oliveros; recorded in the Bard College Recording Studio
Earl Howard: Crupper
Granular Modality
New World Records/2012
koto: Miya Masaoka; synthesizer, processing: Earl Howard; recorded in concert at Roulette, New York City
Christopher Bailey: Can't Sleep
Possible Worlds [various artists]
Spectropol Records/2011
SET TWO
Frank Denyer: Two Beacons
Silenced Voices
Mode Records/2008
The Barton Workshop and guests, directors: Frank Denyer and James Fulkerson;
recorded Bethanieklooster, Amsterdam, and Darlington College of Arts, 2006
George Cacioppo: Time on Time in Miracles
Advance of the Fungi
Mode Records/2006
Ensemble 2e2m; soprano: Janet Pape; conductor: Paul Méfano; recorded at the Atrium Theater, Chaville, France
SET THREE
Philip Glass: Knee 2
Einstein on the Beach
Nonesuch Records/1993
The Philip Glass Ensemble and Chorus, conductor: Michael Riesman; recorded in 1993
Alvin Curran:
a. Harmony Circus
b. Corny Island (Ochs solo)
c. Dust Bowl
Electric Rags II
New Albion Records/1990
Rova Saxophone Quartet (baritone and alto: Jon Riskin; tenor and sopranino: Larry Ochs; alto and sopranino: Steve Adams; sorano: Bruce Ackley); electronics: Alvin Curran; Oberheim Xpander: Scot Gresham-Lancaster; recorded in San Francisco, 1989
Frank Garvey and DeusMachina:
a. Goodbye
b. Tweedledee-dee
House of the Deafman
Innova Recordings/2001
recorded for the OmniCircus, San Francisco
Lou Harrison: Rapunzel, Act VI
Rapunzel and Other Works
New Albion Records/1997
soprano: Patrice Maginnis; mezzo soprano: Lynne McMurtry; baritone: John Duykers; Ensemble Parallèle, conductor: Nicole Paeiement; recorded at the University of California Santa Cruz, June 1996
SET FOUR
Adrian Moore: Sustain
Contrechamps
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
realized at the composer's studio and premiered at the 20 Years of Musical Innovation at PACE Studio 1 of De Montfort University, Leicester, 3/01/10
John Bischoff: Decay Trace
Audio Combine
New World Records/2012
computer music by John Bischoff recorded at Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland
SET FIVE
PAS: Electric Rain on Adams Bridge
Flanked by Women and Pumpkins
Alrealon Musique/2012
Blue Sausage Infant: Aphid's Lament
Manitou
Blue Sausage Infant/2012
John Shirley: Memoriam
Sonic Ninjutsu
Cycling '74/2004
David Buddin: Canticle III
Canticles for Electronic Music
ugEXPLODE Records/2012
SET SIX
Shelley Hirsch: In the Basement
Mendi + Keith Obadike present Crosstalk [various artists]
Bridge Records/2009
Shelley Hirsch: Dipped
O Little Town of East New York
Tzadik/1995
Christian Calon: Le rêve (The Dream)
Le projet Ulysse
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
voice of Penelope: Shelley Hirsch; guitar: René Lussier; electroacoustic music: C. Calon; text: C. Calon inspired by James Joyce; realized at the composer's studio in Montreal 1996-2001; additional recording in Paris, Marseille, Montreal, and Berlin; premiered at Werkstatt, Deutschlandradio Berlin, 12/04/98
Jerry Hunt:
a. String 5 -- Birds
b. String 6
Song Drapes
Tzadik/1999
electronic music: Jerry Hunt (1992); voice/text on Birds: Shelley Hirsch; recorded at Avatar, New York City, 1999
Noah Creshevsky: The Kindness of Strangers
Rounded with a Sleep
Pogus Productions/2011
voice and guitar: Gary Heidt; lap steel/banjo: Rich Gross; bass: Orin Buck; electroacoustic music: Noah Creshevsky
Shelley Hirsch: Blanche Dubois
States
Tellus-Harvestworks/1997
voice/improvised text: S. Hirsch; electronic music: David Weinstein; recorded at Roulette, New York City, 1987
Robert Ashley: The Angel of Loneliness
Dust -- An Opera
Lovely Music/2000
voice: Sam Ashley; chorus: Sam Ashley, Thomas Buckner, Tom Hamilton, Jacqueline Humbert, Joan La Barbara; "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Robert Ashley; text: Robert Ashley; electronic orchestration: Robert Ashley, "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Tom Hamilton; recorded at The Kitchen, New York City
SINGLE PLAY
Philip Blackburn: Scratch I-Ching
Ghostly Psalms
Innova Recordings/2012
-- 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 March 25, 2012
SET ONE
Pauline Oliveros and Miya Masaoka: Afternoon (Hirusugi)
Accordion Koto
Deep Listening/2007
koto: Miya Masaoka; accordion: P. Oliveros; recorded in the Bard College Recording Studio
Earl Howard: Crupper
Granular Modality
New World Records/2012
koto: Miya Masaoka; synthesizer, processing: Earl Howard; recorded in concert at Roulette, New York City
Christopher Bailey: Can't Sleep
Possible Worlds [various artists]
Spectropol Records/2011
SET TWO
Frank Denyer: Two Beacons
Silenced Voices
Mode Records/2008
The Barton Workshop and guests, directors: Frank Denyer and James Fulkerson;
recorded Bethanieklooster, Amsterdam, and Darlington College of Arts, 2006
George Cacioppo: Time on Time in Miracles
Advance of the Fungi
Mode Records/2006
Ensemble 2e2m; soprano: Janet Pape; conductor: Paul Méfano; recorded at the Atrium Theater, Chaville, France
SET THREE
Philip Glass: Knee 2
Einstein on the Beach
Nonesuch Records/1993
The Philip Glass Ensemble and Chorus, conductor: Michael Riesman; recorded in 1993
Alvin Curran:
a. Harmony Circus
b. Corny Island (Ochs solo)
c. Dust Bowl
Electric Rags II
New Albion Records/1990
Rova Saxophone Quartet (baritone and alto: Jon Riskin; tenor and sopranino: Larry Ochs; alto and sopranino: Steve Adams; sorano: Bruce Ackley); electronics: Alvin Curran; Oberheim Xpander: Scot Gresham-Lancaster; recorded in San Francisco, 1989
Frank Garvey and DeusMachina:
a. Goodbye
b. Tweedledee-dee
House of the Deafman
Innova Recordings/2001
recorded for the OmniCircus, San Francisco
Lou Harrison: Rapunzel, Act VI
Rapunzel and Other Works
New Albion Records/1997
soprano: Patrice Maginnis; mezzo soprano: Lynne McMurtry; baritone: John Duykers; Ensemble Parallèle, conductor: Nicole Paeiement; recorded at the University of California Santa Cruz, June 1996
SET FOUR
Adrian Moore: Sustain
Contrechamps
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
realized at the composer's studio and premiered at the 20 Years of Musical Innovation at PACE Studio 1 of De Montfort University, Leicester, 3/01/10
John Bischoff: Decay Trace
Audio Combine
New World Records/2012
computer music by John Bischoff recorded at Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland
SET FIVE
PAS: Electric Rain on Adams Bridge
Flanked by Women and Pumpkins
Alrealon Musique/2012
Blue Sausage Infant: Aphid's Lament
Manitou
Blue Sausage Infant/2012
John Shirley: Memoriam
Sonic Ninjutsu
Cycling '74/2004
David Buddin: Canticle III
Canticles for Electronic Music
ugEXPLODE Records/2012
SET SIX
Shelley Hirsch: In the Basement
Mendi + Keith Obadike present Crosstalk [various artists]
Bridge Records/2009
Shelley Hirsch: Dipped
O Little Town of East New York
Tzadik/1995
Christian Calon: Le rêve (The Dream)
Le projet Ulysse
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
voice of Penelope: Shelley Hirsch; guitar: René Lussier; electroacoustic music: C. Calon; text: C. Calon inspired by James Joyce; realized at the composer's studio in Montreal 1996-2001; additional recording in Paris, Marseille, Montreal, and Berlin; premiered at Werkstatt, Deutschlandradio Berlin, 12/04/98
Jerry Hunt:
a. String 5 -- Birds
b. String 6
Song Drapes
Tzadik/1999
electronic music: Jerry Hunt (1992); voice/text on Birds: Shelley Hirsch; recorded at Avatar, New York City, 1999
Noah Creshevsky: The Kindness of Strangers
Rounded with a Sleep
Pogus Productions/2011
voice and guitar: Gary Heidt; lap steel/banjo: Rich Gross; bass: Orin Buck; electroacoustic music: Noah Creshevsky
Shelley Hirsch: Blanche Dubois
States
Tellus-Harvestworks/1997
voice/improvised text: S. Hirsch; electronic music: David Weinstein; recorded at Roulette, New York City, 1987
Robert Ashley: The Angel of Loneliness
Dust -- An Opera
Lovely Music/2000
voice: Sam Ashley; chorus: Sam Ashley, Thomas Buckner, Tom Hamilton, Jacqueline Humbert, Joan La Barbara; "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Robert Ashley; text: Robert Ashley; electronic orchestration: Robert Ashley, "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Tom Hamilton; recorded at The Kitchen, New York City
SINGLE PLAY
Philip Blackburn: Scratch I-Ching
Ghostly Psalms
Innova Recordings/2012
-- FIN --
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Martian Gardens for 03/18/2012
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 March 18, 2012
SINGLE PLAY
Tim Brady: Roche Noire (Chronique Irlandais) [René Lussier]
Imaginary Guitars
Justin Time/1995
electric guitar: Tim Brady; electric bass, tapes: René Lussier; percussion: Pierre Tanguay; tapes, soundscapes: Claude Beaugrand; commentary: Grace Adaline Bamford-Brady, Frank Patrick Brady; "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" sung by the Right Honorable Brian Mulroney; recorded at Studio 270, Outremont, Quebec, 1992
SET ONE
John Cage: Roaratorio -- An Irish Circus on Finnegan's Wake (Part Two)
Roaratorio; Laughtears
Mode Records/2002
singer: Joe Heaney; Uillean pipes: Seamus Ennis; fiddle: Paddy Glackin;
flute: Matt Molloy; bodhran: Peadher Mercier, Mell Mercier; voice, 62-track tape: J. Cage; text: James Joyce; premiered 10/22/79, West German Radio, Cologne
Charlie Morrow: A Future Harvest -- Vocalise
Toot!
XI Records/2011
vocals: Pan Morigan; percussion: Glen Velez; recorded at WDR, Cologne
SET TWO
Alvin Curran/Malcolm Goldstein:
a. Program Introduction
b. From Center of Rainbow, Sounding
Maritime Rites
New World Records/2004
violin/violin composition: M. Goldstein; field recordings/sound composition: A. Curran; all sounds recorded in the state of Maine; lobstermen commentary: Phil Raynes and Clive Poole of Camden
Lou Harrison:
a. Prelude
b. Round Dance
Rhymes with Silver
New Albion Records/2000
cello: Jean Jeanrenaud; violin: David Abel; viola: Benjamin Simon; piano: Julie Steinberg; vibraphone and percussion: William Winant; recorded at Fantasy Records, Berkeley, June 2000
SET THREE
Philip Blackburn: Draw on, Sweet night
Ghostly Psalms
Innova Recordings/2012
brainwave-triggered vocal samples, EEG/EKG sensor connected to Max/MSP patch; recorded at Trinity College, Cambridge, 2010
Zoviet France: Marrch Dynamic
Shouting at the Ground
Red Rhino Records/1988
recorded in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, April 1987
Chris Watson: Starling Song
Outside the Circle of Fire
Touch Records/1998
recorded on the Isle of Coll, Scotland, May 1995
Pete Stollery: Resound
Scènes
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
sounds and interviews recorded in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, for the Gordon Soundscape project; realized in 2005, premiered on 11/08/08, Discoveries Series’ Concert 34, Thainstone Centre, Inverurie, Scotland
SET FOUR
Harry Partch: Harrington Ranch, June 24, 1935
Bitter Music
Bridge Records/2011
narrator: John Schneider; piano: Richard Valitutto; recorded at Second Story Studio, Venice, California, August 2010
"Blue" Gene Tyranny: Somewhere in Arizona
The Somewhere Songs/The Invention of Memory
Mutable Music/2008
baritone voice: Thomas Buckner; saxophone: Peter Gordon; environmental/electronic sounds: BGT; vocal recording/final mix: Tom Hamilton; recorded at Systems II, Brooklyn
SET FIVE
Lydia Kavina: Mixolydia (Jorge Antunes)
Music from the Ether -- Original Works for Theremin
Mode Records/1999
Theremin: L. Kavina; tape: J. Antunes; electronics realized at GRM, Paris, and GMEB, Bourges, 1995
Sarah Peebles: The Curse of Border Vacuums, part I
Insect Groove
Cycling '74/2002
computers (Max, Sample Cell, Unity DS-1 software): S. Peebles
James Mobberley: Study for Vox Inhumana
Music of James Mobberley
CD-R/2009
fixed media: J. Mobberley; recorded at the University of Missouri, Kansas City
SINGLE PLAY
Earl Howard: Bird 3
Granular Modality
New World Records/2012
synthesizer: Earl Howard; recorded in concert at Roulette, New York City, 3/19/06
--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 March 18, 2012
SINGLE PLAY
Tim Brady: Roche Noire (Chronique Irlandais) [René Lussier]
Imaginary Guitars
Justin Time/1995
electric guitar: Tim Brady; electric bass, tapes: René Lussier; percussion: Pierre Tanguay; tapes, soundscapes: Claude Beaugrand; commentary: Grace Adaline Bamford-Brady, Frank Patrick Brady; "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" sung by the Right Honorable Brian Mulroney; recorded at Studio 270, Outremont, Quebec, 1992
SET ONE
John Cage: Roaratorio -- An Irish Circus on Finnegan's Wake (Part Two)
Roaratorio; Laughtears
Mode Records/2002
singer: Joe Heaney; Uillean pipes: Seamus Ennis; fiddle: Paddy Glackin;
flute: Matt Molloy; bodhran: Peadher Mercier, Mell Mercier; voice, 62-track tape: J. Cage; text: James Joyce; premiered 10/22/79, West German Radio, Cologne
Charlie Morrow: A Future Harvest -- Vocalise
Toot!
XI Records/2011
vocals: Pan Morigan; percussion: Glen Velez; recorded at WDR, Cologne
SET TWO
Alvin Curran/Malcolm Goldstein:
a. Program Introduction
b. From Center of Rainbow, Sounding
Maritime Rites
New World Records/2004
violin/violin composition: M. Goldstein; field recordings/sound composition: A. Curran; all sounds recorded in the state of Maine; lobstermen commentary: Phil Raynes and Clive Poole of Camden
Lou Harrison:
a. Prelude
b. Round Dance
Rhymes with Silver
New Albion Records/2000
cello: Jean Jeanrenaud; violin: David Abel; viola: Benjamin Simon; piano: Julie Steinberg; vibraphone and percussion: William Winant; recorded at Fantasy Records, Berkeley, June 2000
SET THREE
Philip Blackburn: Draw on, Sweet night
Ghostly Psalms
Innova Recordings/2012
brainwave-triggered vocal samples, EEG/EKG sensor connected to Max/MSP patch; recorded at Trinity College, Cambridge, 2010
Zoviet France: Marrch Dynamic
Shouting at the Ground
Red Rhino Records/1988
recorded in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, April 1987
Chris Watson: Starling Song
Outside the Circle of Fire
Touch Records/1998
recorded on the Isle of Coll, Scotland, May 1995
Pete Stollery: Resound
Scènes
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
sounds and interviews recorded in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, for the Gordon Soundscape project; realized in 2005, premiered on 11/08/08, Discoveries Series’ Concert 34, Thainstone Centre, Inverurie, Scotland
SET FOUR
Harry Partch: Harrington Ranch, June 24, 1935
Bitter Music
Bridge Records/2011
narrator: John Schneider; piano: Richard Valitutto; recorded at Second Story Studio, Venice, California, August 2010
"Blue" Gene Tyranny: Somewhere in Arizona
The Somewhere Songs/The Invention of Memory
Mutable Music/2008
baritone voice: Thomas Buckner; saxophone: Peter Gordon; environmental/electronic sounds: BGT; vocal recording/final mix: Tom Hamilton; recorded at Systems II, Brooklyn
SET FIVE
Lydia Kavina: Mixolydia (Jorge Antunes)
Music from the Ether -- Original Works for Theremin
Mode Records/1999
Theremin: L. Kavina; tape: J. Antunes; electronics realized at GRM, Paris, and GMEB, Bourges, 1995
Sarah Peebles: The Curse of Border Vacuums, part I
Insect Groove
Cycling '74/2002
computers (Max, Sample Cell, Unity DS-1 software): S. Peebles
James Mobberley: Study for Vox Inhumana
Music of James Mobberley
CD-R/2009
fixed media: J. Mobberley; recorded at the University of Missouri, Kansas City
SINGLE PLAY
Earl Howard: Bird 3
Granular Modality
New World Records/2012
synthesizer: Earl Howard; recorded in concert at Roulette, New York City, 3/19/06
--FIN--
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Martian Gardens for 03/11/2012
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 March 11, 2012
SET ONE
Noah Creshevsky: La Sonnambula
Rounded with a Sleep
Pogus Productions/2011
electronic music: Noah Creshevsky; clarinet: Sherman Friedland
Herbert Brün: Non Sequitur VI
Wayfaring Sounds
Electronic Music Foundation/1998
flute: Carolyn Ho; cello: Sarah Wiseman; piano: Ann Warde; harp: Shirley Blankenship; marimba: J.C. Kilbourne, Jeff Magby; percussion: David Madden, Ian Ding; conductor: Arun Chandra; recorded at the University of Illinois; written on SCATRE/MUSICOMP software; tape programmed on the D/A sound synthesis system
SET TWO
Roger Reynolds: Epigram and Evolution
Epigram and Evolution -- Complete Piano Works
Mode Records/2009
piano: Eric Huebner
Iannis Xenakis: Plektó
Ensemble Music 1
Mode Records/1996
ST-X Ensemble; conductor: Charles Zachary Bornstein; The Thread Waxing Space, New York City, 6/21/95
Morton Feldman: Vertical Thoughts 5
Only -- Works for Voice and Instruments
New Albion Records/1996
soprano: Joan La Barbara; San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, director: Stephen L. Mosko; recorded in Los Angeles, 1995
SET THREE
Amnon Wolman: No Stopping Any Time
Dangerous Bend
Cycling '74/2001
Max/MSP programming: A. Wolman; marimba: Michael Burritt
Elainie Lillios: Backroads
a. Shoe Factory
b. Tree Tunnel
c. Elevator
Entre Espaces (Between Spaces)
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
electroacoustic music realized at the composer's studio, Bowling Green, Ohio; premiered at Rien à voir (12) concert series presented by Réseaux at Espace GO in Montréal, 3/13/02
SET FOUR
Alvin Lucier: Vespers (1st 1/2)
Vespers and Other Early Works
New World Records/2002
music for echolocation device, 1969
Philip Mantione: HFTwo
Depth of Field
Scattered Music/2012
Max/MSP "Headfuck" software: P. Mantione
Dr. Ox: Motif of Myo1p
Dr. Ox
Cycling '74/2008
cello: Tanja Orning; computer: Natasha Barrett; recorded at NoTAM (Norwegian Center for Technology in Music and Art), Oslo; March 11 -- Happy Birthday to Natasha B.
SET FIVE
John Bischoff: Surface Effect
Audio Combine
New World Records/2012
computer music: John Bischoff; recorded at Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland, 2011
Joseph Celli: Spiral (K. Stockhausen)
Organic Oboe
O.O. Discs/1991 (orig. 1978)
oboe, English horn, electrified English horn, voice, kazoo, shortwave radio, various noisemakers: J. Celli
SET SIX
Robert Dow: White Water (Airflow)
Selected Works 2008
Robert Dow/2008
electroacoustic music: Robert Dow (University of Edinburgh)
Mark Alexander Bromwich: Ghosts
Sonic Art from Aberdeen, Glasgow, Huddersfield and Newcastle [various artists]
MPS Music and Video/2000
electroacoustic music: Mark Alexander Bokowiec (née Bromwich)(University of Huddersfield, UK)
SET SEVEN
Harry Partch:
a. London, October 1934
b. By the Rivers of Babylon
Bitter Music
Bridge Records/2011
narrator: John Schneider; adapted viola: Richard Valitutto
Harry Partch: Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales
a. Study on Olympos' Pentatonic
b. Study on Archytas' Enharmonic
Just West Coast
Bridge Records/1993
just guitar, adapted guitar: John Schneider; Celtic and concert harps: Amy Schulman
NewBand: Dark Brother (H. Partch)
Harry Partch/Dean Drummond
Innova Recordings/2001
bass-baritone: Robert Osborne, NewBand, text: Thomas Wolfe
SINGLE PLAY
John Cage: Dream
Just West Coast
Bridge Records/1993
guitar: John Schneider
-- 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 March 11, 2012
SET ONE
Noah Creshevsky: La Sonnambula
Rounded with a Sleep
Pogus Productions/2011
electronic music: Noah Creshevsky; clarinet: Sherman Friedland
Herbert Brün: Non Sequitur VI
Wayfaring Sounds
Electronic Music Foundation/1998
flute: Carolyn Ho; cello: Sarah Wiseman; piano: Ann Warde; harp: Shirley Blankenship; marimba: J.C. Kilbourne, Jeff Magby; percussion: David Madden, Ian Ding; conductor: Arun Chandra; recorded at the University of Illinois; written on SCATRE/MUSICOMP software; tape programmed on the D/A sound synthesis system
SET TWO
Roger Reynolds: Epigram and Evolution
Epigram and Evolution -- Complete Piano Works
Mode Records/2009
piano: Eric Huebner
Iannis Xenakis: Plektó
Ensemble Music 1
Mode Records/1996
ST-X Ensemble; conductor: Charles Zachary Bornstein; The Thread Waxing Space, New York City, 6/21/95
Morton Feldman: Vertical Thoughts 5
Only -- Works for Voice and Instruments
New Albion Records/1996
soprano: Joan La Barbara; San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, director: Stephen L. Mosko; recorded in Los Angeles, 1995
SET THREE
Amnon Wolman: No Stopping Any Time
Dangerous Bend
Cycling '74/2001
Max/MSP programming: A. Wolman; marimba: Michael Burritt
Elainie Lillios: Backroads
a. Shoe Factory
b. Tree Tunnel
c. Elevator
Entre Espaces (Between Spaces)
empreintes DIGITALes/2011
electroacoustic music realized at the composer's studio, Bowling Green, Ohio; premiered at Rien à voir (12) concert series presented by Réseaux at Espace GO in Montréal, 3/13/02
SET FOUR
Alvin Lucier: Vespers (1st 1/2)
Vespers and Other Early Works
New World Records/2002
music for echolocation device, 1969
Philip Mantione: HFTwo
Depth of Field
Scattered Music/2012
Max/MSP "Headfuck" software: P. Mantione
Dr. Ox: Motif of Myo1p
Dr. Ox
Cycling '74/2008
cello: Tanja Orning; computer: Natasha Barrett; recorded at NoTAM (Norwegian Center for Technology in Music and Art), Oslo; March 11 -- Happy Birthday to Natasha B.
SET FIVE
John Bischoff: Surface Effect
Audio Combine
New World Records/2012
computer music: John Bischoff; recorded at Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland, 2011
Joseph Celli: Spiral (K. Stockhausen)
Organic Oboe
O.O. Discs/1991 (orig. 1978)
oboe, English horn, electrified English horn, voice, kazoo, shortwave radio, various noisemakers: J. Celli
SET SIX
Robert Dow: White Water (Airflow)
Selected Works 2008
Robert Dow/2008
electroacoustic music: Robert Dow (University of Edinburgh)
Mark Alexander Bromwich: Ghosts
Sonic Art from Aberdeen, Glasgow, Huddersfield and Newcastle [various artists]
MPS Music and Video/2000
electroacoustic music: Mark Alexander Bokowiec (née Bromwich)(University of Huddersfield, UK)
SET SEVEN
Harry Partch:
a. London, October 1934
b. By the Rivers of Babylon
Bitter Music
Bridge Records/2011
narrator: John Schneider; adapted viola: Richard Valitutto
Harry Partch: Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales
a. Study on Olympos' Pentatonic
b. Study on Archytas' Enharmonic
Just West Coast
Bridge Records/1993
just guitar, adapted guitar: John Schneider; Celtic and concert harps: Amy Schulman
NewBand: Dark Brother (H. Partch)
Harry Partch/Dean Drummond
Innova Recordings/2001
bass-baritone: Robert Osborne, NewBand, text: Thomas Wolfe
SINGLE PLAY
John Cage: Dream
Just West Coast
Bridge Records/1993
guitar: John Schneider
-- FIN --
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Martian Gardens for 03/04/2012
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 March 4, 2012
SET ONE
Harry Partch: December 7, 1935 -- Night. Four black walls
Bitter Music
Bridge Record/2011
narrator: John Schneider; piano: Richard Valitutto; recorded at Second Story Studio, Venice, California, August 2010
John Cage: from Four Walls, Act One
a. Scene I
b. Scene II
c. Scene III
d. Scene VII (vocal interlude)
The Perilous Night/Four Walls
New Albion Records/1991
piano: Margaret Leng Tan; voice: Joan La Barbara; text: Jay Clayton; recorded at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York City, November 1990
SET TWO
Joan La Barbara: Shamansong [excerpt]
Shamansong
New World Records/1998
voice, percussion, computer, electronic keyboard, synthesizer: Joan La Barbara; tar and dunbek: Polly Tapia Ferber; gender: Kristina Melcher; cello: Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick; outdoor and indoor recordings made in New Mexico, 1991
Leo Küpper: Kamana
a. Chlong chlung
b. Tamaré
c. Huimi
d. Kôlingèlélong
Digital Voices
Pogus Productions/2012
soprano: Anna Maria Kieffer; sounds processed and recorded at Studio Recherches, Brussels
SET THREE
Annie Gosfield: Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds Back
NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music [various artists]
Innova Recordings/2010
recorded at Harvestworks, New York City, 1998
Leslie Stuck: Go
Pas
Cycling '74/2003
Live performance for Patricia Corbett and Alexandra Stuck Corbett, choreographed by Elizabeth Corbett, Kamagawa Arts Festival, Yokohama, 1998
Alwin Nikolais: Blank on Blank (excerpt)
Electronic Dance Music
New World Records/1993
Synclavier: A. Nikolais, 1987
Noah Creshevsky: Rounded with a Sleep
Rounded with a Sleep
Pogus Productions/2012
David van Tieghem: Waiting for the Gizmo - no. 1
NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music [various artists]
Innova Recordings/2010
Commissioned by STREB Lab for Action Mechanics (S.L.A.M.), Brooklyn
Amoebazoid: G's Last Day
Zackung
Cycling '74/2007
SET FOUR
Nicola Cisternino: Xöömij
CCMIX Paris -- Xenakis/UPIC/Continuum [various artists]
Mode Records/2001
bass baritone: Nicholas Isherwood; CCMIX: N. Cisternino
Pete Stollery: Peel
Un Son Peut en Cacher un Autre
empreintes DIGITALes/2007
realized at the Electroacoustic Music Studios of the University of Birmingham and Northern College, Aberdeen; premiered at the Midlands Arts Center, Birmingham, 4/05/97
SINGLE PLAY
John Melby: Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Computer
Concerti
Albany Records/2009
piano: Winston Choi; recorded at Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, 1/31/08
SET FIVE
John Cage: Thirteen (1st 1/3)
The Number Pieces 6
Mode Records/2012
Essential Music, directors: John Kennedy and Charles Wood; recorded at SUNY Purchase, 1993-1994
Tim Brady: Two Chords Less Than a Blues
Unison Rituals
Ambiances Magnétiques/2004
saxophones: André Leroux; piano: Lisa Godwin; percussion: Philip Hornsey; recorded at Concordia University's Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Montreal, May 2001
SINGLE PLAY
Michael Byron: Continents of City and Love
Awakening at the Inn of the Birds
Cold Blue Music/2003
piano: Sarah Cahill, Joseph Kubera; synthesizer: Kathleen Supové; contrabass: Greg August; FLUX Quartet; recorded at Sear Sound, New York City, December 2002
SINGLE PLAY
Brian Eno: Hazard
The Drop
All Saints/1997
-- 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 March 4, 2012
SET ONE
Harry Partch: December 7, 1935 -- Night. Four black walls
Bitter Music
Bridge Record/2011
narrator: John Schneider; piano: Richard Valitutto; recorded at Second Story Studio, Venice, California, August 2010
John Cage: from Four Walls, Act One
a. Scene I
b. Scene II
c. Scene III
d. Scene VII (vocal interlude)
The Perilous Night/Four Walls
New Albion Records/1991
piano: Margaret Leng Tan; voice: Joan La Barbara; text: Jay Clayton; recorded at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York City, November 1990
SET TWO
Joan La Barbara: Shamansong [excerpt]
Shamansong
New World Records/1998
voice, percussion, computer, electronic keyboard, synthesizer: Joan La Barbara; tar and dunbek: Polly Tapia Ferber; gender: Kristina Melcher; cello: Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick; outdoor and indoor recordings made in New Mexico, 1991
Leo Küpper: Kamana
a. Chlong chlung
b. Tamaré
c. Huimi
d. Kôlingèlélong
Digital Voices
Pogus Productions/2012
soprano: Anna Maria Kieffer; sounds processed and recorded at Studio Recherches, Brussels
SET THREE
Annie Gosfield: Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds Back
NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music [various artists]
Innova Recordings/2010
recorded at Harvestworks, New York City, 1998
Leslie Stuck: Go
Pas
Cycling '74/2003
Live performance for Patricia Corbett and Alexandra Stuck Corbett, choreographed by Elizabeth Corbett, Kamagawa Arts Festival, Yokohama, 1998
Alwin Nikolais: Blank on Blank (excerpt)
Electronic Dance Music
New World Records/1993
Synclavier: A. Nikolais, 1987
Noah Creshevsky: Rounded with a Sleep
Rounded with a Sleep
Pogus Productions/2012
David van Tieghem: Waiting for the Gizmo - no. 1
NYFA Collection -- 25 Years of New York New Music [various artists]
Innova Recordings/2010
Commissioned by STREB Lab for Action Mechanics (S.L.A.M.), Brooklyn
Amoebazoid: G's Last Day
Zackung
Cycling '74/2007
SET FOUR
Nicola Cisternino: Xöömij
CCMIX Paris -- Xenakis/UPIC/Continuum [various artists]
Mode Records/2001
bass baritone: Nicholas Isherwood; CCMIX: N. Cisternino
Pete Stollery: Peel
Un Son Peut en Cacher un Autre
empreintes DIGITALes/2007
realized at the Electroacoustic Music Studios of the University of Birmingham and Northern College, Aberdeen; premiered at the Midlands Arts Center, Birmingham, 4/05/97
SINGLE PLAY
John Melby: Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Computer
Concerti
Albany Records/2009
piano: Winston Choi; recorded at Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, 1/31/08
SET FIVE
John Cage: Thirteen (1st 1/3)
The Number Pieces 6
Mode Records/2012
Essential Music, directors: John Kennedy and Charles Wood; recorded at SUNY Purchase, 1993-1994
Tim Brady: Two Chords Less Than a Blues
Unison Rituals
Ambiances Magnétiques/2004
saxophones: André Leroux; piano: Lisa Godwin; percussion: Philip Hornsey; recorded at Concordia University's Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Montreal, May 2001
SINGLE PLAY
Michael Byron: Continents of City and Love
Awakening at the Inn of the Birds
Cold Blue Music/2003
piano: Sarah Cahill, Joseph Kubera; synthesizer: Kathleen Supové; contrabass: Greg August; FLUX Quartet; recorded at Sear Sound, New York City, December 2002
SINGLE PLAY
Brian Eno: Hazard
The Drop
All Saints/1997
-- FIN --
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