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A huge batch of new releases for the new year features 3 premiere recordings of 3 remarkable concertos: Francisco Coll’s Les Plaisirs illuminés (with Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta), Ned Rorem’s Mallet Concerto (with Evelyn Glennie), and Thurídur Jónsdóttir’s Flutter (with flutist Mario Caroli). We also preview new albums of creative improvised music by Mark Feldman, Susie Ibarra, and the trio of Wadada Leo Smith, Douglas R. Ewart & Mike Reed. John Zorn channels Alfred Jarry, Bun-Ching Lam channels Etel Adnan and Isabelle Fraisse channels Beethoven’s Opus 111. Sound-In demonstrates how to do lockdown collab, and Oxana Omelchuk demonstrates how to compose intriguing polystylistic chamber works. Finally, we explore new electroacoustic partnerings between Daniel Lentz & Ian William Craig, between Mark Fell & Will Guthrie, and between Fred Frith, Sudhu Tewari & Cenk Ergün. Radical new music from the Northwest and beyond!
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Photo credits: Susie Ibarra by Tony Cenicola, Mark Feldman via Wikimedia, Bun-Ching Lam by Moritz Krauth, Oxana Omelchuk via the artist, Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz by Eli Welbourne via RVNG Intl., Ned Rorem via the artist, Will Guthrie via the artist, Fred Frith by michaelz1/Flickr, Cenk Ergün & Sudhu Tewari via the artists, Isabelle Fraisse via the artist, Mike Reed, Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith & Douglas R. Ewart by Michael Jackson, Thurídur Jónsdóttir via the artist, Patricia Kopatchinskaja by Marco Borggreve, John Zorn by Scott Irvine.
Annotated playlist for show #78⠀
Intro and SET 1: Album previews⠀
1. [2:49] Wadada Leo Smith, Douglas R. Ewart, Mike Reed: Sun Beans of Shimmering Light. From Sun Beans of Shimmering Light (Astral Spirits, 2021) with Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), Douglas R. Ewart (flute), Mike Reed (drums), Dave Zuchowski (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded 2015 at Constellation, Chicago⠀
2. [10:38] Susie Ibarra: Kolubrí (Hummingbird). From Talking Gong (New Focus Recordings, 2021) with Susie Ibarra (drumset, gongs, percussion), Eli Crews (recording)⠀
3. [16:11] Bun-Ching Lam: Conversations with My Soul (excerpt). From Conversations with My Soul (Navona, 2021) with Thomas Buckner (baritone), Tana Quartet. NOTE: Composed 2015-16. Text by Etel Adnan⠀
4. [18:31] Mark Fell, Will Guthrie: Diffractions 2 (excerpt). From Infoldings/Diffractions (NAKID, 2020) with Mark Fell (Max MSP patches), Will Guthrie (percussion)⠀
5. [21:27] Oxana Omelchuk: Sieben Intraden for ensemble. From Sieben Intraden (Wergo, 2019) with Ensemble für Neue Musik Sankt Peter, Jonathan Stockhammer (direction). NOTE: Composed 2004⠀
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Voice break with Beethoven: Opus 111 and SET 2: Ludwig at 250 (again) [31:22]⠀
1. [37:58] Isabelle Fraisse: 111 (dialogue avec l'opus 111 de Beethoven - Maestoso). From Beethoven, Fraisse: Piano Works (Artalinna, 2020) with Yumeto Suenaga (piano), Frédéric Briant (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2014⠀
2. [47:54] Steve Layton and Sound-In: Jig. From Our Time (NiwoSound, 2020) with Roger Sundström, James Bailey, Steve Layton⠀
3. [53:15] Mark Feldman: Peace Warriors. From Sounding Point (Intakt Records, 2021) with Mark Feldman (violin), Owen Mulholland (recording engineer). NOTE: Tune by Ornette Coleman⠀
4. [1:00:40] Fred Frith, Sudhu Tewari, Cenk Ergün: Lock Me Up, Lock Me Down (excerpt). From Lock Me Up, Lock Me Down (Bandcamp, 2020) with Fred Frith (electric guitar), Sudhu Tewari (recuperated junk), Cenk Ergün (electronics), Manuel Salas (recording engineer). NOTE: Originally recorded 2010, reworked 2020 by Cenk Ergün⠀
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SET 3: Jarry and Dalí inspirations [1:13:35]⠀
1. [1:18:58] John Zorn: Ubu. From Les Maudits (Tzadik, 2020) with John Zorn (sax, organ, piano, percussion, vocals, conductor), Simon Hanes (guitars, bass, piano, accordion, cello, percussion, toilet, jew's harp, whistling, vocals), Ches Smith (vibes, glockenspiel, Haitian tanbou, percussion, vocals), Marc Urselli (engineer)⠀
2. [1:39:04] Francisco Coll: Les Plaisirs illuminés. From Plaisirs illuminés (Alpha Classics, 2021) with Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Sol Gabetta (cello), Camerata Bern, Francisco Coll (conductor). NOTE: Composed 2018⠀
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SET 4: Wind, crickets and grasshoppers [1:57:09]⠀
1. [2:00:40] Jack Briece: Peace. From Heterophonious Fool (Concentric Circles, 2020, originally issued 1984 on audiocassette). NOTE: Digital reissue of the only surviving album from Jack Briece (1945–1988)⠀
2. [2:03:43] Ian William Craig and Daniel Lentz: Up Up Up Stay. From FRKWYS Vol. 16: In a Word (RVNG Intl., 2020) with Ian William Craig (tenor, tape manipulations), Daniel Lentz (piano), Bradford Ellis (recording)⠀
3. [2:06:10] Thurídur Jónsdóttir: Flutter. From Occurrence (Sono Luminus, 2021) with Mario Caroli (flute), Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason (conductor). NOTE: Also spelled Þuríður⠀
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SET 5: Rorem [2:27:00]⠀
1. [2:31:26] Ned Rorem: Mallet Concerto. From Concertos for Mallet Instruments (Naxos, 2021) with Evelyn Glennie (vibraphone, glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba), City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Jean Thorel (conductor). NOTE: Composed 2003⠀
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An accompanying article is available at https://tinyurl.com/SchellFavs2020