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A classic, a rarity and many new discoveries await you on this edition of Radio Eclectus, including two ambitious concertos: Daníel Bjarnason's Violin Concerto (with soloist and whistler Pekka Kuusisto) and Bright Sheng’s Concerto for Orchestra (which contemplates the Chinese zodiac). We preview new duo improv albums featuring Roscoe Mitchell with Mike Reed, Fred Frith with Ikue Mori, and Susan Alcorn with Thollem McDonas. The Pacific Northwest is represented by Spontanea and Melia Watras, while Alexander Hawkins writes improvisational vehicles for Percy Pursglove and Riot Ensemble.
Piano pieces by Birtwistle and Michael Schelle, a couple fixed-media tracks from Unexplained Sounds Group's latest anthology, older classics by Martirano and Nicola LeFanu and intriguing new albums from Alvin Lucier and the Moscow-based group Acoustic Fringe round out the playlist. Radical new music from the Northwest and beyond with host Michael Schell.
Annotated playlist and photo credits in Comments.
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Annotated playlist for show #79⠀
Intro and SET 1: Album previews and a rarity⠀
1. [2:08] Acoustic Fringe: Weather. From Theater (Fancy Music, 2020) with Goat's Notes Acoustic Fringe: Anna Chekasina (violin), Maria Logofet (violin), Sergey Poltavsky (viola), Vladimir Kudryavtsev (double bass), Gregory Sandomirsky (piano, percussion), Maxim Khaikin (recording engineer)⠀
2. [6:58] Acoustic Fringe: Styx. From Theater (credits as above)⠀
3. [11:58] Thollem/Susan Alcorn 5. From Thollem’s Astral Traveling Sessions: with Susan Alcorn (Astral Spirits, 2021) with Susan Alcorn (pedal steel, recording engineer), Thollem McDonas (Waldorf Blofeld synthesizer)⠀
4. [19:08] Elliott Schwartz: Extended Oboe. From Organic Oboe (O.O. Discs, 1978, reissued 1991) with Joseph Celli (oboe). NOTE: Composed and realized 1973–74⠀
5. [28:32] Melia Watras: Lament. From Firefly Songs (Planet M Records, 2021) with Melia Watras (viola), David Sabee (engineer). NOTE: Composed 2016⠀
6. [32:30] Melia Watras: William Wilson. From Firefly Songs (Planet M Records, 2021) with Michael Jinsoo Lim (voice, violin), David Sabee (engineer). NOTE: Composed 2016⠀
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SET 2: Album previews and a classic [36:20]⠀
1. [42:05] Salvatore Martirano: Ballad. From L's GA, Ballad, Octet (Polydor, 1968) reissued on O, O, O, O, That Shakespeherian Rag (New World Records, 1998) with Donald Smith (singer), Ronald Dewar (tenor sax), John Garvey (viola), Thomas Howell (flute), Thomas Fredrickson (bass), Morgan Powell (trombone), Charles Braugham, Rick Kvistad (percussion), Salvatore Martirano (conductor). NOTE: Composed 1966, recorded 1968⠀
2. [53:41] Spontanea: Svaha. From Quintaphonic (Right Brain Records, 2021) with Matthew Benham (electric guitar, effects), James Hoskins (cello), Kenneth Mandell (saxophones, flute, percussion), Carol J. Levin (electric harp, percussion), Scott Schaffer (bass, mandola), Garey Shelton (recording engineer)⠀
3. [1:01:29] Michael Schelle: Alberti Bombardier. From 250 Piano Pieces for Beethoven (unreleased, 2018) with Susanne Kessel (piano)⠀
4. [1:04:16] Fred Frith, Ikue Mori: A Thief Breaks into an Empty House. From A Mountain Doesn't Know It's Tall (Intakt Records, 2021) with Fred Frith (home-made instruments, various toys and objects), Ikue Mori (laptop electronics), Peter Hardt (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded 2015⠀
5. [1:06:32] Nicola LeFanu: Abstracts and a Frame. From Relationships (Resonus Classics, 2021) with Malu Lin (violin), Giles Swayne (piano), Nick Graham (recording engineer. NOTE: Composed 1971⠀
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Voice break with Alvin Lucier: Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators XL (excerpt) featuring Nicolas Horvath and SET 3: Whistling violinist [1:19:33]⠀
1. [1:27:20] Daníel Bjarnason: Violin Concerto. From Occurrence (Sono Luminus, 2021) with Pekka Kuusisto (violin, cadenza), Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason (conductor), Daniel Shores (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2017⠀
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SET 4: More album previews [1:51:03]⠀
1. [1:53:47] Harrison Birtwistle: Variations from the Golden Mountain. From Variations (BIS, 2021) with Clare Hammond (piano), Thore Brinkmann (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2014⠀
2. [2:02:55] Alexander Hawkins: Sea No Shore. From Togetherness Music (Intakt Records, 2021) with Percy Pursglove (trumpet), ensemble, Riot Ensemble, Alexander Hawkins (piano), ensemble, Aaron Holloway-Nahum (conductor), Will Biggs (recording engineer)⠀
3. [2:10:20] King Imagine, Dararat Chemnasiri: Mosquito Song. From 6th Annual Report (Unexplained Sounds Group, 2020) with Alexei Mikryukov AKA King Imagine (electronics), Dararat Chemnasiri (saxophone)⠀
4. [2:13:48] Ilya P.: Carbone. From 6th Annual Report (Unexplained Sounds Group, 2020) with Ludovic Medery AKA Ilya P. (instruments by Peter Blasser)⠀
5. [2:18:15] Roscoe Mitchell, Mike Reed: the Ritual and the Dance (excerpt). From the Ritual and the Dance (Astral Spirits, 2021) with Roscoe Mitchell (reeds), Mike Reed (drums, electronics), Michael Huon (recording). NOTE: Recorded 2015⠀
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SET 5: Chinese zodiac [2:22:11]⠀
1. [2:27:04] Bright Sheng: Concerto for Orchestra (Zodiac Tales). From Let Fly (Naxos, 2021) with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Bright Sheng (conductor). NOTE: Composed 2006, revised 2016
Photo credits: Melia Watras by Michelle Smith-Lewis, Roscoe Mitchell & Mike Reed by Krzysztof Machowina, Dararat Chemnasiri via the artist, Susan Alcorn via the artist, Nicola LeFanu by David Lumsdaine, Alvin Lucier by Kris Serafin, Fred Frith by michaelz1/Flickr, Thollem by Ariele Monti, Bright Sheng via the artist, Harrison Birtwistle by MITO SettembreMusica, Ikue Mori by Caroline Mardok, Daníel Bjarnason by Börkur Sigþórsson, Ludovic Medery via the artist, Elliott Schwartz & Michael Schelle via the artists.