Meredith Monk’s debut album turns 50, a major new piano concerto gets its first recording, and an hour of experimental chill music steers us to restful dreaming. Plus, new discoveries from Quebec and Australia, a pair of 65th birthdays, and a bundle of new tracks from the northern Anglosphere are all featured in this edition of Radio Eclectus. With Dieter Ammann, Richard Danielpour, Wet Ink Ensemble, Bryn Harrison, Daniel Menche, the Webber/Morris Big Band, David Felder, Sound-In, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the late Arthur Jarvinen and more. Radical new music from the Northwest and beyond.
Photo credits: Bryn Harrison, Arthur Jarvinen via the artists, Meredith Monk by Julieta Cervantes, Bascaille, Giles Swayne via the artists, Dieter Ammann by René Mosele, Daniel Menche via the artist, Geneva Skeen via the artist, Meredith Monk by Peter Moore, Richard Danielpour, Anna Webber & Angela Morris via the artists.
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Annotated playlist for show #80⠀
Intro and SET 1: The key to Meredith Monk⠀
1. [1:59] Meredith Monk: Porch. From Key (Increase, 1971 reissued 1995 by Lovely Music) with Meredith Monk (travelling voice, Jew's harp, electric organ)⠀
2. [4:13] Meredith Monk: Understreet. From Key (credits as above)⠀
3. [8:03] Meredith Monk: What Does It Mean?. From Key (credits as above)⠀
4. [11:45] Arthur Jarvinen: Egyptian Two Step. From The California EAR Unit (New Albion, 1989) with Arthur Jarvinen (chromatic harmonica, compressed air cans), Lorna Eder (piano), Toby Holmes (electric bass), Amy Knoles (marimba), James Rohrig (baritone saxophone), Dorothy Stone (piccolo, bass flute), Peter Otto, Mark Waldrep (recording engineers). NOTE: Composed 1986⠀
5. [17:27] Steve Layton and Sound-In: Bamboo Wind. From A Million Miles To Go (NiwoSound, 2020) with James Bailey, Roger Sundström, Steve Layton⠀
6. [20:22] Angela Morris: Coral. From Both Are True (Greenleaf Music, 2020) with Webber/Morris Big Band: Angela Morris (flute, tenor saxophone, conductor), Anna Webber (flute, tenor saxophone, conductor), Webber/Morris Big Band, Stephe Cooper (recording engineer)⠀
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SET 2: Something about the four cardinal times [30:29]⠀
1. [35:04] Bascaille: Quelque chose (excerpt). From Quelque chose (Tour de Bras, 2020) with Antoine Létourneau-Berger, Olivier Noël, Tom Jacques (percussion, instrument design)⠀
2. [43:19] Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson: Letnà. From Walk My Way, Volume Two (577 Records, 2021) with Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson (electric guitar, electronics)⠀
3. [49:19] Giles Swayne: Echo, Op. 78. From Relationships (Resonus Classics, 2021) with Malu Lin (violin), Giles Swayne (piano), Nick Graham (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 1997⠀
4. [54:30] Richard Danielpour: Symphony for Strings (For Love Is Strong as Death) - 2. Presto giocoso. From Talking to Aphrodite, Symphony for Strings, Kaddish (Naxos, 2019) with Russian String Orchestra, Misha Rachlevsky⠀
5. [1:01:40] David Felder: Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux (excerpts). From Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux (BMOP/sound, 2020) with Laura Aikin (soprano), Ethan Herschenfeld (bass), Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose (conductor). NOTE: Composed 2013–14, recorded 2014⠀
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SET 3: The Piano Concerto [1:17:04]⠀
1. [1:22:35] Dieter Ammann: The Piano Concerto (Gran Toccata). From Ammann, Ravel, Bartók: Piano Concertos (BIS, 2020) with Andreas Haefliger (piano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor). NOTE: Composed 2016–19⠀
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SET 4: Chill music for the open-eared [1:53:46]⠀
1. [1:58:53] Geneva Skeen: The Double Bind. From Double Bind (Room40, 2020)⠀
2. [2:04:00] Bryn Harrison: Dead Time. From Smoke, Airs (NMC Recordings, 2020) with Wet Ink Ensemble: Alice Teyssier (flutes), Alex Mincek (saxophone), Ian Antonio (percussion), Eric Wubbels (piano), Josh Modney (violin), Sam Pluta (electronics)⠀
3. [2:25:35] Daniel Menche: Devouring Time. From Devouring Time (Bandcamp, 2020) with Daniel Menche (oscillators)