Accordions are in the spotlight. And harps. And Haas and Mimaroğlu. We preview three new albums of contemporary accordion music (featuring premiere recordings of works by Magnus Lindberg and Poul Ruders), listen to harp pieces by Hannah Lash, Rhodri Davies and Anthony Braxton (with Jacqueline Kerrod), and savor the Arditti Quartet’s premiere recording of an important microtonal string quartet by Georg Friedrich Haas. We also honor record producer, electronic musician and cigarette enthusiast İlhan Mimaroğlu on what would have been his 95th birthday, contemplating his legacy in the form of new electroacoustic tracks from Peru, Belgium, Kyrgyzstan and Los Angeles. Some unusual improv, choral and carillon pieces from Tatsuya Nakatani, Shane Parish, Stephen Rush, Fire! and Eugene Birman round out the program. Radical new music from the Northwest and beyond with host Michael Schell.
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Intro and SET 1: Accordions and harps
1. [2:14] Magnus Lindberg: Accordion Jubilees. From Complete Works for Accordion (NEOS, 2021) with Janne Valkeajoki (accordion), Markku Veijonsuo (recording engineer). NOTE: Piano Jubilees was composed in 2000 for piano, orchestrated in 2008 as Jubilees, then arranged in 2018 for accordion by Valkeajoki/Lindberg
2. [18:29] Cristina Lord: gossip. From LAEE (Bandcamp, 2021) with Los Angeles Electroacoustic Ensemble: Marcus Carline, Glen Gray, Zaq Kenefick, Cristina Lord
3. [20:28] Rhodri Davies: Erddigan Gwawr. From Telyn Rawn (Amgen, 2020) with Rhodri Davies (telyn rawn [Medieval Welsh horsehair harp])
4. [22:17] Tatsuya Nakatani, Shane Parish: Sightlines (excerpt). From Interactivity (Cuneiform Records, 2020) with Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion), Shane Parish (guitar), Dylan Jordan (recording engineer)
5. [25:39] Eugene Birman: Lamentations - 2. Lento e leggero. From Nostra Culpa (Alba Records, 2021) with Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek (conductor)
SET 2: Cigarettes in the studio [32:30]
1. [36:40] Night Sky Pulse: En lisière. From Civil disobedience - လူထုမနာခံမှု part 4/4 (Syrphe, 2021) with John Sellekaers AKA Night Sky Pulse
2. [40:24] Stephen Rush: Six Treatments - 6. Bolts. From Dark Matters: Carillon Music of Stephen Rush (Innova, 2021) with Tiffany Ng (carillon with live electronics). NOTE: Composed 2002
3. [43:50] Anthony Braxton: Composition 189 - Primary. From Duo (Bologna) 2018 (AngelicA Festival Internazionale di Musica, 2020) with Anthony Braxton (alto, soprano, sopranino saxophone), Jacqueline Kerrod (harp), Roberto Salvati (recording engineer). Recorded May 27th, 2018 at Centro di Ricerca Musicale/Teatro San Leonardo, Bologna, Italy
4. [54:47] İlhan Mimaroğlu: Wings of the Delirious Demon. From Wings of the Delirious Demon and other electronic works (Finnadar, 1972, reissued 1989 on Criminal Record). NOTE: Realized 1969. A clarinet is the unique sound source. The title is derived from a poem by Ilya Ehrenburg
Voice break with Mimaroğlu in conversation with Charles Amirkhanian and SET 3: Three continents [1:09:36]
1. [1:15:10] Fire!: A Random Belt. Rats You Out. From Defeat (Rune Grammofon, 2021) with Mats Äleklint (trombone, sousaphone), Goran Kajfes (quartertone trumpet), Fire!: Mats Gustafsson (flute, baritone sax, live electronics), Johan Berthling (electric bass), Andreas Werlin (drums)
2. [1:24:14] Alima Akmatova: Below The Rainbow. From Gritty, Odd & Good: Weird Pseudo-Music From Unlikely Sources (Discrepant, 2020)
3. [1:25:31] Hannah Lash: Leaves, Space. From For Claire & Philip (Furious Artisans, 2020) with River Town Duo: Philip Alejo (double bass), Claire Happel Ashe (harp), Wiley Ross (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2015
SET 4: Three (or four) continents [1:38:18]
1. [1:41:19] Paola Torres: To Wear Quipus Or Cables. From Anthology of Experimental Music from Peru (Unexplained Sounds Group, 2021) with Paola Torres Núñez del Prado and the People of Tupicocha. NOTE: See the accompanying video at https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/anthology-of-experimental-music-from-peru
2. [1:47:03] Krzysztof Olczak: Chanson. From Between Paths (Dux, 2021) with Wiesław Ochwat (accordion and electronics), Aleksander Wilk (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2008
3. [1:55:11] İlhan Mimaroğlu: Sing Me a Song of Songmy (excerpts). From Sing Me a Song of Songmy (Atlantic, 1971) with Mary Ann Hoxworth, Charles Grau, Güngör Bozkurt, Nhā Khê (recitation), İlhan Mimaroğlu (tape part), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet, fluegelhorn), Junior Cook (tenor saxophone), Kenny Barron (piano), Art Booth (bass), Louis Hayes (drums), Barnard-Columbia Chorus, string orchestra, Arif Mardin (organ, conductor)
SET 5: Haas [2:06:05]
1. [2:10:23] Georg Friedrich Haas: String Quartet No. 7. From Ein Schattenspiel, String Quartets No. 4 & 7 (NEOS, 2021) with Arditti Quartet, Thomas Hummel (sound direction). NOTE: Composed 2011, recorded 2016
SET 6: Ruders [2:36:05]
1. [2:37:47] Poul Ruders: Sound and Simplicity (excerpts). From Dream Catcher (Bridge Records, 2021) with Bjarke Mogensen (accordion), Odense Symfoniorkester, Sebastian Lang-Lessing (conductor), Viggo Mangor (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2018
Photo credits: Magnus Lindberg by Sigurd Gartmann, Georg Friedrich Haas via Ricordi, İlhan Mimaroğlu via Discogs, Paola Torres Núñez del Prado via the artist, Eugene Birman via the artist, Hannah Lash via the artist, Fire! (Johan Berthling, Mats Gustafsson, Andreas Werlin) by Johan Bergmark, Rhodri Davies by Bruce Cardwell, Wiesław Ochwat by Adam Golec, Anthony Braxton & Jacqueline Kerrod by Łukasz Rajchert, Poul Ruders via the artist, Tiffany Ng via University of Michigan, John Lennon holding Mimaroğlu LP during Abbey Road sessions 1967.