Flotation Device honors Salvatore Sciarrino for his 75th birthday, with the premiere recording of his orchestral music for Dante’s Paradiso. We also commemorate the 50th anniversary of key works by Keith Jarrett (from the end of his tenure as an avant-gardist), as well as Sofia Gubaidulina and Meredith Monk (from the beginning of theirs). We explore how Monk became a model for the newly-recorded Drone Mass by the late Jóhann Jóhannsson.
The light of remembrance also shines on the late Philip Jeck and Mira Calix, with forthcoming releases of Ukrainian avant-electronica, London free improv (with guest Thurston Moore), and Balinese-Australian drum fusion rounding out the playlist. Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and beyond with host Michael Schell.
Annotated playlist and photo credits with Comments.
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Flotation Device 2022-04-03: annotated playlist by host Michael Schell
Intro and SET 1: Starry eyes, sparkling eyes [0:00]
1. [1:50] Dmytro Nikolaienko: The Signals Of Szymanowski (Konakov remix). From Fundraiser compilation: ВОЛЯ (Muscut, 2022)
2. [2:52] Dmytro Nikolaienko: The Ancient Musical Complex Of Mammoth Bones. From Nostalgia Por Mesozóica (Muscut, 2022)
3. [5:47] Salvatore Sciarrino: Due Melodie - 1. Occhi stillanti. From Modern Lied (Mode, 2017) with Sarah Maria Sun (voice), Jan Philip Schulze (piano), Klemens Kamp (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 1978. Premiere recording
4. [8:25] Salvatore Sciarrino: Due Melodie - 2. Occhi stellanti. From Modern Lied (as above)
5. [11:43] Dave Tucker, Pat Thomas, Thurston Moore, Mark Sanders: Everything is Something Part 1 (excerpt). From Educated Guess, Vol. 2 EP (577 Records, 2022) with Dave Tucker (guitar and electronics), Pat Thomas (piano, keys), Thurston Moore (guitar), Mark Sanders (drums, percussion), Paul Skinner (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded March 2020, Cafe Oto, London
6. [22:24] Mira Calix: fundamental things. From a̶b̶s̶e̶n̶t̶ origin (Warp, 2021) with Chantal Passamonte AKA Mira Calix (voice, electronics, corpe, field recordings), Emmanuelle Dubois (voice, violins), Andy Holden (duct tape), Yugen Blakrok, Hannah Peel (voices)⠀
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SET 2: 50 years ago in the avant-garde [25:18]
1. [29:43] Keith Jarrett: Bring Back The Time When (If). From Expectations (Columbia, 1972) with Keith Jarrett (piano, soprano saxophone, tambourine), Dewey Redman (tenor saxophone), Charlie Haden (bass), Paul Motian (drums), Airto Moreira (percussion). NOTE: Recorded April 1972
2. [39:34] Sofia Gubaidulina: Music for Harpsichord and Percussion. From Anthology of Music for Percussion (Otdelenie VYHOD, 2010) with Pekarsky Percussion Project. NOTE: Composed 1971, premiered April 5, 1972
3. [51:03] Mira Calix: Wedding List (Scene 4). From The Elephant In The Room: 3 Commissions (Warp, 2008). With Amy Freston (voice), Peter Sparks (clarinet), Xandi Van Dijk (viola), Oliver Coates (cello), The Company of Opera North's Orfeo, David Sheppard (recording engineer)
4. [56:07] Outro with Mira Calix: there is always a girl with a secret
5. [1:01:00] Will Guthrie: ROLLIN. From Elders (Black Truffle, 2022) with Jessika Kenney, Toma Gouband, Annalee-Rose Guthrie (guest musicians), Prune Bécheau, Charles Dubois, Thibault Florent, Will Guthrie, Amélie Grould, Mark Lockett, Sven Michel, Lucas Pizzini, Arno Tukiman (Galeman Kyai Bremånå)⠀
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SET 3: Monk then and her progeny now [1:07:45]
1. [1:09:38] Meredith Monk: Edge. From Our Lady of Late (Wergo, 1986) with Meredith Monk (voice, glass). NOTE: First recorded April 1, 1972. This recording from May, 1973
2. [1:11:11] Jóhann Jóhannsson: One is True. From Drone Mass (Deutsche Grammophon, 2022) with Theatre of Voices: Else Torp, Kate Macoboy (sopranos), Signe Asmussen (mezzo-soprano), Iris Oja (alto), Paul Bentley-Angell, Jakob Skjoldborg (tenor), Jakob Bloch Jespersen (bass-baritone), Steffen Bruun (bass), Paul Hillier (conductor), American Contemporary Music Ensemble: Ben Russell, Laura Lutzke (violins), Caleb Burhans (viola), Clarice Jensen (cello, artistic director), Jóhann Jóhannsson (programming), Francesco Donadello (recording engineer). NOTE: Recorded 2019, premiere recording
3. [1:14:34] Meredith Monk: Waltz. From Our Lady of Late (as above)
4. [1:16:06] Jóhann Jóhannsson: The Last Foul Wind I Ever Knew. From Drone Mass (as above)
5. [1:20:51] Meredith Monk: Morning. From Our Lady of Late (as above)
6. [1:22:25] Jóhann Jóhannsson: To Fold & Remain Dormant. From Drone Mass (as above)
SET 4: Sciarrino at 75 [1:26:51]⠀
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1. [1:31:06] Philip Jeck: Close (excerpts). From Stoke (Touch, 2002)
2. [1:37:40] Salvatore Sciarrino: Alfabeto Oscuro. From Musiche per il Paradiso di Dante (Kairos, 2022) with Lorenzo Gentili-Tedeschi (violin), Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Marco Angius (conductor), Matteo Costa (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 1993. Premiere recording
3. [1:42:49] Salvatore Sciarrino: L'invenzione della Trasparenza (excerpt). From Musiche per il Paradiso di Dante (Kairos, 2022) with Andrea Biagini (flute), Lorenzo Gentili-Tedeschi (violin), Garth Knox (viola, viola d'amore), Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Marco Angius (conductor), Matteo Costa (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 1993. Premiere recording
4. [1:51:25] Salvatore Sciarrino: Postille. From Musiche per il Paradiso di Dante (Kairos, 2022) with Andrea Biagini (flute), Lorenzo Gentili-Tedeschi (violin), Garth Knox (viola, viola d'amore), Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Marco Angius (conductor), Matteo Costa (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 1993. Premiere recording
5. [1:56:35] Outro with Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry: Symphonie pour un homme seul
Photo credits: Sarah Maria Sun by Rüdiger Schestag, Meredith Monk by Gaetano Besana, Jóhann Jóhannsson via the artist, Will Guthrie via the artist, Philip Jeck by Dave Knapik, Keith Jarrett Quartet (Dewey Redman, Paul Motian, Jarrett, Charlie Haden) courtesy of the Paul Motian Archive, Sofia Gubaidulina by Priska Ketterer, Dima Nikolaienko by Vitaliya Zhyriakova, Salvatore Sciarrino via KAIROS, Mira Calix by the artist, Pat Thomas via 577 RECS