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June 27, 2015 Del Sol Quartet Plays Peter Sculthorpe
This new release by the Del Sol Quartet marks the first time that all of the string quartets by Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe have appeared on one recording. We’ll play several selections from this remarkable new album.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Peter Sculthorpe: String Quartet No. 16, I (excerpt)
Del Sol Quartet; Peter Kent, didjeridu
Peter Sculthorpe: String Quartet No. 12, From Ubirr
Del Sol Quartet; Peter Kent, didjeridu
Peter Sculthorpe: String Quartet No. 14, Quamby, IV
Del Sol Quartet; Peter Kent, didjeridu
Peter Sculthorpe: String Quartet No. 16
Del Sol Quartet; Peter Kent, didjeridu
59 min
June 20, 2015 Terry Riley at 80
One of the key pioneers in the incredibly influential minimalist movement, Terry Riley is a restless artist who has constantly sought to reinvent himself over his long career. We’ll start with the landmark piece In C and work our way through the numerous highlights of his musical output.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Terry Riley: Emily and Alice fr. The Cusp of Magic (excerpt)
Kronos Quartet; Wu Man, pipa
Riley: Music for The Gift (excerpt)
Chet Baker Quartet
Riley: In C (excerpt)
Member of the CCPA at the State University of New York and Buffalo/Riley
Riley: In C (excerpt)
Ensemble/Riley (In C 25th anniversary concert
Riley: A Rainbow in Curved Air (except)
Terry Riley, organ
Raga Shuddh Sarang (excerpt)
Pandit Pran Nath, voice
Riley: Anthem of the Trinity fr. Shri Camel
Terry Riley, org.
Riley: Salome Dances for Peace (excerpts)
Kronos Quartet
Riley: Requiem for Adam, III (excerpt)
Kronos Quartet
Riley: Havana Man (excerpt)
Riley, p.
59 min
June 13, 2015 Assad Brothers
Legendary Brazilian guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad have been performing and recording together for 50 years, reinventing guitar technique along the way. We’ll talk with Sérgio about their remarkable career and feature music by a wide variety of composers who have written for them.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Altamir Penha: Nós e o rio (excerpt)
Sérgio & Odair Assad, guitars
Ástor Piazzolla: Tango Suite
Sérgio & Odair Assad, guitars
Egberto Gismonti, arr. Sérgio Assad: Baião Malandro
Sérgio & Odair Assad, guitars
Sérgio Assad: Divertimento fr. Aquarelle
David Russell, guitar
Sérgio Assad: Sephardic Passage fr. Interchange for Guitar Quartet and Orchestra
Delaware Symphony Orchestra/David Amado; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Sérgio Assad: Uarekena
Fandango Guitar Quartet
Ástor Piazzolla: Libertango
Yo-Yo Ma, vc.; Paquito D’Rivera, cl.; Odair Assad, gtr.; Kathryn Stott, p.; Sérgio Assad, g.; Nilson Matta, db.; Cyro Baptista, perc.
59 min
June 06, 2015 In Memoriam
From Stravinsky’s famous In Memoriam: Dylan Thomas to Hindemith’s Trauermusik, composers have long written their most personal and moving music as a tribute to a friend or great figure they admired. We’ll remember several great personalities with musical tributes by modern day composers.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
William Mayer: Brass Quintet, II
Iowa Brass Quintet
Ross Harris: Symphony No. 4 “To the Memory of Mahinarangi Tocker” (excerpt)
Auckland Philharmonia/Brett Dean
David Maslanka: Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble
III. Be Content, Be Calm
Illinois State University Wind Symphony/Stephen K. Steele
Fred Lerdahl: First String Quartet (excerpt)
Julliard String Quartet
David Lang: Memory Pieces for Solo Instruments: Cage
Andrew Zolinsky, p.
Robert Paterson: Elegy (for Two Bassoons and Piano)
Charles McCracken & Gilbert Dejean, bassoons, Elizabeth DiFelice, p.
Alex Shapiro: Perpetual Spark
Fifth House Ensemble
59 min
May 23, 2015 Composer Alive: Poland
Access Contemporary Music has begun an innovative collaboration with Warsaw composer Agnieszka Stulgińska in which a piece of music is publicly performed in installments as work on it progresses.
We’ll hear Agnieszka’s thought process, play each installment, and sit alongside the composer as she hears the world premiere of the completed work.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Agnieszka Stulginska: Dance with My Breath (installments + complete piece)
Palomar Ensemble/Francesco Milioto
Marta Ptaszynska: Moon Flowers
Palomar Ensemble/Francesco Milioto
59 min
May 09, 2015 Cold Mountain
Relevant Tones partners with the Santa Fe Opera to feature a sneak preview of Jennifer Higdon’s soon-to-be-premiered first opera, Cold Mountain, based on Charles Frazier’s best-selling novel.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Jennifer Higdon: String Poetic, III (excerpt)
Jennifer Koh, v.; Reiko Uchida, p.
Jennifer Higdon: Cold Mountain (excerpts)
“The Metal Age has Come”
“Listen”
“A Fence is a Good Thing”
“I Don’t Know Why”
“Come Back to Cold Mountain”
Recorded live at the Guggenheim Museum, NYC, 3/30/2015
Jarrett Ott, baritone; Emily Fons, ms.; Isabel Leonard, ms.; Jay Hunter Morris, ten.; Kevin Burdette, bass; Roger Honeywell, ten.; Lisa Keller, p.
Jennifer Higdon: Cold Mountain (excerpts)
“Why Can’t We?”
“What Was His Name?”
“Ada’s Aria”
“Orion Duet”
Recorded live at the Curtis Institute of Music
59 min
May 02, 2015 Letters From Ukraine
Relevant Tones has been carrying on a correspondence with several musicians in this war-torn region, where making music has recently been a challenge. We’ll share their stories and feature chamber and orchestral works by composers determined to carry on.
Julia Gomelskaya: Planet “The Life” for String Orchestra and Piano (excerpt)
Kiev Camerata/Valeriy Matiukhin; Dmitry Tavanets, p.
Valentin Silvestrov: “World of Peace” fr. Songs for Vespers
“Our Father” fr. Psalms and Prayers
Kiev Chamber Chorus/Mykola Hobdych
Igor Shcherbakov: Sonata for Violin and Violoncello, I
Olga Akolishnova, v.; Zoltan Almashi, vc.
Vladimir Runchak: Hosanna, to musicians who are no longer or not yet with us (excerpt)
Yevhen Kalyuzhny, saxophones; Christian Orosko, perc.; Nataliya Chuprina, p.
Yevhen Stankovich: Concerto for Violin and Piano (excerpt)
Lemberg/Lviv Youth Orchestra/Volodymyr Sirenko; Valeriy Sokolov, v.
59 min
April 19, 2015 In the Field: Mexico City Part 2
Gabriela Ortíz: Denibee, Para Flauta, Percusión Y Contrabajo- Siempre Ritmico (excerpt)
Onix Ensemble
Gabriela Ortíz: Concierto Candela, I (Marimba Candela)
UNAM Philharmonic Orchestra/Zollman; Gallardo, perc.
Mario Lavista: String Quartet No. 6, Suite in cinco partes
I. Danza
II. Motete
III. Canon
Cuarteto Latinamericano
Toccata 106 (Purchase)
Javier Álvarez: Metal de Corazones
TM+ Ensemble Orchestral de musique d’aujourd’hui and Tambuco Percussion
Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 2
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Samuel Zyman: Música para Cinco- Con anima
Onix Ensemble
59 min
April 18, 2015 Playing it Wrong
It gives technicians fits, but composers and performers are always experimenting with new “wrong” ways to play their instrument.
From Bartok pizz to prepared piano, multiphonics to slap tongue, many of these techniques have made it into the standard repertoire. What new extended techniques are being pioneered today?
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Stephen Scott: Four Note Aria fr. Baltic Sketches
The Bowed Piano Ensemble
George Crumb: Black Angels, III (excerpt)
Kronos Quartet
Frances-Marie Uitti: Britsum 2 Bow Chorale
Frances-Marie Uitti, vc.
Junghae Lee: Sonorence (excerpt)
Barbara Lieurance, p.; Chelsea Czuchra, flutes; Nora Krahl, vc.
Helmut Lachenmann: Pression (excerpt)
Walter Grimmer, vc.
Eric Mandat: Sub(T)Rains O’ Strata’s Fears
Robert Spring, cl.
Meredith Monk: Dolmen Music (excerpt)
Paul Langland, voice; Julius Eastman, voice and percussion; Robert Een, voice & vc.; Monica Solem, voice; Andrea Goodman, voice; Meredith Monk, voice; Julius Eastman, voice
Dai Fujikura: Calling, for solo bassoon (excerpt)
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
59 min
April 11, 2015 Augusta Read Thomas
One of the leading composers of our time and an ardent promoter of new music throughout the world, Augusta Read Thomas is an artistic force to be reckoned with.
Championed by Pierre Boulez in her early years and later named composer-in-residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Thomas rose early to the top of her profession and has remained there ever since.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Augusta Read Thomas: Words of the Sea, III
CSO/Boulez
Thomas: Aureole (excerpt)
DePaul University Symphony Orchestra/Colnot
Thomas: In My Sky at Twilight, I. Deeper than all Roses
CSO MusicNOW Ensemblep/Boulez; Brandes, s.
Thomas: Terpsichore’s Dream
Chamber Orchestra/Colnot
Thomas: Caprice fr. Traces
Makiko Hirata, p,
Thomas: (kiss me) fr. Two E.E. Cummings Songs
The Elm City Girls’ Choir
59 min