Attempt #2 at live updating the playlist went somewhat peachy, minus the computer meltdown. I hate computers. Sorry for that bit of clumsy radio, but we finally got ourselves sorted out.
Here’s the rant from Kyle Gann I talked about during the show. Best interntet writing I’ve read in a while! Read it!
http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2009/04/what_composers_talk_about.html
Schubert, F – String Quartet in D minor, D810: mvmt 3 – Scherzo: Allegro molto – Brodsky Quartet
Hoiby, L – The Serpent – Ursula Kleineke-Boyer (Soprano), Maria Perez-Goodman (piano)
Gordon, M – Trance pt. 4 – Icebreaker Ensemble
Summer, J – So Many Journeys – The Shakespeare Concerts
Rzewski, F – Pocket Symphony: Part A – eighth blackbird
Gabrieli, G – Canzon IX – London Symphony Orchestra Brass, dir. Eric Crees
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M – Romancero Gitano: La Guitarra – Counterpoint Chorus
Steinberg, P – The Upper West Side: Bethesda Fountain – Mathias Wexler
Kopetzki, E – Exploration of Time – Univ. of Houston Percussion Ensemble, dir. Blake Wilkins
Gorecki, H – String Quartet 2: mvmt 2 – Kronos Quartet
** Explorations Series 2 **
Price, W – Sans Titre II – Djamel Mami
Price, W – A Prayer for the Forgotten – Red Stick Saxophone Quartet
(click to listen to the pieces)
Penderecki, K – A Polish Requiem: Kyrie – Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Ligeti, G – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: mvmt 5 – Saschko Gawriloff & Ensemble Intercontemporain, cond. Boulez
Bach, J S – Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major – Gould, Glenn
Greenwood, J – There Will Be Blood: Open Spaces – BBC Concert Orchestra, cond. Robert Ziegler
Rameau – Daphnis et Egle (Suite for Orchestra), I. Ouverture – Capella Savaria, Mary Térey-Smith