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The next MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS program this Friday (March 30) on KALW 91.7 at 11pm will feature music for piano(s).
Kevin Volans: Cicada for two pianos (1994) - Mathilde Hornsveld, Jill Richards - BlackBox Music BBM1029 (2000)
Alvin Curran: The Last Acts of Julian Beck (1985) - Yvar Mikhashoff - Mode 49 (1995)
Philip Glass: Elizabeth Chooses a Career, from "Les Enfants Terribles" (1996) - Dennis Russell Davies, Maki Namekawa - Ars Electronica Linz 0022 (2004)
Cicada by Kevin Volans (pictured) runs about 26 minutes, and is a very accurate sound image of its namesake insect on a summer's night. I'd never heard it before and it was quite a surprise. But unfortunately I pronounced the title the way I always pronounced the word, ch'-KA-da. But now I'm told the proper pronunciation is si-KAY-da. Out on Long Island NY, where I grew up, we always called them ch'-KA-das. And we had lots of them. On hot summer nights the sound around the swamp areas could be so loud you couldn't talk above it. Anyway, it's too late to redo the program. It goes in the mail tomorrow to KALW. I still believe CI- should be pronounced CH' the way the Italians do. Altho, I'm sure some listeners may wince when I say it.
Last week's program, our 100th, is still available as a stream from the MFOM website.
And, starting with 101, the Friday programs will be repeated the following Monday at 11pm.
