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April 7, 2007

This Website Has New Plumbing

Starting today, the MFOM website is using Movable Type. Up to now I've been updating the website manually using Dreamweaver, which has gotten very tedious. Now things should be easier, AND the RSS feed should ALWAYS WORK! Please note that this is a NEW feed mechanism (ATOM) and a new URL for the feed, so you will need to grab the new URL: http://www.rchrd.com/mfom/atom.xml Another new feature is COMMENTS! Click on "Comments" in each new entry to read or enter comments.

Posted by rchrd at April 7, 2007 |

MFOM 102 :: April 6 repeated April 9, 2007 :: INNER CITIES #10


Alvin Curran: Inner Cities #10 - Daan Vandewalle, piano - Long Distance 0560304–2005

            Alvin Curran's program notes for Inner Cities

            The program concludes with Inner Cities #7.5


Posted by rchrd at April 7, 2007 | | Comments (0)

April 11, 2007

MFOM 103 :: April 13/16 :: Light Is Calling (with Saxophones)

 

Michael Gordon: from LIGHT IS CALLING, Idle, Light Is Calling, imereadywhenyouare, Soundtrack 23 - Nonesuch 78801 (2003) 

Philip Glass: Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra - Rashér Saxophone Quartet, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russel Davies cond.  Nonesuch 79469 (1998)

Ian Wilson: Atlantica (2001) - Amstel Saxophone Quartet - Contemporary Music From Ireland, Vol 6 CMC CD06 


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April 20, 2007

MFOM 104 :: April 20/23 2007 :: From Germany/Austria

Thomas Larcher    Walter Zimmermann
 

Thomas Larcher: Cold Farmer (1990), Mummien (2002), My Illness is the Medicine I Need #4 - Rosamunde Quartet, Thomas Demenga, cello, Thomas Larcher, piano - ECM New Series 1967 (2006)

Walter Zimmermann: Festina Lente (1990) - Arditti Quartet - Disque Montaigne MO 782036 (1994) 

I mistakenly identified Thomas Larcher as a German composer. He is, in fact, Austrian. Viele Entschuldigungen! 

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April 27, 2007

MFOM 105 :: April 27/30 :: Schafer, Rihm, and Something Else

R. Murray Schafer Wolfgang Rihm  

R. Murray Schafer: String Quartet #6 (1993) - Quatuor Molinari - ATMA Classique (Canada) ACD 2-2188/89  (This quartet is based on the 108 movements of T'ai Chi and is subtitled Parting Wild Horse's Mane, and is in 108 sections. Also, nearly all the musical content comes from Schafer's previous five quartets. The ATMA Classique recording contains all seven of Schafer's quartets.)

Wolfgang Rihm: Dritte Musik (Violin Concerto 1993) - Gottfried Schneider, vn - Michael Gielen cond. - SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden - Hänssler Classic 93.185

Gordon Fitzell: evanescence (2006)
Dennis DeSantis: strange imaginary remix (2006)
       Eighth Blackbird - Cedille Records CDR90000 094 (2006)

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