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June 1, 2007

MFOM 110 :: June 1 & 4, 2007 :: Improvised

Michael Gordon: WeatherThe Necks: Chemist
The Necks : Fatal from CHEMIST (2006) -(Abrahams, Buck, Swanton)- ReR Necks7

Michael Gordon: WEATHER (3) (1998), Evan Ziporyn cond Ensemble Resonanz  Nonesuch 79553

Kihlstedt/Robair/Sperry: After Sonarchy (1998) - Carla Kihlstedt vn, Gino Robair, perc, Matthew Sperry, bass  recorded Nov 1998 in Seattle   LimitedSedition MS004

Terre Thaemlitz: Supersuperbonus (2000) - Zeitkratzer, live Berlin - x-tract electroniX x-t 2006

Double-bass player Matthew Sperry was already an important figure in the Bay Area's improvised music scene when he died in a bicycle accident in 2003. And nearly every year since there has been a memorial festival in a musical journey of remembrance and reunion. This year's festival is June 9th and 10th in Oakland and Berkeley, and will feature performances for large ensemble commissioned for the festival by the Enormous Ensemble and special guests. More information is on the matthewsperry.org website.

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June 8, 2007

MFOM 111 :: 8 & 11 June 2007 :: "...darkling"

 

New World Records 80659Roland Dahinden 

Philip Corner: Chopin Prelude I: The V9 chord which begins the Chopin D Major Prelude ... as a revelation (1969) - The Barton Workshop - New World Records 80659 Extreme Positions (2007)

Roland Dahinden:  String Quartet #2 "mind rock" (2000) - Klangforum Wien String Quartet
       Mode 175 (2006)   roland-dahinden.ch

Ian Wilson: String Quartet #5 "...wander, darkling" (2000) -  The Callino Quartet - Riverrun CD77 (2007)

Somei Satoh:  Lanzarote (1993) - Aki Takahashi, pno; Yoshiaki Suzuki, clar
       Camerata (Tokyo) 28CM-628 (1998)

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June 13, 2007

MFOM 112 :: June 15 & 18, 2007

Alvin Curran - Mode 049

David Toub: this piece intentionally left blank, in a live performance by the Diverse Instrument Ensemble at Cal State Univ Fullerton

Alvin Curran: Schtetl Variations (I) from 1987, performed by Yvar Mikhashoff - Mode Records #049

Christian Wolff: Exercise 3 - New World Records 80658

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June 22, 2007

MFOM 113 :: 22 & 25 June 2007 :: In 1952

John Cage & Merce Cunningham
 
John Cage: 16 dances for Soloist and Company of 3 (1951)
   Ensemble Modern  Ingo Metzmacher cond - BMG Music 09026-61574 (1994)

Earle Brown: December 1952 for solo piano
     David Tudor  recorded in 1972  rereleased on New World Records 80650 (2006)
 
If you're interested in the Cage/Cunningham collaboration and the avant garde world in New York and Europe in the 1950's and 60's, you must read Carolyn Brown's new memoir of those years, Chance and Circumstance. Carolyn Brown, one of the founding members of Merce Cunningham's dance company, was married to Earle Brown during those years.
 Chance and Circumstance, by Carolyn Brown.

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June 28, 2007

MFOM 114 :: June 29 & July 2 2007

Donnacha DennehyLarry Austin Mari Takano

Composers from Ireland, Oklahoma, and Japan

Donnacha Dennehy: Elastic Harmonic (2005) - RTE National Symphony Orch - NMC D133

Larry Austin: Ottuplo (2000) - Flux Quartet and Smith Quartet plus electronics - Centaur CRC 2830

Mari Takano: Mugen No Tsuki - Mugen No Hoshi (1998) - BIS (Sweden) 1238 (2002)

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