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January 11, 2008

128 :: January 11/14 2008

    John Luther Adams: Red Arc / Blue Veil  Elena Kats-Chernin       

Giacinto Scelsi:   Riti: I Funerali di Achille (1962) ::   String Quartet #2 (1962)
                         Stradivarius  STR 33801 (2007)

John Luther Adams:  Dark Waves
                   Stephen Drury and Yukiko Takagi, pianos, Scott Deal and Stuart Gerber, perc
                   Cold Blue  26 (2007)

Elena Kats-Chernin:  Variations in a Serious Black Dress
                     Stephanie McCallum, pno -  ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp) 4564682  (2004)

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January 18, 2008

129 :: 18/21 January 2008

 

 Michael Gordon: Van Gogh


Elena Kats-Chernin: Clocks (1993)
    Sydney Alpha Ensemble, David Stanhope, conductor.   ABC Classics 4564682

Michael Gordon: Van Gogh, excerpts  (2006)
    Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, cond.    Cantaloupe Music 21044 (2007)

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January 23, 2008

MFOM 130 :: Friday Jan 25 and Monday Jan 28 2008 :: Improvisatory Realisations

MinamoTao-Njia - Wadada Leo Smith

Earle Brown: Folio (recorded by Earle Brown),  Four Systems 1954
                    Tzadik  TZ8028 (2006)

Carla Kihlstedt/Satoko Fujii: Remainder of one, Reminder of two
                    Kihlstedt, vn; Fujii, pno.
                    Minamo, Henceforth Records 105 (2007)

Wadada Leo Smith: Tao-Njia
                    Ensemble conducted by Stephen Lucky Mosko. Tzadik TZ7017 (1996)
 

Also, many interesting concerts in the Bay Area over the next two weeks. Look here.

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January 30, 2008

MFOM 131: Feb 1 and 4 :: Piano

Morton Feldman

John Luther Adams: Red Arc/Blue Veil
   Stephen Drury and Yukiko Takagi, pianos; Scott Deal and Stuart Gerber, percussion
   Cold Blue CB0026 (2007) 

Red Arc/Blue Veil (2001) is the first piece in a projected cycle exploring the geometry of time and color—what Kandinsky called "those inner sounds that are the life of the colors". J L Adams

Giacinto Scelsi: Quattro Illustrazioni sulle metamorfosi di Vishnu (1953)
   Fabrizio Ottaviucci, pno. Stradivarius STR 33801 (2007)

"The first illustration is fluid and hypnotic and is intended to represent the thousand-headed cosmic snake entwined around the head of Vishu; the second is very energetic and dynamic and represents Vishnu incarnated as a boar seeking the origins of life in the depts of the earth; the third is elegant and seductive and illustrates King Rama who ruled over a kingdom of great splendour in ancient times; the fourth is transcendental and represents Krishna the boy king." G. Scelsi

Morton Feldman: Palais de Mari (1986); Piano Piece for  Philip Guston (1963)
   Marianne Schroeder, pno. Hat Now CD6035 (1990) Hat Hut Records (Switzerland)

 "I am reminded of an observation Feldman made a few months prior to the composing of Palais de Mari, when he had been visiting the Metropolitan Museum in New York and had by chance come upon a late work by Degas. He was admiring the work expressly for the thinness in the application of the paint to the canvas, and remarked that he wished to work in a similar way in his own music."  Barbara Monk Feldman

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