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February 5, 2008

MFOM 132 :: Feb 8, 2008 :: Gann & Liderman

Kyle Gann- Private Dances - New AlbionJorge Liderman 


Kyle Gann: Saintly, from Private Dances,  Time Does Not Exist,   On Reading Emerson
               Sarah Cahill, piano; on Private Dances, New Albion NA 137 (2007)  

And a brief tribute to Berkeley composer Jorge Liderman who tragically passed away last week.

Jorge Liderman: Swirling Streams (2003) -  David Tanenbaum, guitar; Earplay, Mary Chun cond. - Bridge 9150 (2004)
                             and selections from Aires de Sefarad - 46 Spanish Songs for Violin and Guitar
                                #1: Por la tu puerta yo pasi (I came through the door)
                              #24: Adios querida (Good bye my dear)
                              Duo 46: Matt Gould, guitar; Beth Ilana Schneider, violin - Albany TROY 829

Note that MFOM programs are no longer being repeated on Monday nights on KALW due to schedule changes

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February 13, 2008

MFOM 133 - Feb 15 - Hans OTTE

 

Hans Otte: The Book of Sounds  Hans Otte (1926-2007)
 

 

 Excerpts from Hans Otte's Das Buch der Klänge, The Book of Sounds.
          Hans Otte, piano (1983)  Celestial Harmonies (reissue) 12069 (2006)
Hans Otte passed away Christmas day, 2007, at age 81. 

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February 21, 2008

134 :: Feb 22 2008 :: OM13 Preview

Frances-Marie Uitti  Dieter Schnebel
Frances-Marie Uitti:  2 Improvisations for cello 2 bows: Double Choral, Inert
                   Frances-Marie Uitti cello   BVHAAST 9505

Dieter Schnebel: Orchestra (1977) excerpts
            Orch der Universität der Künste Berlin;  Recorded in 2000  Wergo  66742 (2006)
           from MISSA, Sanctus (excerpt)  (1987)    Wergo 6218 (1993)

Frances-Marie Uitti and Dieter Schnebel will be featured composer/performers at OM 13 in March in San Francisco

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February 28, 2008

135 :: Feb 29, 2008

There Still Is Time - Uitti/Griffiths ECM New 1882


Elena Kats-Chernin: Concertino  (1994)
                     Georges Lentz, solo violin; Sydney Alpha Ensemble, David Stanhope, cond
                     ABC 456 4682 (1997)

Keeril Makan:  Still (2006) for violin & viola and chamber orchestra
                     Graeme Jennings, violin; Masumi Rostad, viola; Univ of Illinois Sinfonia da Camera, Vlad
                     Conta, conductor.     Live performance Sept 2006, Urbana IL  (unreleased)

Frances-Marie Uitti: There Still Is Time for speaking voice and cello (1997)
                     Text based on Shakespeare's Hamlet (Ophelia) by Paul Griffiths, and read by him
                     ECM New 1882 (2005)

Frances-Marie Uitti, Keeril Makan, and Elena Kats-Chernin will be featured composer/performers at OM 13 in next weekend, March 6-8 in San Francisco      Details here.

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