#5032, From NSL: Meredith Monk and Alarm Will Sound, From Merkin Hall, Part 2

New Sounds | Sep 14

Composer, singer, director/choreographer and creator of new opera, music-theater works, films and installations, Meredith Monk is a pioneer in what is now called “extended vocal technique” and “interdisciplinary performance.” Meredith Monk and members of her acclaimed Vocal Ensemble joined forces with new music supergroup Alarm Will Sound for a night of works spanning her singular career in late May of 2025. Listen to her work, Indra’s Net, in a suite arranged for the new music band Alarm Will Sound.

Celebrating her 60th Season of performing and creating, Meredith Monk has been hailed as one of National Public Radio’s 50 Great Voices and “one of America’s coolest composers.” She founded Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble in 1978 to expand her groundbreaking exploration of the human voice. The second half of this concert will be part of a later program. 

Listen also to bluegrass-rooted chamber music from fiddler Mark O’Connor, together with Maggie O’Connor, who is also a fiddler, and singer. This husband-and-wife team plays a duo version of “Appalachia Waltz” – from the chamber/folk album of the same name, in-studio.

Program #5032, From NSL: Meredith Monk and Alarm Will Sound, From Merkin Hall, Part 2 (First aired 7/22/25)

ARTIST:  Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble; Alarm Will Sound, conducted by Alan Pierson
WORK: Meredith Monk: Indra's Net - Rotation [1:00]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, May 30, 2025, at Kaufman Music Center Merkin Hall
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available
INFO: https://www.meredithmonk.org | https://www.alarmwillsound.com

ARTIST:  Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble; Alarm Will Sound, conducted by Alan Pierson
WORK: Meredith Monk: Indra's Net Suite - Jewel 1, Jewel 2, Hands in the Dirt [11:09]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, May 30, 2025, at Kaufman Music Center Merkin Hall
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available
INFO: https://www.meredithmonk.org | https://www.alarmwillsound.com

ARTIST:  Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble; Alarm Will Sound, conducted by Alan Pierson
WORK: Meredith Monk: Indra's Net Suite - Jewel 2 Clusters, Jewel 3, Dark Jewel, Jewel 4, Jewel Collage [12:26]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, May 30, 2025, at Kaufman Music Center Merkin Hall
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available
INFO: https://www.meredithmonk.org | https://www.alarmwillsound.com

ARTIST:  Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble; Alarm Will Sound, conducted by Alan Pierson
WORK: Meredith Monk: Indra's Net - Rotation [10:09]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live, May 30, 2025, at Kaufman Music Center Merkin Hall
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available
INFO: https://www.meredithmonk.org | https://www.alarmwillsound.com

ARTIST: Mark and Maggie O'Connor
WORK: Appalachia Waltz [6:51]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, May 2025
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available
INFO: https://www.markandmaggieoconnor.com/

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