#3166: Visual Music

New Sounds | Feb 1, 2011

Philip Glass’s opera “Kepler,” about the German astronomer and mathematician who identified the elliptical orbits of our solar system, was written expressly for Landestheater Linz and Linz09. Glass based his compelling and complex score on the astronomer’s conviction that “without genuine knowledge life is dead.” On this New Sounds, we’ll hear selections from “Kepler” along with music from the Alloy Orchestra.

We'll listen to the three folks who make up the Alloy Orchestra from their a collection of scores, "Silents," including a piece from the classic vampire film "Nosferatu" and "Lost World." Hear Alloy Orchestra’s found percussion and more at the World Financial Center at this year's New Sounds Live Silent Film Series, Wednesday-Friday, February 2-4, 2011.

PROGRAM # 3166, Visual Music (First aired on 2-1-11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Philip Glass / Dennis Russell Davies / Landstheater Linz	Kepler	Prologue [6:45]	Orange Mountain Music OMM0071 http://www.orangemountainmusic.com/ Due out February 8, 2011
Alloy Orchestra	Silents	Lost World: Into the Amazon [4:24] Nosferatu: Lust [3:58]	Accurate #5026 www.accuraterecords.com * OR Available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Mikel Rouse	International Cloud Atlas	How I Stayed Blind [11:05]	This and other Mikel Rouse CDs are available as downloads from iTunes, or check www.mikelrouse.com for more info.
William Brittelle	Television Landscape	Dunes of Vermillion [4:32]	New Amsterdam Records www.newamsterdamrecords.com
Philip Glass / Dennis Russell Davies	Kepler	Epilogue [6:09]	See above.
Pauline Oliveros	Crone Music	Crone Music, excerpts, for extended accordion [11:00]	Lovely Music 1903 http://www.lovely.com/titles/cd1903.html

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