#3343: Thinking Big
Hear songwriters take their ambitious ideas and go for the orchestral and operatic on this New Sounds program. There’s music from Jherek Bischoff, a songwriter, producer, performer and composer who helped kick off this year’s Ecstatic Music Festival back in the early spring. Bischoff’s new recording, “Composed” is nine orchestral pop songs, meticulously layered, all featuring different vocalists, including Caetano Veloso and David Byrne.
Then there’s also music from Damon Albarn (Gorillaz, Blur, Rocket Juice & the Moon) and his new opera, “Dr. Dee,” based on John Dee, the 16th-century philosopher and medical adviser and astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I. That, and more.
PROGRAM #3343, Thinking Big (First aired on 5/24/2012)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Damon Albarn |
Dr. Dee |
The Golden Dawn, excerpt [1:30] |
Virgin 9538932 |
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Jherek Bischoff |
Composed |
Your Ghost (with Craig Wedren) [4:59] |
Brassland HWY-027 |
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Thomas Feiner & Anywhen / Warsaw Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Opiates |
The Siren Songs [6:07] |
Samadhi Sound CD ss013 |
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Rachid Taha |
Tékitoi? |
Winta (feat. Kaha Beri) [4:38] |
Wrasse Records 126X |
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Paulo Braganca |
Amai |
January, Night, Full Moon [3:37] |
Luaka Bop/Warner Bros #46334 Out of print, but try Amazon.com* |
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Jherek Bischoff |
Composed |
Eyes (Bischoff & David Byrne) [4:27] |
See above. |
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David Byrne & Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) |
Here Lies Love (Disc 2) / |
Seven Years [5:40] |
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Damon Albarn |
Dr. Dee |
A Man of England [3:17] |
See above. |
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Jherek Bischoff |
Composed |
Insomnia, Death & the Sea (w/Dawn McCarthy) [6:59] |
See above. |
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Turtle Island String Quartet |
Spider Dreams Suite |
The Bovnik [2:52] |
Windham Hill Records 10141 |
