#3317: Chamber Music with a Groove

New Sounds | Jul 5, 2013

On this edition of New Sounds, hear some chamber music by composer Marc Mellits with a populist bent. We’ll sample his work, “Tight Sweater," which contains traces of funk, echoes of rock, and minimalism's rapidly shifting patterns of notes and interlocking rhythms. With the provocative and whimsical titles, ("Exposed Zipper," “Pickle Trousers” and “Mechanically Separated Chicken Parts”) the movements are compact and alarmingly catchy.

The group Real Quiet — pianist Andrew Russo, cellist Felix Fan, and percussionist David Cossin — brings the perky and spiky cartoon-like energy to bear. There’s that bit of post-minimalist ear candy, and other post-minimalist chamber works by the likes of Robert Davidson, John Adams, and Stephen Montague.

PROGRAM #3317 Chamber Works (First aired on 3/26/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Topology	Big Decisions	Robert Davidson : The Whitlam Dismissal- Keating and Kerr, excerpt [1:30]	Serrated Records 281008 Available at www.cdbaby.com or download from Emusic.com
Real Quiet	Tight Sweater	Marc Mellits: Tight Sweater 1:Exposed Zipper [2:39] 2:Trans Fatty Acid's Rein [2:22] 3:Maria's Lullaby [4:32] 4:Pickle Trousers [2:05] 5:Evil Yellow Penguin [2:28] 6: Mechanically Separated Chicken Parts [4:13]	Endeavour Classics 1016 Available at iTunes, Amazon.com, Emusic.com and www.arkivmusic.com
Topology	Big Decisions	Robert Davidson : The Whitlam Dismissal- the dismissal [2:08] -Keating and Kerr [4:30] -Kerr's Cur [2:29] -Fair Play [1:24]	Serrated Records 281008 Available at www.cdbaby.com or download from Emusic.com
Topology	Big Decisions	Stephen Montague: Paramel VI [7:51]	See above.
Kronos Quartet	Gnarly Buttons & John's Book of Alleged Dances	John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances - Rag the Bone [3:04] Ständchen: The Little Serenade [4:58]	Nonesuch 79465 www.nonesuch.com

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