#3590: Musical Landscapes
Journey through musical landscapes from the likes of Karen Tanaka, Jim Fox, and 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams on this New Sounds show. Listen to an Arctic landscape from a live recording made by our sister station, Q2, at Le Poisson Rouge, featuring ACME, performing a work by John Luther Adams, “In a Treeless Place, Only Snow.” Then, continue on in the icy sound-world with a work from Karen Tanaka, “Frozen Horizon.” Also, listen to a work from the California-based composer and Cold Blue Music records founder, Jim Fox. And more.
PROGRAM #3590 Musical Landscapes (First aired on 4/16/2014)
ARTIST: Azure Ensemble
WORK: Karen Tanaka: Frozen Horizon [8:25]
RECORDING: Invisible Curve
SOURCE: New World 80683
INFO: newworldrecords.org
ARTIST: ACME (The American Contemporary Music Ensemble)
WORK: John Luther Adams: In a Treeless Place, Only Snow [16:01]
RECORDING: Live at LPR 3/14/10
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: Information at acmemusic.org
ARTIST: Jim Fox, feat. Ches Smith, Rick Cox, Marty Ehrlich
WORK: Last Things [17:13]
RECORDING: Last Things
SOURCE: Cold Blue Music CB0001
INFO: coldbluemusic.com
ARTIST: Azure Ensemble
WORK: Karen Tanaka: Water and Stone [9:32]
RECORDING: Invisible Curve
SOURCE: New World 80683
INFO: newworldrecords.org
