#4067: Re-told Tales
For this New Sounds, listen to musical settings of older texts, refashioned somehow, like a modern retelling of an ancient Irish epic, words spoken by Ophelia from Hamlet, and poetry by Emily Brontë.
From composer/fiddler/electronic-musician, and founder of the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, Dan Trueman, sean-nós singer Iarla O' Lionáird, and poet Paul Muldoon, hear portions of the collaborative work, Olagón, a cantata in Doublespeak, which was written for Eighth Blackbird and Iarla Ó Lionáird. It is drawn from the legendary tale of Táin Bó Cúailnge, or “The Cattle Raid of Cooley" about Cú Chulainn, a hero of Irish mythology, with verse in both English and Irish Gaelic.
Listen also to reworked text from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, with only words spoken by Ophelia from reworked and intoned by Paul Griffiths and set to music by cellist Frances-Marie Uitti. Hear a sample of "15 Wild Decembers" by Geoff Smith, which uses “Remembrance” by 19th-century poet Emily Brontë. Plus, hear selections from "Terror & Magnificence," music by John Harle, a saxophonist with Michael Nyman's band. The work invokes Tudor texts and folk poetry from the British Isles.
PROGRAM #4067 Retold Tales (First Aired: 1/12/2018)
ARTIST: Geoff Smith
WORK: Six Wings of Bliss, excerpt [1:00]
RECORDING: Fifteen Wild Decembers
SOURCE: Sony Classical #66505
INFO: thegeoffsmithband.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Eighth Blackbird, Iarla O' Lionáird
WORK: Dan Trueman: Pillow Talk [8:18]
RECORDING: Olagón A Cantata In Douplespeak
SOURCE: Cedille Records CDR 90000 174
INFO: cedillerecords.org
ARTIST: Eighth Blackbird, Iarla O' Lionáird
WORK: Dan Trueman: A Queen Bee [6:30]
RECORDING: Olagón A Cantata In Douplespeak
SOURCE: Cedille Records CDR 90000 174
INFO: cedillerecords.org
ARTIST: Frances-Marie Uitti & Paul Griffiths
WORK: I did look [4:49]
RECORDING: There is still time
SOURCE: ECM #1882
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Frances-Marie Uitti & Paul Griffiths
WORK: the bells [2:34]
RECORDING: There is still time
SOURCE: ECM #1882
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Frances-Marie Uitti & Paul Griffiths
WORK: there it was [5:13]
RECORDING: There is still time
SOURCE: ECM #1882
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Geoff Smith
WORK: Six Wings of Bliss [6:34]
RECORDING: Fifteen Wild Decembers
SOURCE: Sony Classical #66505
INFO: thegeoffsmithband.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: John Harle & Sarah Leonard
WORK: John Harle: The Three Ravens 1 -Since First I saw Your Face [3:49]
RECORDING: Terror And Magnificence
SOURCE: Argo #452 605
INFO: Out of print, but try auction sites or Amazon.com
ARTIST: John Harle & Sarah Leonard
WORK: John Harle: The Three Ravens 2 -Three Ravens [5:37]
RECORDING: Terror And Magnificence
SOURCE: Argo #452 605
INFO: Out of print, but try auction sites or Amazon.com
ARTIST: John Harle & Sarah Leonard
WORK: John Harle: The Three Ravens 3 -How Should I My True Love Know, excerpt [2:00]
RECORDING: Terror And Magnificence
SOURCE: Argo #452 605
INFO: Out of print, but try auction sites or Amazon.com
