#4428, Violin, Plus...
There's music for violin, with the possible addition of voice, electronics, resonant spaces, and/or inventive bowing techniques by Laura Cannell, Mari Kimura, Iva Bittova, and Jessica Moss.
From English violinist, vocalist, composer and improviser Laura Cannell, hear work for violins - both octave violin, and overbowed violin. Commissioned by The Wapping Project to capture the resonance of their former building, the album The Earth With Her Crowns is a collection of works that were improvised and recorded inside the cavernous Wapping Hydraulic Power Station.
Then, listen to new music using electronics by Montreal violinist Jessica Moss which echoes the sounds of Jewish cantorial music and comes from her reflections on finding new ways to mourn together. She writes that “Since I was a kid, Jewish music has represented a kind of unspecified mourning to me. Engendering a profound sense of sadness, death, and a deep connection to renewal, to this day it’s the music I feel the deepest affinity with.” (Bandcamp liner notes.)
Also hear music generated by violin and subharmonics by Mari Kimura – achieved by a 3-step technique that she describes as "clunk, drag, and release" to uncover notes as much as an octave below that of the low G string. Plus, listen to violin in a resonant space by Swiss composer Paul Giger, recorded in Chartres cathedral and work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, violinist, and vocalist Caroline Shaw, recorded in the cathedral-like Winter Garden at Brookfield Place in 2013. Plus, music from Czech violinist, vocalist, actor, composer, improviser Iva Bittova, and more. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4428, Violin, Plus... (First Aired 11/10/2020)
ARTIST: Caroline Shaw
WORK: Caroline Shaw: Study for Othmar Ammann [1:00]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live @ Brookfield Place Winter Garden 10/15/13
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: carolineshaw.com
ARTIST: Laura Cannell
WORK: Someone Will Remember us in Another Time [6:08]
RECORDING: The Earth With Her Crowns
SOURCE: Brawl Records
INFO: brawlrecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Paul Giger
WORK: Crossing [8:43]
RECORDING: Chartres
SOURCE: ECM 1386
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Mari Kimura
WORK: Six Caprices for Subharmonics: no. 6 [2:45]
RECORDING: The World Below G and Beyond
SOURCE: Mutable 17542
INFO: mutablemusic.com
ARTIST: Iva Bittová
WORK: River of Milk (Proudem Mleka) [4:46]
RECORDING: Iva Bittová
SOURCE: Nonesuch 79455
INFO: nonesuch.com
ARTIST: Carla Kihlstedt / Two Foot Yard
WORK: Hold My Own [4:25]
RECORDING: Borrowed Arms
SOURCE: Yard Work
INFO: carlakihlstedt.com | Available on Spotify, AppleMusic, Amazon.com
ARTIST: Jessica Moss
WORK: Opened Ending [8:38]
RECORDING: Opened Ending / Corona Borealis singles
SOURCE: Constellation Records
INFO: jessicamoss.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Caroline Shaw
WORK: Caroline Shaw: Study for Othmar Ammann [5:45]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live @ Brookfield Place Winter Garden 10/15/13
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: carolineshaw.com
