#4584, Sonic Meditations
Listen to a series of sonic meditations, a term coined by Pauline Oliveros, and calming strategies in music by Danny Clay and San Francisco duo The Living Earth Show. And more.
The late composer Pauline Oliveros was a musical pioneer several times over, influencing American music profoundly through her concert works, as well as her work with improvisation, meditation, electronic music, myth and ritual. Oliveros believed in the act of music-making as a communal art and would lead audiences in Sonic Meditations where everyone in the venue would hum, or sing, or somehow contribute to the “performance.” Additionally, she would sometimes write a work where the score was not traditional notes on a staff, but rather a list of instructions to the performers – “do this, listen to that, match it” almost a Zen-like simplicity - a so-called “open score.” (New Sounds, #4032.)
Listen to some of her sonic meditations, including a dance score for a production of King Lear and a quiet work, “The Mystery Beyond Matter.” Additionally, listen to music along similar lines by composer Danny Clay and San Francisco-based duo The Living Earth Show, called Music for Hard Times, eight calming strategies in response to the pandemic. Listen to two portions of this work, also based on series of instructions and recorded independently by The Living Earth Show and Danny Clay in April of 2020 in their homes using instruments, voices, field recordings, and found objects.
Plus, meditative work by the German-born, American-based artist Deuter, in a style that blends Eastern and Western musical elements, from the 1980’s. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4584, Sonic Meditations (First Aired 1/24/2022)
ARTIST: Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis
WORK: Lear [1:16]
RECORDING: Deep Listening
SOURCE: New Albion Records, reissued via Important Records
INFO: importantrecords.com or via AppleMusic, YouTube Music, Spotify
ARTIST: The Living Earth Show and Danny Clay
WORK: Danny Clay: Book 1 - Part 1 [6:14]
RECORDING: Music for Hard Times
SOURCE: The Living Earth Show
INFO: tles.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-hard-times | thelivingearthshow.com
ARTIST: Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis
WORK: Lear [9:00]
RECORDING: Deep Listening
SOURCE: New Albion Records, reissued via Important Records
INFO: importantrecords.com or via AppleMusic, YouTube Music, Spotify
ARTIST: The Living Earth Show and Danny Clay
WORK: Danny Clay: Book 1 - Part 8 [12:42]
RECORDING: Music for Hard Times
SOURCE: The Living Earth Show
INFO: tles.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-hard-times | thelivingearthshow.com
ARTIST: Deuter
WORK: Haleakala Mystery [11:40]
RECORDING: Call of the Unknown: Selected Pieces 1972-1986
SOURCE: Kuckuck Schallplatten
INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify, YouTube Music or try Discogs.com
ARTIST: Quiet Music Ensemble
WORK: Pauline Oliveros: The Mystery Beyond Matter [9:29]
RECORDING: The Mysteries Beyond Matter
SOURCE: Far Point Recordings
INFO: farpointrecordings.com
