#4724, Baroque instruments

Hear new music with old instruments: lute by Josef Van Wissem with guitarist and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, harpsichord and electronics by Polish composer Jacaszek, and violas da gamba of the group Science Ficta playing hammer-ons and pull-offs by New York composer Molly Herron.

Listen to some of Josef Van Wissem’s music for Baroque and/or Renaissance lutes in combination with the electric guitar atmospheres of musician and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. Their latest release, American Landscapes, contains dark, long-form and hypnotic drone works, including the title track, which was commissioned and performed by Stephen Petronio Dance Company in New York.

Also, listen to work by Polish keyboardist and electroacoustic composer Jacaszek from his 2011 record Glimmer, a piece that features Baroque harpsichord and lots of electronics. Then, listen to Norwegian guitarist Stephan Meidell and his ensemble of baroque violin, Hardanger fiddle, and harpsichord.

There’s also new music for violas da gamba by New York-based composer Molly Herron. The viola da gamba looks and sounds like a cello, yet has frets like a guitar, but is played with a bow. However, Molly Herron wrote parts involving hammer-ons and pull-offs for the three members of Science Ficta (Science fiction + Musica ficta). Then, hear music from an international quintet of musicians led by nyckelharpa virtuoso Marco Ambrosini and the - Ensemble Supersonus, which also involves harpsichord. And more.  - Caryn Havlik

Program #4724, Baroque instruments (First aired 3/9/23)

ARTIST: Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch
WORK: Etimasia [3:13]
RECORDING: The Mystery of Heaven
SOURCE: sbr079
INFO: jozefandjim.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Stephan Meidell
WORK: Baroque II [3:12]
RECORDING: Metrics
SOURCE: Hubro Music
INFO: hubromusic.com

ARTIST: Jacaszek
WORK: Goldengrove [4:05]
RECORDING: Glimmer
SOURCE: Ghostly International GI-147
INFO: ghostly.com

ARTIST: Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch
WORK: American Landscapes [21:57]
RECORDING: AMERICAN LANDSCAPES
SOURCE: Incunabulum
INFO: jozefvanwissem.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Science Ficta
WORK: Molly Herron: Lyra [3:52]
RECORDING: Molly Herron: Through Lines
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Recordings
INFO: https://mollyherron.bandcamp.com/album/through-lines

ARTIST: Marco Ambrosini/ Ensemble Supersonus
WORK: Ritus [5:24]
RECORDING: Resonances
SOURCE: ECM Records
INFO: ecmrecords.com

ARTIST: Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch
WORK: Etimasia (Reprise) [1:05]
RECORDING: The Mystery of Heaven
SOURCE: sbr079
INFO: jozefandjim.bandcamp.com