#4843, The Living Earth Show Plays Anna Meredith, M. Lamar, Daniel Clay
Hear some aspects of what the guitar/percussion duo called The Living Earth Show can do in music by American composer, countertenor and pianist M. Lamar, electronic dance-inflected music by Scottish composer Anna Meredith, American composer Samuel Adams, and music recorded during the pandemic by Daniel Clay crafted for comfort and calming. The San Francisco-based guitar/percussion duo of Travis Andrews and Andy Meyerson are virtuoso players, “readily capable of every possible extreme” of their instruments, “from the mind-boggling complexities of Brian Ferneyhough, to microtonal post-rock meditations, to shredding that would make Eddie Van Halen break a nervous sweat”, (Hannis Brown, Q2 Music).
Hear “Negro Gothic” music by M. Lamar, his work “Transfiguration”, from Lordship & Bondage: The Birth of the Negro Superman as played by The Living Earth Show. Listen also to music by both Scottish composer Anna Meredith, and American Composer Jacob Cooper from The Living Earth Show’s album, Presents Dance Music. Then, hear The Living Earth Show perform some of a larger work, Lyra, by American composer Samuel Adams (son of John Adams), who works in both the digital and acoustic realm.
Bookending the show is music by composer Danny Clay and The Living Earth Show, recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic, their eight movement work called Music for Hard Times.The work was crafted using a series of composed "Calming Strategies," recorded independently in their homes using instruments, voices, field recordings, and found objects. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4843, The Living Earth Show Plays Meredith, M. Lamar, Daniel Clay (First aired 2/6/2024)
ARTIST: The Living Earth Show
WORK: Samuel Adams: Lyra-Gymnopedie [1:00]
RECORDING: Lyra
SOURCE: Earthy Records
INFO: https://samuelcarladams.bandcamp.com/album/lyra
ARTIST: The Living Earth Show
WORK: Book 1 - Part 1 [6:14]
RECORDING: Music for Hard Times
SOURCE: The Living Earth Show
INFO: https://tles.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-hard-times
ARTIST: Lordship & Bondage: The Birth of the Negro Superman
WORK: M. Lamar: Transfiguration [6:23]
RECORDING: Music for Hard Times
SOURCE: The Living Earth Show
INFO: https://tles.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-hard-times
ARTIST: The Living Earth Show
WORK: Samuel Adams: Lyra-Gymnopedie [4:31]
RECORDING: Lyra
SOURCE: Earthy Records
INFO: https://samuelcarladams.bandcamp.com/album/lyra
ARTIST: The Living Earth Show
WORK: Anna Meredith: Tassel [8:24]
RECORDING: Presents Dance Music
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO: newamrecords.com
ARTIST: The Living Earth Show
WORK: Cooper: Pasturing II [8:52]
RECORDING: Presents Dance Music
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO: newamrecords.com
ARTIST: The Living Earth Show
WORK: Book 1 - Part 5-6 [7:28]
RECORDING: Music for Hard Times
SOURCE: The Living Earth Show
INFO: https://tles.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-hard-times
