#2068: Program #2068

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Virtuoso percussionist Evelyn Glennie plays a visiting alien in Michael Daugherty's UFO Concerto. This five-movement work is set in three movements - naturally, "Unidentified", "Flying", and "Objects" - and features mysterious percussion instruments played in unfamiliar ways. Also on tonight's program is the Thai Elephant Orchestra. Plus hear percussionist David Cossin, from a recent live performance on Soundcheck, and Eitetsu Hayashi & Yosuke Yamashita performing a bolero.

PROGRAM # 2068, Unusual Percussion Music (Wednesday, September 4, 2002)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Thai Elephant Orchestra	Produced by Dave Soldier & Richard lair	Thung Kwian Sunrise [4:30]	Mulatta #004 www.mulatta.org
Michael Daugherty / Evelyn Glennie	UFO	??? [6:00] Flying [15:30]	Klavier #11121** www.klavier-records.com*
David Cossin	Live, "Soundcheck," WNYC, 9-4-02	Improvisation for Amplified Cardboard Tube [4:00]	Not commercially available
Eitetsu Hayashi & Yosuke Yamashita	Duo - Live in Warehouse	Bolero - excerpt [10:00]	King #697 (Japanese CD) More info about Eitetsu Hayashi at www.eitetsu.net

*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page

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