#2350: I Lost a Sock
Hear new music written for early music specialists and ensembles on this edition of New Sounds. There’s music from the oratorio, “Lost Objects,” a collaborative work between the Bang on a Can composers and the writer Deborah Artman, featuring the Baroque ensemble Concerto Köln and DJ Spooky, among others. Inspired by text from the Talmud, the work is a meditation on the theme of loss, making connections between other lost things; objects as mundane as a sock or umbrella to things like one's memory, a species of animal, or the language of a people. Also, listen to music from Roy Whelden’s "Galax," which joins viola da gamba chords to faint traces of Appalachian fiddle music. Rounding out the show is a somber work by Gavin Bryars, "Cadman Requiem," where wavering string tones act as a backdrop for the Hilliard Ensemble vocals.
PROGRAM #2350, New Music for Early Instruments (First aired 12/1/04)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Roy Whelden |
Galax |
Cantabile [1:30] |
New Albion #059** www.newalbion.com* |
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Bang On A Can |
Lost Objects |
Acoustic Aphasia [4:00] |
Teldec #84107. Currently out of print, but check www.bangonacan.org |
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Marc Mellits |
Private CD |
From 11 Miniatures – Slippery [1:00] |
At least some of these tracks appear on Common Sense Composers Collaborative & American Baroque release “The Shock of the Old,” on Santa fe New Music #000513 www.sfnm.org OR www.firsteditionmusic.com |
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Gavin Bryars |
Cadman Requiem |
Requiem [9:00] |
Point Music #462511 Out of print, but try Amazon.com* or auction sites |
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Roy Whelden |
Galax |
Prelude + Divisions on She’s So Heavy [5:30] |
See above. |
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