#2377: Unconventional Works for Piano

On this edition of New Sounds, there’s music from Azerbaijani composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, who fuses characteristics of traditional Azerbaijani music with modern Western techniques in her “Music for Piano.” Not incidentally, she is also known as a pianist who first brought the music of John Cage, Arnold Schoenberg and George Crumb to Azerbaijan. Speaking of Crumb, hear a mix of the ancient and modern with his seminal work “Makrokosmos." Each of these "Twelve fantasy pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano," corresponds to a sign of the Babylonian zodiac, and draws on various non-Western traditions. To round out the show, Geoff Keezer take dubbed layers of piano to create exquisite textures along with other piano works in unconventional tunings and tonal colors.

PROGRAM #2377, Unconventional Music for Piano (First aired on Feb. 17, 2005)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
George Crumb	Makrokosmos I & II, Margaret Leng-Tan , piano	Primeval Sounds [4:00] Crucifxius [3:00] Night Spell I [3:30] Music of Shadows (for Aeolian Harp) [2:00] Spring-Fire [1:30]	Mode #142** www.mode.com
Kronos Quartet / Franghiz Ali-Zadeh	Mugam Sayagi	Music for Piano [8:00]	Nonesuch #79804** www.nonesuch.com *
Geoff Keezer	Zero One	Sleepflying [4:00]	Dreyfus #36703 www.dreyfusrecords.com *
Michael Harrison	Revelation	Mystic Lyre [8:00]	MHM #101 www.michaelharrison.com
Galeshka Moravioff	Verberances	Verberances 1, Op. 71 [7:30]	Musique Du temple #VR1001 Info at www.galeshkamoravioff.com To order, write to info@films-sans-frontieres.fr

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