#2601: Musical Meditation

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

“All of us have impermanence in common,” according to Meredith Monk. The latest work by the composer/singer/director/choreographer/multi-media artist, “Impermanence,” is currently at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival. It combines music, movement, video projections, and lighting design (with light almost functioning as another musical instrument), into a haunting evocation of the passage of time. Inspired by her work with hospice patients in London and the death of her long-time partner, Monk has created a musical meditation on the impermanence and ephemeral quality of life. She joins John Schaefer to give us a preview of the work on this New Sounds program.

PROGRAM # 2601, with Meredith Monk (First aired on Nov. 2, 2006)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble	Live	Maybe [2:30]	From the forthcoming CD “Impermanence” – due in 2007 on ECM Records.
Meredith Monk	Live	Last Song [5:00]	Same as above.
Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble	Private recording	Skeleton Lines [3:30]	Same as above.
Meredith Monk & Robert Een	Facing North	Hocket [4:30]	ECM #1482** www.ecmrecords.com *
Lena Willemark/Ale Möller	Nordan	Vallsvit [5:30]	ECM #1536, www.ecmrecords.com *
Mari Boine Persen	Gula Gula	Gula Gula [4:00]	Real World #91631** www.realworld records.com *
Anna-Kaisa Liedes	Oi Miksi	Se tie oli pitkä [6:00]	Riverboat #1009. available online at www.cdroots.com*
Liisa Matveinen	Ottilia	Harmaa [4:00]	Olarin Musiikki #55. available online at www.cdroots.com*

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

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