#2802: Minimalist Music Theatre (originally aired May 20, 2008)

Hear some music theatre pieces on this New Sounds show. Listen to Philip Glass's recent release "Waiting for the Barbarians," adapted from the novel by the South African writer and Nobel Prize Winner John Coetzee. Also, there's music by Paul Bailey - his post-minimalist music theatre piece "Retrace our Steps." He describes it as a four act vocal/instrumental spectacle based on texts by Gertrude Stein, Guy Debord and Jenny Bitner. The "alt-classical garage band" Paul Bailey Ensemble performs the work. And more.

PROGRAM #2802, Post-Minimalist Music Theater (First aired on Tuesday, 5-20-08)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Paul Bailey Ensemble	Retrace Our Steps	III [7:30] IV [5:30]	Private CD release www.paulbaileyensemble.org
Philip Glass	Waiting For the Barbarians	Excerpts [21:00]	Orange Mountain Music #0039** www.orangemountainmusic.com *
Michael Nyman	Facing Goya	Brilliant Body [2:00] That Day Decided [8:00] Forgive Me [5:00]	Warner Clasics #45342 Available at Amazon.com *