#2922: New Concert Music

There are works for orchestra, works for the dance, and works with electronics on this New Sounds show. We’ll listen to music commissioned by the Sydney Dance Company from Australia’s Michael Askill, along with seductive music from Derek Bermel. Bermel’s work, “Elixir” features strings and harp at its core with wind players serenading from the balcony, and reflects influences as varied as Charles Ives, Gesualdo, John Lennon and the Isley Brothers. We’ll also hear selections from Joseph C. Phillips Jr.’s work, "Vipassana," which, in the Pali language of early Buddhist texts, means "insight." Phillips’ epic four-movement, 70-minute post-minimalist work incorporates some of the improvisational and rhythmic elements of jazz and calls for an expanded Numinous ensemble of 25 instrumentalists and singers.

PROGRAM # 2922, New Concert Music (First aired on Tues. 4/7/09)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Derek Bermel	Voices	Elixir, excerpt	BMOP 1008 www.bmopsound.org
Joseph C. Phillips Jr. & Numinous	Vipassana	Of Climbing Heaven and Gazing On the Earth [18:00]Electra	Innova 720 www.innova.mu
Michael Askill	Invisible forces	Asia Drum Suite: Garuda [3:30] Elephant [3:00]	Black Sun 15032 www.harmonies.com
Derek Bermel	Voices	Elixir [7:30]	BMOP 1008 www.bmopsound.org
Whitetree	Cloudland	other nature [4:30] koepenik [3:00] mercury sands [4:30]	Ponderosa 062 www.ponderosa.it OR www.myspace.com/whitetreespace
Electra	Able To Be	Corrie van Binsbergen: The Fifth Element-Water, excerpt [3:00]	Attacca 27111 www.attacca-records.com