#2939: New Music for Violin(s) and Electronics

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
Cornelius Dufallo, composer and violinist in the group Ethel, draws inspiration from the New York nightscape on his solo effort, "Dream Streets." On this New Sounds program, we’ll hear how Dufallo's acoustic and electronic elements are used to weave stasis music. Also, composer, software designer, and band leader of Slow Six Christopher Tignor has just released his solo debut, "Core Memory Unwound," full of intimate tone poems for violin (and piano), both acoustic and treated through his software instruments. Then, from violinist/composer and now Massachussetts-based Todd Reynolds, we’ll hear works for processed violin and interactive electronics, plus something from Michael Galasso for solo violin and tape. And more.

PROGRAM # 2939 Music for (mostly) New York Violin (First aired on Tues. 5/19/09)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Michael Galasso

Scenes

Scene I, excerpt [1:30]

ECM 1245
www.ecmrecords.com

Cornelius Dufallo

Dream Streets

Introduction [4:30] Waiting for You [5:00]

Innova 735
www.innova.mu

Michael Galasso

Scenes

Scene V [7:30]

ECM 1245
www.ecmrecords.com

Christopher Tignor

Core Memory Unwound

Cathedral (pt. 2) [5:30]

Western Vinyl WEST 061 westernvinyl.com

Michael Gordon (featuring Todd Reynolds)

Light is Calling

Light is Calling [7:00]

Nonesuch 79801
www.nonesuch.com

Todd Reynolds & the American Composers Orchestra, Steven Sloan, cond.

Private CD, live at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall 2006

Neil B. Rolnick: iFiddle Concerto, excerpt [6:00]

Not commercially available.

Tracy Silverman, electric violin, & BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, cond.

The Dharma at Big Sur/My Father Knew Charles Ives

John Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur, part 2. Sri Moonshine [12:30]

ECM 1245
www.ecmrecords.com

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