#2805: New Orchestral Music

What will the new orchestral music of the 21st Century sound like? Perhaps not quite full-sized orchestras, the likes of which can fill a concert stage, but rather chamber orchestras that incorporate rock instruments - saxophones, electric guitars, and drum kits. Think of Alarm Will Sound - a chamber orchestra based in New York who sometimes do acoustic arrangements of electronic dance music from artists like Aphex Twin. There's also Icebreaker - who have more saxes than strings and play both American and English new music. And take the Steve Martland band - they are a small orchestra with lots of horns, and a full rock band hidden in the ensemble. We'll hear from all of these groups, and more on this New Sounds program.

PROGRAM #2805, Towards a 21st Century Orchestra (First aired on Tuesday, 5/27/08)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
The Steve Martland Band	Horses of Instruction	Mr. Anderson’s Pavane [7:30] Terminal [6:00]	Black Box 1033 Download from emusic.com OR try www.hbdirect.com
Stewart Wallace	Private CD, Icebreaker at Bochum Symphony Hall	The Book of E [9:30]	Not commercially available.
Michael Gandolfi	Y2K Compliant	Themes from a Midsummer Night, excerpts [10:00]	BMOP /sound #1002 www.bmop.org
Alarm Will Sound	Acoustica – Alarm Will Sound Performs Aphex Twin	Blue Calx [7:00]	Cantaloupe #21028 * www.cantaloupemusic.com *
Icebreaker	Rogue’s Gallery	John Godfrey: Euthanasia And Garden Implements, excerpt [6:00]	New Tone #7002 www.felmay.it