#2824: Relentless Minimalism

This New Sounds program hails the return of the long out-of-print KMH: Music in the Continuous Mode, a remarkable blend of technical virtuosity and relentless minimalism from the Ukrainian/Canadian composer Lubomyr Melnyk. Melnyk's music is dramatic enough for the stage yet meditative enough for deep listening, an approach he developed while working with dancer/choreographer Carolyn Carlson in Paris during the 1970's. Somehow lush and full, his pianistic minimalism is executed at a speed that suggests multiple pianos playing together in harmony. Also on the show, Philip Glass's musical portrait of Chuck Close, and other keyboard works.

PROGRAM # 2824, New Music for Piano (First aired on Thurs. 7-17-08)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Bruce Levingstone	Glass Ravel Messiaen Satie	A Musical Portrait of Chuck Close [12:00]	Orange Mountain Music #0025** www.orangemountainmusic.com*
James Blackshaw	Litany of Echoes	Gate of Ivory [5:30]	Tompkins Square #4783** www.tompkinssquare.com*
Lubomyr Melnyk	KMH	Part 2 [9:00]	Unseen Worlds #02 www.unseenworlds.net*
Piccolo Accademia Degli Specchi	Minimamachta	Wim Mertens: 4 Mains [3:00] Matteo Sommacal: Nessuno Ascolta il Cane di Ceramico [11:00] Counter Rotating In Vacuum [5:00]	www.zedde.com/dischi/minimamachta.html OR www.myspace.com/ piccolaaccademiadeglispecchi