#3012: Violin and Cello Plus

Listen to works for violin and cello, with electronics and without, or with piano or voice on this New Sounds. There's music from Princeton-based composer Frances White, "The Old Rose Reader" for violin, voice, video animation, and electronics. It's a romantic work containing stories about all varieties of roses, some famous for having been grown in Empress Josephine's garden at Malmaison. Also, hear a work by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy and one by Quebec composer Serge Provost both for cello and electronics. Also, hear works for violin with electronics or piano by German ringtone composer Max Richter, and by Minamo - which is Carla Kihlstedt of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Tin Hat together with improviser/composer/keyboard player Satoko Fujii.

PROGRAM # 3012 Violin and Cello Plus (First aired on Tues. 12/08/09)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Max Richter	24 Postcards in Full Colour	Berlin By Overnight [1:30]	Fat Cat CD - CD13-07 www.fat-cat.co.uk
Donnacha Dennehy	Private CD	Aisling Gheal (Bright Vision) [5:46]	This performance not commercially available.
Matt Haimovitz	Figment	Serge Provost - Les Vertiges De S. [15:26]	Oxingale Records OX2016 www.oxingale.com
Mari Kimura	Polytopia	Frances White: The Old Rose Reader [15:24]	Bridge 9236 www.bridgerecords.com
Minamo	Kuroi kawa (black river)	Konoha No Sasayaki – The Murmur of Leaves [5:31]	Tzadik 7720 www.tzadik.com
Maya Beiser	Bang on a Can Industry	Michael Gordon: Industry, excerpt [6:46]	Sony 66483 Out of print. Reissued on Cantaloupe 21010 www.cantaloupemusic.com