#3039: Beyond Orchestral Works

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Shred-classical might be one way of describing Daniel Bjarnason’s music as heard on his release, “Processions.” Besides that, it's lyrical and plaintive as well as bombastic and technical, culminating in “beautiful chaos” (popmatters.com.) On this New Sounds, we’ll sample from some of these grand orchestral creations by Bjarnason, along with some other music from Alarm Will Sound. Plus, we’ll hear from a collaborative record, “Absolute Zawinul,” between Kristjan Järvi’s Absolute Ensemble and Joe Zawinul, who worked with Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderly, in addition to his own band Weather Report. The results are something like multi-traditional groove with orchestral instruments, like strings and flute, yet drum kit, thumb piano and gumbri (Moroccan bass lute) are also worked into the overall texture. While not retreading and re-working old Weather Report tunes, this first realization of some of Zawinul’s compositions and improvisations might just fall in that hard-to-label place between jazz, rock, trance, and classical.

PROGRAM # 3039, Beyond Orchestral Works (First aired on Tues., 02/16/10)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Absolute Ensemble feat. Joe Zawinul	Absolute Zawinul	Peasant, excerpt	Intuition INT 34562 www.intuition-music.com
Louis Andriessen / Orkest de Volharding	De Stijl/M is for Man, Music, Mozart	M is for Man, Music Mozart: Instrumental I [4:48] Instrumental III [4:39]	Nonesuch 79342 www.nonesuch.com
Absolute Ensemble feat. Joe Zawinul	Absolute Zawinul	Peasant [8:25]	Intuition INT 34562 www.intuition-music.com
Ensemble Modern	Greggery Peccary And Other Persuasions – music of Frank Zappa	What Will Rumi Do?/Night School [6:30]	BMG Classics #59842** www.bmgclassics.com *
Absolute Ensemble	Absolute Mix	MacMillan: Thomas Stearns Elliot [4:39]	CCn’C Records www.ccnc.de
Alarm Will Sound	a/rhythmia	Dessert Search for Techno Baklava (Mochipet) [2:54]	Nonesuch 467708 www.nonesuch.com
Daniel Bjarnason	Processions	Processions: Red-handed [5:34]	Bedroom Community HVALUR7LTD www.boomkat.com
Absolute Ensemble feat. Joe Zawinul	Absolute Zawinul	Great Empire [4:29]	See above.

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