#3049: Hauschka's Prepared Piano

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

For this New Sounds, we'll hear music from Hauschka, also known as Volker Bertelmann. He's a German composer whose indie-chamber/post-rock music revolves around the sound of the prepared piano. He'll prepare our Steinway and play live. That, and more.

PROGRAM # 3049, with Hauschka (First aired on Fri., 03/12/10)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Steffen Schleiermacher	John Cage: The Complete Piano Music Vol 1: The Prepared Piano 1940-1952	John Cage: Sonata No. 6, excerpt [1:00]	MDMG 61307812 www.mdg.de OR www.schleiermacher-leipzig.de
Hauschka	Live, WNYC studio, 3/12/2010	Improvisation 1 for Prepared Piano [3:00] Improvisation 2 [4:00] Improvisation 3 [4:30] Improvisation 4 [5:00] Blue Bicycle [5:30]	These performances not commercially available. But, "Blue Bicycle" appears on his album, “Ferndorf.” See below.
Hauschka	Ferndorf	Blue Bicycle, excerpt [1:00]	Fat Cat #1308. www.fatcat-usa.com
Pete M. Wyer	Stories from the City at Night	Subway Nightride [7:29]	Thirsty Ear Records** online at www.thirstyear.com
Robert Miller, piano	Sound Forms for Piano: Cage/ Cowell/ Johnston/ Nancarrow	John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, Sonata 1, excerpt [1:30]	New World Records 80203 www.newworldrecords.org

PROGRAM # 3049, with Hauschka (First aired on Fri., 03/12/10)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Steffen Schleiermacher	John Cage: The Complete Piano Music Vol 1: The Prepared Piano 1940-1952	John Cage: Sonata No. 6, excerpt [1:00]	MDMG 61307812 www.mdg.de OR www.schleiermacher-leipzig.de
Hauschka	Live, WNYC studio, 3/12/2010	Improvisation 1 for Prepared Piano [3:00] Improvisation 2 [4:00] Improvisation 3 [4:30] Improvisation 4 [5:00] Blue Bicycle [5:30]	These performances not commercially available. But, "Blue Bicycle" appears on his album, “Ferndorf.” See below.
Hauschka	Ferndorf	Blue Bicycle, excerpt [1:00]	Fat Cat #1308. www.fatcat-usa.com
Pete M. Wyer	Stories from the City at Night	Subway Nightride [7:29]	Thirsty Ear Records** online at www.thirstyear.com
Robert Miller, piano	Sound Forms for Piano: Cage/ Cowell/ Johnston/ Nancarrow	John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, Sonata 1, excerpt [1:30]	New World Records 80203 www.newworldrecords.org

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