#2919: Unconventional String Quartets
Hear a lot of new music for string quartet on this New Sounds. Listen to Raz Mesinai's work for string quartet and four turntables and music by Steve Reich . Â
Mesinai's piece is one in which the string instruments are recorded and then manipulated by DJs, resulting in a hybrid of composition and turntablism. Then there’s Reich's haunting Triple Quartet, which can be a string section of 36 players, three string quartets, or string quartet and pre-recorded tape.  Also, hear music from Elvis Costello, from his partnership with the Brodsky Quartet , inspired by an Italian professor's decision to reply to the many thousands of letters written every year to Shakespeare’s fictional Juliet. Plus, works by Bruno Letort, Johann Johannsson , and more. Â
PROGRAM # 2919, New Music for String Quartet (First aired on Tues. 4/1/09)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Raz Mesinai |
Dubwar Podcast 06 |
String Quartet for 4 Turntables, Part 1 [4:00] |
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Steve Reich / Kronos Quartet |
Triple Quartet |
Triple Quartet [14:00] |
Nonesuch 79546 |
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Procédé Rodesco -Letort |
Volume Premier |
Letort: Suite for String Quartet and Diverse Machines [11:00] |
Tangram TC 3026 www.tangram-records.com or download from iTunes |
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Jóhann Jóhannsson |
Englabörn |
Petta Gerist a Bestu Baejum (It Happens In The Best Homes) [1:00] |
Touch TO:52 |
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Elvis Costello / the Brodsky Quartet |
The Juliet Letters |
Romeo’s Séance [3:30] |
Warner Bros. 45180** |
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Jóhann Jóhannsson |
Englabörn |
Salfraedingur (Psychologist) [3:30] Salfraedingur Salfraedingur Deyr (A Psychologist Dies) [3:00] |
See above. |
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Raz Mesinai |
Dubwar Podcast 06 |
String Quartet for 4 Turntables, Part 2 excerpt [3:00] |
See above. |
