#3242: The Australian-American Connection

New Sounds | Jan 4, 2014

Australia's surprising and flexible new music ensemble, Topology, comprised of saxophone, strings and piano, takes center stage on this New Sounds program. We'll hear chamber works by American and Australian composers, some in the vein of the perpetual motion machines, all performed by Topology. Plus, other works by Americans living and working in Australia.

PROGRAM #3242 The Australian-American Connection (First aired on 9/6/11)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Topology	Difference Engine	Lynette Lancini: Centaur -Obsidian [3:38] -Sapphire [9:50]	Serrated Records 311008 www.cdbaby.com
Wm Duckworth/The Cathedral Band	Linesongs	Dancing With the Ancestors [9:44]	Monroe Street Music www.monroestreet.com
Vincent Plush / Colorado College Bowed Piano Ensemble (dir. Stephen Scott)	Live, 1989	Skyfire [10:17]	This performance not commercially available. Program notes here: www.vincentplush.com
Topology	Difference Engine	John Babbage: φχ174 [6:15]	See above.
Warren Burt	Harmonic Colour Fields	Portrait of Erv Wilson, excerpt [9:00]	Pogus 21028 www.pogus.com Available at Emusic.com or iTunes.

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