
#3736: Music for Voices, Strings, and Voices & Strings
For this New Sounds, hear music for voices, music for strings, and music for voices and strings. Listen to the eight precise voices of the group Roomful of Teeth from their recent, “Render,” performing “Ascendant” by Australian-born Wally Gunn. It’s a three-part work, drawing on three poems by Maria Zajkowski. Also, hear several songs in Icelandic, including music by Yann Tiersen and the band, Árstíðir. Then, there’s music from the film score by Harry Escot, “The Face of an Angel.” Plus, music for strings and voices by the English composer and vocalist Donna McKevitt, and more.
PROGRAM #3736– Vocal Music with Strings (First aired on 06/08/2015)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Roomful of Teeth |
Render |
Wally Gunn & Maria Zajkowski: The Ascendant, excerpt [1:00] |
New Amsterdam Records - #NWAM 065 |
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Donna McKevitt |
Cut (EP) |
Gush [3:13] |
Digital release. Available at Amazon.com |
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Árstíðir |
Hvel |
Himinhvel [3:39] |
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Roomful of Teeth |
Render |
Wally Gunn & Maria Zajkowski: The Ascendant: I. The Fence is Gone [4:49] |
New Amsterdam Records - #NWAM 065 |
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Harry Escott |
The Face of an Angel |
Fragments [5:07] |
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Donna McKevitt |
Cut (EP) |
Cut [2:17] |
Digital release. Available at Available at Amazon.com |
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Roomful of Teeth w/ Jason Treuting, percussion |
Render |
Wally Gunn & Maria Zajkowski: The Ascendant: II. The Beginning And [5:15] |
New Amsterdam Records - #NWAM 065 |
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Yann Tiersen |
∞ (Infinity) |
Greenworld [5:24] |
mute.hasawebstore.com |
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Björk, with Antony Hegarty |
Vulnicura |
Atom Dance [8:10] |
One Little Indian - #TPLP 1231CD |
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Roomful of Teeth |
Render |
Wally Gunn & Maria Zajkowski: The Ascendant: III. Surviving Death [7:16] |
New Amsterdam Records - #NWAM 065 |


