#3581: Percussion Ensembles

New Sounds | Mar 25, 2014

Hear music for percussion ensemble on this New Sounds, including brand-new music by Chicago-based composer Mason Bates from his record, “Stereo Is King.” Written for Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Percussionist Cynthia Yeh, the title track is for electronics and a percussion trio of marimba, Thai gongs, and “toy drum set” (baby roto-toms and woodblocks) merged with processed Tibetan prayer-bowl recordings and restless drum n’ bass electronica.

There’s also music by David T. Little which blends pre-recorded heavy metal guitar with the live percussion of the Chicago-based ensemble Third Coast Percussion. Hear Part 1 of his “Haunt of Last Nightfall,” a piece that looks to the tragic massacre at El Mozote, El Salvador in December 1981. Then listen to a collaborative work from So Percussion and Matmos, “Aluminum,” along with a work by Susie Ibarra, performed by Ethos Percussion. And more.

PROGRAM #3581 Percussion Ensembles (First aired on 3/25/2014)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Mason Bates	Stereo Is King	Stereo Is King, excerpt [1:20]	Innova 882 www.innova.mu
Ensemble et Al	Present Point Passed	Where the Past Goes Once You Forget	ensembleetal.bandcamp.com
Third Coast Percussion	Haunt of Last Nightfall	David T. Little: Haunt of Last Nightfall, Part 1 [15:37]	New Amsterdam Records 054 newamsterdamrecords.com
So Percussion + Matmos	Treasure State	Aluminum [7:03]	Cantaloupe Music 21065 www.cantaloupemusic.com
Mason Bates	Stereo Is King	Stereo Is King [12:34]	Innova 882 www.innova.mu
Ethos Percussion	Building	Susie Ibarra: These Trees That Speak, excerpt [9:00]	BR 084 cdbaby.com/ethospg3 ethospercussiongroup.org

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