#2693: Site-Specific Music

New Sounds | Apr 25, 2014

Listen to works inspired by and made for specific locations, including flutist Paul Horn's historic recording in the Taj Mahal, and Robert Fripp's soundscapes for the World Financial Center. Plus, Alvin Lucier's "I Am Sitting In A Room," which actually uses a room's natural resonance to produce the music over time as the initial utterance decays, and a recent recording by Paul Winter's from the alpine valley of Crestone, Colorado.

PROGRAM #2693, Site-Specific Music (First aired on Thursday, 6/28/07)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Paul Winter Consort	Crestone	Whooper Dance [4:00]	Living Music #41 www.livingmusic.com
Paul Horn	Inside the Taj Mahal	Inside [3:30]	Kuckuck #11062 www.harmonies.com
Robert Fripp	Love Cannot Bear	Requiem - Affirming [10:00]	Discipline Global Mobile #0552 www.dgmlive.com/shop.htm
Alvin Lucier	I Am Sitting In A Room	Edited version [16:00]	Lovely Music #1013 www.lovely.com OR Available for purchase at Amazon.com
LaMonte Young	The Well-Tuned Piano	The Magic Harmonic Rainforest Chord, excerpt [12:30]	Gramavision #8701 Out of print. Info at www.lamonteyoung.com

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