11/20/09 playlist

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David T. Little ~ Piano Trio
I: East Coast Attitude
II: On Clouds of Witness
III: On-the-Job Training

Tarik O'Regan ~ Threshold of Night
David Felder ~ Three Lines from 20 Poems
Rachel's ~ Where Have All My Files Gone?

Gabriel Kahane I'm Sorry (from Craigslistlieder)
Moondog ~ Chaconne in G Major
Osso ~ Year of the Dragon (arr. Nico Muhly)
Philip Glass ~ Dracula Enters
Kronos Quartet ~ Kara Kemir

Gavin Bryars ~ One Last Bar, Then Joe Can Sing

Harrison Birtwistle ~ Five Distances for Five Instruments

George Antheil ~ Ballet Mechanique

A note on playlists

Greetings New Music lovers,

Since I'm now on every week instead of every other I (obviously) have twice as much air time to cover. As a result I'll be making some minor changes to my programming. First, I'll be expanding my primary focus from strictly 21st Century to music of the last 30 years. In addition to that I will be playing some works from outside of that 30 year limit, mostly by personal favorites like Harrison, Riley, Hauer, Ives, and the occasional bit of Gesualdo. (As I type this I'm listening to the wonderful Terry Riley & John Cale disc Church of Anthrax and wondering if it's too much of a Jazz/Rock album to play.) I'm also planning on adding a "Trip to the Vault" feature, dusting off some of the bizarre selections from WRIU's vinyl collection. (Avant-Garde flute works of the 20th Century? Hell Yes!)

So, I'm still committed to bringing you the freshest, hot-off-the-interwebs, Indie Classical/New Music I can find, and will continue to make that the main focus of my show, but now with some "older" music throw in the mix. And really, what's wrong with a little Moondog now and again?

11/11/09 playlist

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Special show promoting the Providence Singers New World Rhythm concert happening November 15th at 3PM in Beneficent Church in Providence.

Lou Harrison ~ Piano Concerto (featuring Keith Jarrett)

Tarik O'Regan ~ The Ecstasies Above

Nico Muhly ~ A Hudson Cycle
                    ~ Etude 1 (performed by Nadia Sirota)
                    ~ The Failed Visit (from The Reader sundtrack)

Philip Glass ~ Metamorphosis I-V for solo piano

Steve Reich ~ Piano Phase

11/06/09 playlist

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Timo Andres ~ Night Jaunt
Stephen Gorbos ~ Footprints
Balmorhea ~ Coahuila
Build ~ No Response

NOW Ensemble ~ All Together Now (comp. by Patrick Burke)
Chris Turner & Peter Wetzler ~ Wounded Harp
Duo 46 ~ four songs by Jorge Liderman
La soledad de la nochada
La mujer, la mi mujer
Un lunes por la maƱana
Nani, nani
Kronos Quartet ~ Flugfrelsarinn (by Sigur Ros)

Neil Goodchild ~ New England Highway
Terry Riley ~ Peace Dance and Turning
Kyle Gann ~ My father moved through dooms of love
Joshua Shank ~ Winter

David Lang ~ Evening Morning Day: Evening Morning Day
Judd Greenstein ~ At the end of a really great day

Robert Honstein ~ Hello World, I Love You
Nico Muhly ~ Clear Music
Steve Layton ~ Strophe/Antistrophe

10/28/09 playlist

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All vocal show

David Lang ~ the Little Match Girl Passion

Nico Muhly ~ Mothertongue

Joshua Shank ~ Six Color Madrigals
Serpents in Red Roses Hissing
Blue! 'Tis the Life of Heaven
Purple-Stained Mouth
Yellow Brooms and Cold Mountains
A Grass-Green Pillow
Orange-Mounts of More Soft Ascent

Stephen Gorbos ~ Four Sonnets
How Heavy Do I Journey
When I have seen
For Restful Death
Then do mine eyes but see

Jacob Cooper ~ Timberbrit
David T. Little ~ Sweet Light Crude (performed by Newspeak)
John Supko ~ Banking
Amy X Neuburg ~ Residue

Gregory Spears ~ The Golden Legend
St. Vincent
St. Jerome
St. Eustace
Jody Redhage ~ Did You See Me Walking?
Corey Dargel ~ Lullaby (For 48x From Rachel)

Christopher Cerrone ~ Beautiful Dreamer

This just in!

Greetings my lovelies,
There's lots of good things happening here in RadioLand! For starters I've been busily searching ye ol' Interwebs to find delicious New Music to play for you. Several composers have been generous enough to send their music my way, so there'll be plenty of new works to hear. I'm also planning several features on contemporary composers including Andrew Norman, Nico Muhly, and David T. Little's ensemble Newspeak. Speaking of Nico, I interviewed him yesterday for an upcoming Providence Singers concert which will feature all works from the 20th & 21st centuries.

My roommate Christopher has been filling in at the station on a fairly regular basis. He's been focusing on music from 1900-1940, or what he likes to call "After Brahms, before Darmstadt." He's been playing works by overlooked composers like Zemlinsky, Koechlin, and Szymanowski, and starts every show with a piece of Milhaud. I'll be adding his playlists and archive links to this blog. Look for his upcoming shows in the listings to the left.

And speaking of up coming shows, here's The Big News!

Starting in November, I'll be on every week! WRIU's regular Friday DJ, Ron Marsh (who's been at the station for 26 years!) has asked me to alternate with him for an indefinite period of time. So, I'll be hosting Divertimento every 1st & 3rd Friday in addition to my regular 2nd & 4th Wednesday. Sound confusing? (how do you think I feel? ;-P) Not to worry though, in the usual "Upcoming Shows" space I'll continue to list the exact dates of my shows, so keep an eye on that to catch the show.

Until next time, keep your ears and mind open, and never give up on the power of music!

10/14/09 playlist

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Judd Greenstein ~ Cello Sonata

Robert Honstein ~ Hello World, I Love You
(w/ intro by the composer)

Nico Muhly ~ Clear Music
Balmorhea ~ Dream of Thaw
Arthur Russell ~ Instrumentals vol. 1
Alarm Will Sound ~ Logon Rock Witch

Chris Turner & Peter Wetzler ~ Tango Melange
Jody Redhage ~ All Sumer in a Day
Jacob Cooper ~ For Time To Pour
John Supko Without Stopping

NOW Ensemble ~ All Together Now ~ composed by Patrick Burke
Matthew Welch ~ Enantiomorphs: For Four Clarinets
Kyle Gann ~ So Many Little Dyings
Rachel's ~ Southbound To Marion

Kate Soper ~ Nine Rakes
Derek Bermel ~ Voices, for Solo Clarinet & Orchestra