On this New Sounds program, the focus is on the flute. There are flutes of all kinds – from electronically enhanced to Native American flute paired with synthesizer; music from classical flutist Ransom Wilson to the Japanese shakuhachi. Listen to an excerpt from George Crumb’s Voice of the Whale, sort of the oceanic equivalent of Olivier Messiaen's birdcalls, which was inspired by the songs of the humpback whale. Also, hear R. Carlos Nakai’s Native American flute, as he assembles a fusion of something like “SynthacousticpunkNavajazz.” Say that 10 times fast… Plus, music from Herbie Mann’s “Gagaku & Beyond” and the bright and bouncy multi-layered flutes of James Newton’s “Axum.”

PROGRAM # 2442, Music for Flutes (First aired on Fri. 7/22/05)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Herbie Mann w/Minoru Muraoka	Gagaku & Beyond	Kurodabashi [5:30]	Finnadar #9014 1976 LP, reissued in 2001. Available at Amazon.com*
R. Carlos Nakai & Larry Yañez	Jackalope	Jackalope [5:30]	Canyon #7001 www.canyonrecords.com
George Crumb	Voice of the Whale	Sea-Nocturne (for the end of time) [7:00]	Zuma #102. Out of print, but info at www.georgecrumb.net Another recording of this piece is available on Black Box #1076, Amazon.com*
Ransom Wilson	Plays Reich, Glass, Becker	Frank Becker: Stonehenge [15:30]	Angel #47331. Out of print.
Paul Horn (w/Nexus)	The Altitude of the Sun	African Funeral Song [5:00]	Black Sun #15002 www.harmonies.com*
James Newton	Axum	The Neser [8:00]	ECM #1214 Out of print.

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