For this New Sounds, take a listen to the new kind of art song. There are some traditional America hymns, spirituals, and folk songs, recast as art songs, arranged into an unsettled and haunted landscape by George Crumb. It’s something that composer Charles Ives did nearly 100 years before Crumb. We’ll also hear music by Ives, as performed by Theo Bleckmann and the quintet Kneebody – a group who uses piano, trumpet, saxophone, bass, drums and some effects.
Plus, there's poetry by Carl Sandburg, and William Carlos Williams, set to music by Sam Sadigursky, along with some “Lit Rock” from the group One Ring Zero, where novelists and writers contributed text to be set to music. An early recording by Meredith Monk, delivering a most unexpected traditional tune, rounds out the show.
PROGRAM # 3027 New Type of Art Song (First aired on Tues. 1/19/10)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Ann Crumb, soprano, Orchestra 2001, James Freeman, conductor |
Complete Crumb Edition Vol 10 |
Crumb: Shall We Gather at the River, excerpt [1:00] |
Bridge 9218A/B |
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Theo Bleckmann & Kneebody |
Twelve Songs by Charles Ives |
Songs My Mother Taught Me [7:15] |
Winter & Winter 910147 www.winterandwinter.com |
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Sam Sadigursky |
words project iii: miniatures |
Danse Russe (William Carlos Williams poem) [2:06] |
New Amsterdam Records 018 www.newamsterdamrecords.com |
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One Ring Zero |
As Smart As We Are (The Author Project) |
Water (lyrics by Jonathan Lethem) [4:22] |
Soft Skull Press, no #** www.oneringzero.com * |
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Sam Sadigursky |
words project iii: miniatures |
Swirl (Carl Sandburg poem) [1:00] |
See above. |
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Theo Bleckmann & Kneebody |
Twelve Songs by Charles Ives |
At the River [6:08] |
See above. |
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Ann Crumb, soprano, Orchestra 2001, James Freeman, conductor |
Complete Crumb Edition Vol 10 |
Crumb: Shall We Gather at the River [7:52] Ev'ry Night When the Sun Goes In [3:40] |
Bridge 9218A/B |
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Meredith Monk |
Beginnings |
Greensleeves [4:07] |
Tzadik 7721 |
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Theo Bleckmann & Kneebody |
Twelve Songs by Charles Ives |
The Housatonic At Stockbridge [8:46] |
See above. |
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