Episode #3126
Music from Bali: "A House in Bali"
Thursday, February 02, 2012
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Dewa Ketut Alit and Nyoman Triyana Usadhi (video still from "A House in Bali") (houseinbali.org)
Listen to excerpts from the new opera by Evan Ziporyn, “A House in Bali” on this New Sounds. The work is based on the memoirs of Canadian-American composer Colin McPhee who first brought the sounds of gamelan-influenced music to the west.
The live-cinema performance re-imagines McPhee’s wanderings in Bali, his encounters with anthropologist Margaret Mead and painter Walter Spies, and their ultimately tragic relationship with dancer I Sampih, a Balinese youth whom McPhee mentors after the boy saves his life. Ziporyn’s “A House in Bali” also features a 16-member Balinese gamelan with Balinese singers, traditional dance, live video feeds, and the pulsating post-minimalism of the Bang on a Can All-Stars. We’ll also hear some of Colin McPhee’s music, along with more gamelan music from Bali.
PROGRAM #3126, Music from Bali: A House in Bali (First aired on 10/13/2010)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Various Artists: STT Eka Cita |
The Gamelan Music of Bali |
Gamelan Gong Kebyar :Paksi Neglayang [12:35] |
King KICC 5126 |
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Colin McPhee and Benjamin Britten |
Piano Duets |
Pemungkah [2:44] |
Private LP issued by G. Schirmer Publishing, out of print. |
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Esprit Orchestra |
Tabuh-Tabuhan: Music of Colin McPhee |
McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan, 1 [6:16] |
CBC SMC 5181 |
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Evan Ziporyn, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Gamelan Salukat |
Live Performance Recording, 2009 Berkeley, CA |
Ziporyn: A House in Bali – Act 1 Interlude, “BaliTiba” [7:22] |
Not commercially available. |
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Comments [1]
I always wanted to hear something by Colin McPhee. Thanks for playing his music!
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