Chamber Music with a Groove (special podcast)
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
On this edition of New Sounds, hear some chamber music by composer Marc Mellits with a populist bent. We’ll sample his work, “Tight Sweater," which contains traces of funk, echoes of rock, and minimalism's rapidly shifting patterns of notes and interlocking rhythms. With the provocative and whimsical titles, ("Exposed Zipper," “Pickle Trousers” and “Mechanically Separated Chicken Parts”) the movements are compact and alarmingly catchy.
The group Real Quiet — pianist Andrew Russo, cellist Felix Fan, and percussionist David Cossin — brings the perky and spiky cartoon-like energy to bear. There’s that bit of post-minimalist ear candy, and other post-minimalist chamber works by the likes of Robert Davidson.
PROGRAM #3317 Chamber Works (First aired on 3/26/2012)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Topology |
Big Decisions |
Robert Davidson : The Whitlam Dismissal- Keating and Kerr, excerpt [1:30] |
Serrated Records 281008 or download from Emusic.com |
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Real Quiet |
Tight Sweater |
Marc Mellits: Tight Sweater |
Endeavour Classics 1016 |
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Topology |
Big Decisions |
Robert Davidson : The Whitlam Dismissal- the dismissal [2:08] |
Serrated Records 281008 |
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