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Program #2028
Even before the age of Grofé and Copland, composers have been depicting scenic wonders of the American West. Modern-day artists have found inspiration in the landscape include Philip Glass, who teamed up in 1990 with poet Allen Ginsberg to create Hydrogen Jukebox, a theatrical portrait of modern life in the U.S. that includes "A Cabin In The Rockies." Similarly, counterculture guru William S. Burroughs salutes the darker side of the American West in "The Road To The Western Lands," while Sasha Matson brings a homespun country twang to the genre in "Going Home To The Mountains." Also on tap are Ingram Marshall and Paul Hillier, performing the Sierran Songs.
PROGRAM # 2028, Music & poetry inspired by the mountains of the West (First aired on 4/12/02)
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Philip Glass & Allen Ginsberg |
Hydrogen Jukebox |
Song #9, from Nagasaki Days [:30] song #8, From A Cabin In The Rockies [4:30] |
Nonesuch #79286** www.nonesuch.com * |
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Material, with William S. Burroughs |
The Road To The Western Lands |
Spring Heel Jack: The Road To The Western Lands [6:30] |
Triloka #319 558 021** www.triloka.com * |
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Ingram Marshall with Paul Hillier |
New Sounds Live, the New School for Social Research, 1995 |
Sierran Songs, 3 excerpts [14:00] |
Not commercially available, although a similar piece called Hymnodic Delays appears on Marshall's CD Kingdom Come, Nonesuch #79613** www.nonesuch.com or other online sources* |
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Sasha Matson |
Range of Light |
Going Home To The Mountains [10:00] |
New Albion #091** www.newalbion.com * |
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Crouch End Festival Chorus |
Songs From Liquid Days: music of Philip Glass |
There Are Some Men [3:00] |
Silva #6023** www.silvascreen.com * |
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Peter Garland |
Walk In Beauty |
The View From Vulture Peak [5:00] |
New Albion #052** www.newalbion.com * |
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