New Sounds
Program #338
Show #338
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Ah, the unmistakable sounds of surface noise on a – gasp! - record. New Sounds presents another in the “extended instruments” series From the Vaults with a program of music for zither from 1989. Hear Michael Masley playing the cimbalom, a multi-stringed Hungarian instrument related to the santoor and zither. Traditionally, the cimbalom is played with hammers, but Masley extended the range of the instrument by developing his own "bowhammers," which allow for bowing as well as striking and plucking and fit on the fingers. Also, listen to Laraaji's hypnotic drones on electronically enhanced zither along with music from the Polish group Orchestra of the 8th Day. Music by Sylvan Grey for the kantele, or folk harp, rounds out the show.
PROGRAM #338 Extending the Zither (8/9/1989)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Michael Masley |
Bells & Shadows |
"Goodbye Dali" {8:30} |
home.comcast.net/~agmasley/ |
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Orchestra of the 8th Day |
Music for the End |
"Shadow" {8:00} |
Flying Fish #292. Out of print. |
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Laraaji |
Day of Radiance |
"Dance #2" {9:00} |
EG #EGS-203. Amazon.com* |
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Malcolm Dalglish |
Jogging The Memory |
"Bell Pump" {5:00} |
Windham Hill #1046, available through Dalglish’s site www.oooliticmusic.com |
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John McCutcheon |
Step By Step |
"Carolan's Welcome / Lord Inchiquin" {5:00} |
Rounder #0216
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Andrew Cronshaw |
Till the Beasts' Returning |
"The Ho Ho Nighean Dunn Medley" {7:00} |
Topic #12TS-447 (LP) And later reissued on "The Andrew Cronshaw CD." Both the LP and CD are out of print, so try Amazon.com* OR www.gemm.com* |
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Sylvan Grey |
Recurring Dream |
"Rainshadow" {6:00} |
Fortuna #17063. Fortuna/Celestial Harmonies.
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