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New Sounds

Saturday, February 19, 2005
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    Electric Strings

    On this episode of New Sounds, hear electric violin music by Daniel Bernard Roumain. Roumain was recently named the assistant composer-in-residence at the Orchesta of St. Luke's, and is also music director of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. His boundary-blurring works twist back and forth between classical and hip-hop categorizations. Continuing with the electrified string theme, there's also electric cello works by Joby Talbot, Evan Ziporyn, and Michael Gordon.

Program #2152 Music for Amplified Strings (Tuesday May 15, 2003)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Daniel Bernard Roumain

Private CD

Voodoo Violin Concerto #1, excerpt [12:00]

Not commercially available. Info about Roumain at www.dbrmusic.com

Bang on a Can
(Maya Beiser, cello)

Industry

M. Gordon: Industry [10:30]

Sony #66483. Now out of print, but a reissue is or will be available at www.bangonacan.org or www.cantaloupemusic.com

Joby Talbot

The Dying Swan

Falling [6:30]

Black Box #1078
www.sanctuaryclassics.com

Maya Beiser

Kinship

E. Ziporyn: Kebyar Maya [13:30]

Koch #7464**
www.kochentertainment.com

Daniel Bernard Roumain

Private CD

Voodoo Violin Concerto #1, conclusion [4:00]

See above.

*, ** Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page

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