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New American Gamelan
This New Sounds brings new American music for Indonesian gamelan. Hear music for Gamelan Son of Lion, written by composer, accordionist and improviser, Pauline Oliveros, who amps up the speed range for gamelan with the works “Lion’s Eye” and “Lion’s Tale.” Plus, there’s new work by ethnomusicologist-turned-composer Barbara Benary, the co-founder and guiding spirit of Gamelan Son of Lion. Her CD, “Sun on Snow,” is a collection of works "combining sonic elements of Indonesia's elusive paradise with darker undercurrents that are decidedly more hellish" (NewMusicBox.org.) Benary pits gamelan against clarinets and keyboard percussion in something like a mixed marriage where neither partner attempts to convert the other. That, and much more.
PROGRAM # 2617, American Gamelan Music (First aired on 12/12/06)
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Barbara Benary |
Sun On Snow |
Plainsong [7:30] |
New World #80646** www.newworldrecords.org* |
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Patrick Grant |
Fields Amaze |
Fields Amaze [8:30] |
Strange Music #001 www.strangemusic.com* |
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Pauline Oliveros |
Lion’s Eye |
Lion’s Eye, excerpt [15:00] |
Deep Listening #282006 www.deeplistening.org* |
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Paul Dresher |
Casa Vecchia |
Other Fire [11:30] |
Starkland #209 www.starkland.com* |
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Gamelan Pacifica |
Trance Gong |
Trance Gong, excerpt [5:00] |
WhatNext #016
Nonsequitur Foundation
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