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New Music for Flute
On this New Sounds program, the focus is on the flute. There are flutes of all kinds – from electronically enhanced to Native American flute paired with synthesizer; music from classical flutist Ransom Wilson to the Japanese shakuhachi. Listen to an excerpt from George Crumb’s Voice of the Whale, sort of the oceanic equivalent of Olivier Messiaen's birdcalls, which was inspired by the songs of the humpback whale. Also, hear R. Carlos Nakai’s Native American flute, as he assembles a fusion of something like “SynthacousticpunkNavajazz.” Say that 10 times fast… Plus, music from Herbie Mann’s “Gagaku & Beyond” and the bright and bouncy multi-layered flutes of James Newton’s “Axum.”
PROGRAM # 2442, Music for Flutes (First aired on Fri. 7/22/05)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Herbie Mann w/Minoru Muraoka |
Gagaku & Beyond |
Kurodabashi [5:30] |
Finnadar #9014
1976 LP, reissued in 2001. |
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R. Carlos Nakai & Larry Yañez |
Jackalope |
Jackalope [5:30] |
Canyon #7001 www.canyonrecords.com |
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George Crumb |
Voice of the Whale |
Sea-Nocturne (for the end of time) [7:00] |
Zuma #102. Out of print, but info at www.georgecrumb.net |
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Ransom Wilson |
Plays Reich, Glass, Becker |
Frank Becker: Stonehenge [15:30] |
Angel #47331.
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Paul Horn (w/Nexus) |
The Altitude of the Sun |
African Funeral Song [5:00] |
Black Sun #15002 www.harmonies.com* |
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James Newton |
Axum |
The Neser [8:00] |
ECM #1214
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