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New Sounds / March 21, 2008

New Sounds

Friday, March 21, 2008
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  • David Lang

    Choral and Ambient Choral Music

    On this edition of New Sounds, sample some choral and ambient choral music. Hear David Lang's "Passing Measures," a slow work for bass clarinet, amplified orchestra, and women's voices, along with some of the powerful choruses from the opera "The Death of Klinghoffer" by John Adams. Also, portions of Brian Eno's Music for Airports. Music by Philip Glass and Harold Budd round out the show.

PROGRAM #2780, Choral & Ambient Choral Music (First aired on Friday, 3-21-08)


ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Philip Glass

Analog

River Run [2:00]
Etoile Polaire [3:00]

Orange Mountain Music #0029** www.orangemountainmusic.com*

John Adams

Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses

Night Chorus [3:30]
Desert Chorus [5:30]

Nonesuch #79549** www.nonesuch.com*

Harold Budd

The Pavilion of Dreams

Rossetti Noise [6:30]

Editions EG #30
Available at Amazon.com*

Brian Eno

Music for Airports

1/2 [11:30]

Editions EG #17 Available at Amazon.com*

David Lang

The Passing Measures

The Passing Measures, excerpt [12:00]

Cantaloupe #21003 www.cantaloupemusic.com*

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