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New Sounds
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Music for Large Ensembles
For this New Sounds, listen to some large-scale works by Lou Harrison and John Adams, among others. First of all, we'll hear Harrison's Solstice, a 30-minute drama depicting the struggle between the new year and the old, represented by the Sun Lion (the warmth of summer) and the Moon Bull (the dark days of winter ushered in by the December solstice). For this work, Harrison created a gamelan orchestra sound by combining celesta and tack-piano, joined by a double bass player beating up the instrument. Plus, there's the Finale of John Adams' Violin Concerto on the show. Throwing aside the usual dialogue between soloist and orchestra, Adams instead has the violin constantly weaving in and out of the orchestra like some kind of daredevil in traffic. Also, there's music by Colin McPhee and Tan Dun.
PROGRAM #2687, Western Music, Eastern Echoes (First aired on Wednesday, 6/13/07)
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RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Harrison/Ung/ McPhee |
American Composers Orchestra |
Colin McPhee: Tabuh- Tabuham: Ostinatos [7:30] |
Argo #444 560
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Lou Harrison |
In Retrospect |
Solstice: Part One [13:00] |
New World #80666**
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Harrison/Ung/ McPhee |
American Composers Orchestra |
Colin McPhee: Tabuh- Tabuhan: Finale [6:30] |
See above. |
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Adams/Glass |
Violin Concertos |
John Adams: Violin Concerto, Finale -Toccare [7:30] |
Telarc #80494 ** www.telarc.com |
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Tan Dun |
Symphony 1997 |
Earth [9:30] |
Sony Classical #63368** www.sonyclassical.com |
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