Songs and Views of the Magnetic Garden
Sunday, September 10, 2006
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Alvin Curran performing Songs and Views of the Magnetic Garden in 1972
Songs and Views of the Magnetic Garden is a piece by Alvin Curran,
recorded in 1973. Weaving his voice, flugelhorn, glass chimes, and
synthesizer with the sounds of high-tension wires in Sardinia, swallows in Rome, bees, water, and frog peepers, Curran created music that still sounds unique after 33 years. The piece has an unusual beauty: focussed and expansive, casual and precise, experimental and warmly human. On the eve of Sept. 11th, when something thoughtful and heart-felt seems called for, we listen to this piece in its entirety.
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