#3306: Choral Properties

For this New Sounds, hear choral music from a new recording of a score by Canadian composer Matthew Patton for the film “Tales From Gimli Hospital,” a film by Guy Maddin.  Patton has worked with world-class choreographers (the likes of Paul Taylor for a production called "Speaking in Tongues"), collaborated with with Icelandic musicians (members of múm and amiina) for a 2011 cinema-musical event of the film, and worked with filmmaker Guy Maddin on multiple occasions and in multiple projects.

Listen also to music with choral properties by Julianna Barwick, who creates a one-person chorus of many Juliannas (her own voice, looped), combined with warm drones and hypnotic piano.  Then there’s something from the soundtrack of  “Meetings with Remarkable Men,” the story of G.I. Gurdjieff, shot mostly on location in Afghanistan, featuring choral music from Laurence Rosenthal and Thomas de Hartmann.  Plus, music by Somei Satoh featuring an electronic chorus, choral music from Harold Budd, and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s recent remix of Meredith Monk’s “Astronaut Anthem.” 

PROGRAM # 3306 Choral Properties (First aired on 2/28/2012)