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• Hey Phil Kline- glad you are sticking around. You are doing a great job and sounding like a total radio professional.
  in Playlist for Phil Kline - May 29, 2012
  Tuesday May 29, 2012, 02:05 PM
• Re: The Grudjieff - the benchmark recording is by Cecil Lytle, and the station has the 6 CD set, because I donated it to WNYC.
  in Playlist for Mornings - May 29, 2012
  Tuesday May 29, 2012, 09:05 AM
• Thanks for the Barber Adagio. It's not new music, but it is a favorite of many New Music fans.
  in Playlist for Mornings - May 29, 2012
  Tuesday May 29, 2012, 08:05 AM
• Tabula Rasa was my first Arvo Pärt CD. I wound up with about 25 of them, thanks to Stephen Hill at Hearts of Space (HOS). Stephen, now a good friend, is the most articulate person I know On Part. Here is his introduction to 1994 HOS PGM 0375 : "CONSTANT STILLNESS", the music of Arvo Part: "As we reach the waning days of another year, we try to take the time to reflect on our increasingly complex lives. It's at these times the music of the contemporary Estonian composer ARVO P?RT takes on a special importance, due to its innocence, simplicity, and non-exclusive spirituality. P?rt writes music rich with silence against the general turmoil and hubbub of the world. His constant desire is to express the mysterious, the numinous, and the unknowable. "Time and timelessness are connected" he says. "This instant and eternity are struggling within us. And this is the cause of all our obstinacy, our narrow mindedness, our faith, and our grief." I'm STEPHEN HILL, and on this edition of Hearts of Space a program dedicated entirely to the music of ARVO P?RT, called "CONSTANT STILLNESS." Elsewhere (not on this computer) I have Pärt describing his method of seeking to draw an infinity out of a moment of time, of working with the simplest of tools, one voice, two voices. And the playlist: ARVO P?RT Fratres < 0:0->9:28> : KRONOS QUARTET: WINTER WAS HARD ; Elektra Nonesuch 9 79181-2; 1988 : Info: Carol Yabel, Publicist ARVO P?RT Silouans Song < 09:28->14:58> : TE DEUM ; ECM 1505 78118-20003-2; : Info: www.ecmrecords.com ARVO P?RT Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten < 14:58->19:44> : TABULA RASA ; ECM 1275; 1988 : Info: www.ecmrecords.com ARVO PART & THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLE De Profundis < 19:44->26:35> : Arbos ; ECM 1325 831 959-2; 1987 : Info: www.ecmrecords.com ARVO P?RT Magnificat < 26:35->33:07> Sanctus < 33:07->37:11> : TE DEUM ; ECM 1505 78118-20003-2; : Info: www.ecmrecords.com ARVO P?RT Tabula Rasa - Part 2 < 37:11->52:40> : TABULA RASA ; ECM 1275; 1988 : Info: www.ecmrecords.com ARVO PART & THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLE Pari Intervallo < 52:40->58:28> : Arbos ; ECM 1325 831 959-2; 1987 : Info: www.ecmrecords.com Thanks for including Arvo Pärt at Q2. Too bad that NYPR cannot see its way clear to bring back HOS to the New York City audience. BTW, I sent the "Tabula Rasa" album to George Preston, when he was at WNYC, along with "Atlantic 1380" and Keith Jarrett's "Köln Concert"
  in Playlist for Phil Kline - May 24, 2012
  Thursday May 24, 2012, 01:05 PM
• "Szeroka woda (Broad Waters) Op. 39 Henryk Gorecki", such a beautiful piece. Thanks.
  in Playlist for Choral - May 21, 2012
  Monday May 21, 2012, 08:05 PM
• Thanks.
  in Playlist for Phil Kline - May 21, 2012
  Monday May 21, 2012, 04:05 PM
• Re: The Bartok - The first time I heard the two early string quartets (1890's?) I thought I was listening to Elliot Carter, they were so astonishingly "modern". Re: Music for the Knee Plays - I thought they were all by David Byrne.
  in Playlist for Phil Kline - May 21, 2012
  Monday May 21, 2012, 02:05 PM
• Ah, the wonderful Ms Hahn. As Jim Svejda of KUSC says, "If you've got it, show it off!"
  in Playlist for Mornings - May 17, 2012
  Thursday May 17, 2012, 06:05 AM
• Keep In Touch is much better without the vocals.
  in Playlist for Mornings - May 11, 2012
  Friday May 11, 2012, 08:05 AM
• Huzzah gary gach from left coast. Could not agree more.
  in Julia Holter: Music to Hear Now
  Wednesday May 09, 2012, 09:05 AM
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