#4898, Process Music
Hear music inspired by processes from American composer Peter Gena; harpist Mary Lattimore with accordionist Walt McClements; and the bespoke generative systems of J.P.A. Falzone.
Hear work by composer James Peter Alfonse Falzone, (whose instrumental training includes pipe organ) which uses bell-like percussion instruments, resonant timbres, and long note-values. Falzone’s piece for orchestra, “Zipf's Law IV”, ostensibly derives from the probability of the frequency of certain events (Britannica), as it follows its own generative system designed by the composer. Also, hear music by American composer, pianist, installation artist, and educator Peter Gena, derived from editing out redundant phrases and sequences from Beethoven’s Op. 54 Sonata, which then turned into Beethoven in Soho (1980), “a quasi-minimalist piece by delaying expectations through repetition” (program notes, New World Records).
Listen to harpist Mary Lattimore in collaboration with accordionist/composer Walt McClements (who tours with Weyes Blood.) It’s music inspired by natural process of changing of seasons featuring joyful harp, accordion, piano, synth, and bell experiments. Then there's music for chamber band by Australian composer Chris Perren derived from the surrounding patterns from a 1950’s championship game of go - the Chinese strategy game of great complexity, where one must surround and capture a greater territory on a playing board than one’s opponent. And more. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4898, Process Music (First aired 6/27/2024)
ARTIST: Steve Reich and Musicians
WORK: Pendulum Music [1:03]
RECORDING: Steve Reich and Musicians, Live 1977
SOURCE: Orange Mountain Music
INFO: http://www.orangemountainmusic.com/Catalog.htm
ARTIST: Daniel Lentz
WORK: You Can’t See the Forest Music [4:00]
RECORDING: Cold Blue
SOURCE: Cold Blue CB0008
INFO: coldbluemusic.com
ARTIST: Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements
WORK: The Poppies, The Wild Mustard. the Blue-Eyed Grass [12:45]
RECORDING: Rain on the Road
SOURCE: Thrill Jockey Records
INFO: https://marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com/album/rain-on-the-road
ARTIST: Nonsemble
WORK: Chris Perren: Go Seigen vs. Fujisawa Kuranosuke, Part II [8:28]
RECORDING: Go Seigen vs. Fujisawa Kuranosuke
SOURCE: Bigo and Twigetti
INFO: bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Sviatoslav Richter, piano
WORK: Beethoven Sonata No. 22, Op. 54 [:45]
RECORDING: Classical Vault
SOURCE: LiveClass
INFO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuXx94oMIq0
ARTIST: Joseph Kubera, piano 1; Anthony de Mare, piano 2; Gregory Chudzik, bass guitar
WORK: Peter Gena: Beethoven in Soho [9:51]
RECORDING: Beethoven in Soho
SOURCE: New World Records
INFO: https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/peter-gena-beethoven-in-soho-and-other-works
ARTIST: Ostrava New Orchestra, Owen Underhill, conductor
WORK: J.P.A. Falzone: Zipf's Law IV [11:03]
RECORDING: A Curving Abacus
SOURCE: New World Records
INFO: https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/j-p-a-falzone-a-curving-abacus
