#3705: Spring Awakenings?
From Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, as recomposed by Max Richter to spring-themed music from Taiwan’s A Moving Sound, we mark the summer solstice with a program of music for spring. Listen to Norwegian Hardanger fiddle and bluegrass fiddle together in the odd chamber group called QQQ. Also, from New York-based sax & clarinet wizard/composer Ken Thomson and his outfit Slow/Fast, there’s a work called, “Spring.” Then, there’s music for the apricot wood-made reed instrument, the duduk, from Armenia. Plus, music by Denver-based bass player Matt Skelleger, one of Meredith Monk’s “Songs of Ascension,” and more.
PROGRAM #3705– Spring Awakenings (First aired on 03/20/2015)
ARTIST: Max Richter w/ Daniel Hope, violin; Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin; André de Ridder
WORK: Spring: opening movement [3:10]
RECORDING: Recomposed: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
SOURCE: Deutsche Grammophone 0289 481 0044 6 CD DDD GH
INFO: deutschegrammophon.com
ARTIST: Matt Skellenger (feat. Adam Bartczak & Andy Skellenger)
WORK: Spring [2:04]
RECORDING: New Radio
SOURCE/INFO: mattskellenger.com
ARTIST: Slow/Fast
WORK: Ken Thomson: Spring [10:03]
RECORDING: Settle
SOURCE: NCM East Records
INFO: ktonline.net
ARTIST: Matt Emery
WORK: Effervescent
RECORDING: Matt Emery
SOURCE: Fat Cat Records
INFO: Soundcloud
ARTIST: Gary Burton Quintet w/Eberhard Weber
WORK: Silent Spring (C Bley) [10:32]
RECORDING: ring
SOURCE: ECM 1051
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Scott DuBois
WORK: Spring Haystacks [7:58]
RECORDING: Landscape Scripture
SOURCE: Sunnyside SSC1309
INFO: scottdubois.com | sunnysiderecords.com
ARTIST: Meredith Monk
WORK: spring variation [4:05]
RECORDING: Songs of Ascension
SOURCE: ECM 2154
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: QQQ
WORK: Spring [5:44]
RECORDING: Unpacking the Trailer...
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records 015
INFO: newamsterdamrecords.com
ARTIST: A Moving Sound
WORK: A First Thunder of Spring [4:18]
RECORDING: Silk Road
SOURCE: Motema Records MTM-71
INFO: motema.com | amovingsound.com
ARTIST: Djivan Gasparyan
WORK: Lovely Spring [4:26]
RECORDING: Moon Shines At Night
SOURCE: Gyroscope/Caroline #CAROL-6604
INFO: Try Amazon.com or Sterns Music sternsmusic.com
Info at www.jivanduduk.com
