#4689, Uncanny Weather
Listen to weather-related works by English violinist and sound designer Ruby Colley, Bang on a Can composer Michael Gordon, cellist Rebecca Foon working as Saltland, and a lot more.
English violinist, composer, and sound artist Ruby Colley “seeks to reflect the world we live in now, not an idealised form of nature, which can often dominate our attempts to confront the climate catastrophe,” (liner notes, Bandcamp.) Hear music from her 2022 record, Overheard, where Colley combines field recordings, violin, double bass, oud and electronics.
Then, listen to American composer Christopher Cerrone and his piano concerto, The Air Suspended, for pianist Shai Wosner, inspired by texts by Ben Lerner, Elena Ferrante, and TS Eliot about 'uncanny weather'. The work "reflects his ongoing concern with documenting the experience of living through climate change", while also considering those "ambient and terrifying emotional effects", (program notes.)
Then, hear work by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy-winning composer and environmental activist John Luther Adams, who lived and worked for years in Alaska, and saw firsthand the early warning signs of climate change. Listen to music from his record, Earth and the Great Weather. Plus, a long-form work by Bang on a Can co-founder and composer Michael Gordon, involving drums, strings, and samples of sirens, thunder and other sounds. And more.
Program #4689, Uncanny Weather (First aired 12/06/2022)
ARTIST: Ensemble Resonanz; Evan Ziporyn, conductor
WORK: Michael Gordon: Weather [1:06]
RECORDING: Weather
SOURCE: Nonesuch 79553
INFO: nonesuch.com
ARTIST: Shai Wosner, piano; Argus Quartet; Pat Swoboda, bass
WORK: The Air Suspended: I. From Ground to Cloud [4:25]
RECORDING: Christopher Cerrone: The Air Suspended
SOURCE: New Focus Recordings
INFO: https://cerrone.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: John Luther Adams Ensemble
WORK: John Luther Adams: Earth and the Great Weather [8:28]
RECORDING: John Luther Adams: Earth and the Great Weather
SOURCE: John Luther Adams
INFO: Available via Youtube Music, AppleMusic, and Spotify
ARTIST: Saltland (Rebecca Foon)
WORK: A Common Truth [4:13]
RECORDING: A Common Truth
SOURCE: Constellation Records 123
INFO: cstrecords.com
ARTIST: Ensemble Resonanz; Evan Ziporyn, conductor
WORK: Michael Gordon: Weather [20:31]
RECORDING: Weather
SOURCE: Nonesuch 79553
INFO: nonesuch.com
ARTIST: Ruby Colley
WORK: Here Comes The Rayne [5:24]
RECORDING: Overheard
SOURCE/INFO: rubycolley.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Deru
WORK: We Will Disappear [:38]
RECORDING: We Will Live On
SOURCE: !K7 Music
INFO: musicstore.deru.la
