#1930: Program #1930

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
It's a taste of Americana on this edition of New Sounds. We hear concert music inspired by contemporary American popular culture, including Michael Daugherty's "Elvis Everywhere" (1993), recorded on Nonesuch by the Kronos Quartet; Randall Woolff's techno-country chamber orchestra work "Hee Haw"; Ben Neill's "Money Talk" for mutantrumpet, electronics, percussion, and tape; and Phillip Bimstein's "Casino." The works' titles describe it all.

PROGRAM #1930, Americana (First aired on Wed. 6/27/01)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Phillip K. Bimstein

Three Works for Winds

Casino [13:00]

Private CD. For info, go to www.bimstein.com

Randall Woolf

Private recording

Hee Haw [7:00]

Recording not commercially available.

Kronos Quartet

Released 1985-1995

Michael Daugherty: Elvis Everywhere [8:00]

Nonesuch #79394**
www.nonesuch.com

Greene String Quartet

The String Machine

Hoedown Medley [3:00]

Virgin #91632**
Available for purchase at Amazon.com*

Ben Neill

Torchtower

Money Talk [15:00]

New Tone #6723. Italian CD imported by by Harvestworks, 596 Broadway #602, NYC 10012. 212-431-1130. Or www.felmay.it; info@felmay.it

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