#4865, Open Scoring
Hear music which leaves interpreting the page(s) open to the performers – what the sound will be, and how it will move from one place to another. There's Terry Riley’s “In C”, in a version by cellist Maya Beiser and two percussionists; flexibly-scored and not instrument-specific work by the late Pauline Oliveros, and a pulse-driven work from English composer Andrew Poppy.
Listen as cellist, producer, and adventurous artist Maya Beiser, turns Terry Riley’s minimalist classic, “In C”, into a captivating soundscape with her cello. In her version, the open-scored page is transformed into a series of drones and live cello loops, along with contributions from two of her long-time collaborators, the drummers Shane Shanahan and Matt Kilmer.
Then, listen to English composer Andrew Poppy and his work, “Playing the Pulse”, which is a series of instructions that begins: “For any group of instruments, with a minimum of two, if one is a keyboard”. It continues with “All instruments should aim to PLAY ALL OR MOST OF THE TIME”. Hear the ensemble, CoMA (Contemporary Music for All) London from a collection of archival works released by the composer in 2023.
There’s also music by the late Pauline Oliveros, who was a pioneer in electronic music, a pioneer in alternate tunings, and in sonic meditations – scores with instructions instead of notes. Hear her “Tuning Meditation” along with the work, “70 Chords for Terry”. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4865, Open Scoring (First aired 4/04/2024)
ARTIST: Terry Riley & Members of the Creative and Performing Arts at SUNY Buffalo
WORK: Terry Riley: In C [1:26]
RECORDING: Terry Riley: In C
SOURCE: Columbia / Sony Classical
INFO: Available at AppleMusic or Discogs.com
ARTIST: Maya Beiser, Shane Shanahan, Matt Kilmer
WORK: Terry Riley: In C [16:38]
RECORDING: Maya Beiser x Terry Riley: In C
SOURCE: Island Music
INFO: https://islandiamusicshop.com/products/maya-beiser-x-terry-riley-in-c
ARTIST: Darmstadt Ensemble, Zach Layton and Ben Neill
WORK: Pauline Oliveros: 70 Chords for Terry [6:08]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live at Brookfield Place, 10/12/17
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: https://paulineoliveros.us/compositions.html
ARTIST: CoMA Ensemble, Conducted by Gregory Rose
WORK: Andrew Poppy: Playing The Pulse [12:37]
RECORDING: Ark Hive of A Live
SOURCE: False Walls
INFO: https://andrewpoppy.bandcamp.com/album/ark-hive-of-a-live
ARTIST: Darmstadt Ensemble, Zach Layton and Ben Neill
WORK: Pauline Oliveros: Tuning Meditation [3:36]
RECORDING: New Sounds Live at Brookfield Place, 10/12/17
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: https://paulineoliveros.us/compositions.html
ARTIST: Audience at Meet the Composer Session, Jan. 2017
WORK: Pauline Oliveros: Tuning Meditation [4:03]
RECORDING: Fuentidueña Chapel at the Met Cloisters on Jan. 20, 2017
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: https://www.newsounds.org/story/bonus-track-pauline-oliveros-tuning-meditation
