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May 4, 2007

MFOM 106 :: May 4 & 7 2007 :: POST-Minimalism

trAce #24 Paris 2007  Ian Wilson - photo by Eugene Langan
Steve Peters:  Ancestral Memory (1996)
Ryan Brown:  Bansky (2004)
Dan Becker:  Gridlock (1994)
     ---  trAce 024 (Paris 2007) Post-Minimalism

Hervé Zénouda:  Le Mystère de la Fleur d'Or  for quartet of electric guitars -
     ---                     trAce 008 (Paris 1999)
                     :  Le Temps de Métamorphoses (Suite for two pianos)
                              trAce 015 (Paris 2002)
 
Ian Wilson: String Quartet #1 Winter's Edge - Vanbrugh Quartet - Black Box Music BBM 1031 (UK 2000)

May 11, 2007

MFOM 107 :: May 11 & 14 2007 - Kagel/Holliger

Mauricio Kagel Heinz Holliger

Mauricio Kagel:  MM51 for Piano and Metronome (1976) - Alexandre Tharaud pno  AEON AECD 0311 (2003)

Heinz Holliger: Violin Concert (2002) - Thomas Zehetmair, vn. SWR Symphony Orch, Heinz Holliger, cond - ECM New 1890 (2004)

May 18, 2007

MFOM 108 :: May 18 & 21 2007 :: Cowell and Cage

Henry Cowell (1897-1965)John Cage (1912-1992) in 1947

Henry Cowell:  Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 1928; Concerto Piccolo  1941;  Irish Jig  1925;  Domnu, the Mother of Waters  1926
    -- Stefan Litwin, pno; Radio Symphony Orch Saarbrücken, Michael Stern cond.
       Col Legno  WWE 20064 (2001)

John Cage:  Four Dances (1943)
    -- Amadinda Perc Group,  Hungaroton Classic HCD 31847  (2005)
      

A definitive article on the importance of Henry Cowell to American Music, Henry Cowell: Giving Us Permission,  by Peter Garland is on the Other Minds website. 

May 25, 2007

MFOM 109 :: May 25/28 2007 :: Cowell, Harrison, & Sandresky

Lou Harrison Eleanor Sandresky

 

Henry Cowell: Dance of Sport (1931)
                          California Parallèle Ensemble, Nicole Paiement, cond
                    Four Combinations for Three Instruments (1924)
                          Picasso Ensemble
         --  MODE 101 (2001)

Lou Harrison: Four Strict Songs (1955, rev 1992)
        UC Santa Cruz Chamber Singers and Chamber Orch, Nicole Paiement, cond
        -- New World Records 80666 (2007)

Eleanor Sandresky: REM1 from A Sleeper's Notebook  (2004)
                   Sandresky, pno  One Soul Records  2004.10.25

Eleanor Sandresky choreographs her performances of her piano music. You can see video excerpts on her website. (Click on her name above.)