Program Playlists ARCHIVE
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Peter Garland was born in 1952 in Maine. He studied with Harold Budd and James Tenney at Cal Arts and has had long student-mentor friendships with Lou Harrison, Conlon Nancarrow, Paul Bowles and the late Dane Rudhyar. He edited and published Soundings Press for twenty years, and has written two books of essays on American music and culture. He has been a lifelong student of Native American musics, and has lived in New Mexico, California, Maine, Michoacan, Oaxaca and Puebla.

Garland: Another Sunrise (1995) for two pianos and percussion - Aki Takahashi, Judith Gordon, pianos, with Essential Music - Mode Records #110 (2002)

Garland: Days Run Away (1971) - Aki Takahashi, piano
Garland: Nostalgia for the Southern Cross (1976) - Aki Takahashi, piano - Tzadik TZ 7053 (2000)

Gavin Bryars, one of the leading composers in the U.K. today, appeared at Other Minds 7 in 2001.

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Bryars: Violin Concerto "The Bulls of Bashan" (2000) - Gwen Hobig, solo; CBC Radio Orchestra - CBC Records SMCD 5223
Bryars: The North Shore (1994) - Bill Hawkes, solo viola; string ensemble led by Roger Heaton - Point Music.
Bryars: The South Downs (1995) - Sophie Harris, cello; Bavin Bryars, piano - Point Music

You can hear an interview from 1986 with Gavin Bryars on the Other Minds radio archive.

A sampling of minimalist compositions released on the independent label Cold Blue Music from Venice California.

  

Jim Fox: Appearance of Red - Ric Cox, electric guitar; Robert Krupnik, piano, Dane Little, cello. Recorded in 1983 - CB0008
Michael Byron: Marimbas in Dorian Mode - William Winant, Beverly Johnson, Kevin Little, Mike Perry, marimbas - CB0008
David Mahler: La Cuidad de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles - Bryan Pezzone, piano - CB0008
Jim Fox: City the Wind Swept Away - Alex Iles, Jeannie Little, trombones; Bob Sanders, David Stetson, bass trombones; Bryan Pezzone, piano; Peter Kent and Robin Lorentz, violins; Maria Newman, viola; Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, cello - CB0015
Michael Jon Fink: I Hear It In The Rain - Rick Cox, electric guitars; Michael Jon Fink, electric bass and keyboard; Dan Morris, percussion - CB0004
Michael Byron: As She Sleeps - Sarah Cahill, piano - CB0012

An hommage to the extraordinary Cathy Berberian, who left us on March 6, 1983.

    

"Nothing about Cathy could hide unnoticed, appear in muted pastels, or be restricted to the palette between pianissimo and mezzo piano.

She was a wonderful, fun person, and always seemed to be larger than life. Everything about her was stunning and different. Her beauty was more arresting and fascinating than classical, and from the moment she walked into a room, or onto a stage, her charisma shone like a beacon." (Jennifer I. Paull; read more... ) (photo by Maria Austria)

From a 1993 Ermitage release of recordings Cathy made for the Italian radio, re-released on Aura Classics in 1999:
       "Nel Labirinto Della Voce":

Anon.: Four Armenian Folk Songs: Siroohis, Loosin yelav, Xundai Dzar, Im Yerke
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Desejo, Xango (Brazilian Folk Songs)
               --recorded in Lugano, 1960; Luciano Sgrizzi, piano.

Kurt Weill: Song of Sexual Slavery, Le Grand Lustucru, Surabaya Johnny
Luciano Berio: Sequenza III
John Lennon/Paul Mc Cartney: Michelle (arranged by Louis Andriessen)
Cathy Berberian: Stripsody
               --recorded in Lugano, 1969; Bruno Canino, piano

Luciano Berio: Avendo Gran Disio (1949)
Jacques Offenbach: Ah, quel diner (La Périchole)
               --recorded in Ascona, 1975; Bruno Canino, piano

Erik Satie: 3 Songs
               --recorded in Lugano, 1981; Dario Müller, piano

Igor Stravinsky: Tilim-bom
               --recorded in Lugano, 1980; Orch. RTSI

Anon: Azerbaijani folk song (arr. by Luciano Berio)
               --recorded in Lugano, 1969; Bruno Canino, piano

Other Minds 11 - Marc Blitzstein Centenary Celebration

Other Minds 11 Composer/Performers:

Michael Tenzer: Three Island Duos -- Evan Ziporyn playing both clarinet parts -- Cantaloupe (2001) "This is not a clarinet"
John Luther Adams: Dark Wind -- Marty Walker, clarinets -- Cold Blue CB 0009 (2002)
Maria de Alvear: Fuerzas (excerpt) -- Christina Fong, viola -- OgreOgress (2002)

Other Minds 11 Composers:
Michael Nyman: String Quartet #2 -- Balanescu Quartet -- ARGO (1991)
John Luther Adams: The Immeasurable Space of Tones -- Cold Blue Music (2002)
Evan Ziporyn: Bindu Semara -- Evan Ziporyn, clarinet -- Cantaloupe (2001) "This is not a clarinet"

                      
Michael Nyman's classic 1974 account of the postwar experimental tradition in music, Experimental Music, is now available in its 2nd edition.
          

       
John Luther Adams's new book of writings on music, Winter Music, was published in November 2004 by Wesleyan U. Press. It's a wonderful look into a composer's world, especially a world closely associated with the landscape of Alaska.
»» Hear an hour-long interview with John Luther Adams on the Music Mavericks website. »» Listen with Real Audio

Other Minds 11 Composers:
Charles Amirkhanian: ChuLuLu, Bajanoom, Vers Les Anges -- Starkland (1997) "Walking Tune"
Phill Niblock : Disseminate Ostrava -- Ensemble OCNM and Janacek Philharmonic, Petr Kotik cond. -- MODE (2004)
Phill Niblock: Sweet Potato -- Carol Robinson, woodwinds -- Touch Music (UK) (2003) "TOUCH FOOD "

Phill Niblock       Charles Amirkhanian

Other Minds 11 Composers:
Maria de Alvear : Stein, Linde -- de Alvear, Drums of Chaos -- (2001) "BAUM"
                         : WORLD (excerpt) for 2 pianos and orchestra -- Kleeb, Kubera, Kotik, S.E.M. Orchestra (1999)
                         : THINKING (excerpt) for piano and violin -- Clarke, Sabat (2002)
                         : LIBERTAD (excerpt) (1999)

Maria de Alvear's music appears on World-Edition, Cologne, Germany.

Other Minds 11 Composers:
Billy Bang: Fire in the Hole -- Justin Time(2001) -- VIETNAM the aftermath
Daniel Bernard Roumain: String Quartet #2 -- ETHEL -- DBRMusic (2004) "DBR String Quartets "
Billy Bang: Mystery of the Mekong -- Justin Time(2001) -- VIETNAM the aftermath

Other Minds 11 Composers:
Evan Ziporyn: Thum Nyatiti, Tsmindao Ghmerto -- Evan Ziporyn, clarinets -- Cantaloupe 2001 "This is not a clarinet"
Fred Frith: Rivers and Tides -- Frith and friends -- Winter and Winter 2003
Evan Ziporyn: Partial Truths -- Evan Ziporyn, clarinets -- Cantaloupe 2001 "This is not a clarinet"
Steve Martland: Terminal (1998) -- Steve Martland Band -- Black Box Music 2001 "Horses of Instruction" (Steve is not in this year's OM Festival, but I thought I would just add it tonight because I like his music and it just fit!)

Other Minds 11 Composers:
Michael Nyman: Where the Bee Dances -- John Harle Ensemble -- Argo 1992
John Luther Adams: Dream in White on White -- Apollo Quartet and Strings, JoAnn Falletta, cond., Barbara Chapman, harp -- New Albion 1993
John Luther Adams: Red Arc / Blue Veil -- Ensemble Sirius -- Winter Music / Wesleyan University Press 2004
David Lang: Press Release -- Evan Ziporyn clarinets -- Bang on a Can