On this Friday’s program Richard Friedman presents music for the season(s):    Peter Garland: Waves Breaking on Rocks (Elegy for All of Us) (2003) Aki Takahashi, piano with Ari Streisfeld violin New World Records 80716 (2011) John Cage: The Seasons (1947) Steffen Schleiermacher, piano. Complete Piano Music Vol 7 MDG 613 0793 (2001) listen

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 Cynthia Mei presents Tango in the Avant Garde:   Ástor Piazzolla (b.1921-1992):  “Maria de Buenos Aires” (1968 Premiere) Tema de Maria, Aria de los analistas Ástor Piazzolla (Bandoneon), Horacio Ferrer (Libretto), Amelita Baltar (Vocals), Hector de Rosas (Vocals), Jaime Gosis (Piano), Antonio Agri (Violin), Hugo Baralis (Violin), Victor Pontino (Cello), Cacho Tirao (Guitar), Arturo Schneider […]

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Dennis Aman presents new music from Lithuania:   Osvaldas Balakauskas (b. 1937) Symphony No. 4, 1st mvmt. “Octa” (1998) Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Juozas Domarkas Naxos  8.557605  (2005) Vytautas Germanavičius (b. 1969) Pacific Bell  (2004) Aidas Puodžiukas, piano. Domus Artis CDDA-008 (2012) Bronius Kutavvičius (b.1932) Celebration Of The Oak-Tree (from Last Pagan Rites) […]

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Richard Friedman presents John Cage‘s 1951 solo piano work, Music of Changes, composed using chance operations from the I Ching.    John Cage: Music of Changes (1951) Steffen Schleiermacher, piano. Complete Piano Music MDG 613 1731 (Germany:1998-2002) Listen For more information about Music of Changes and the I Ching: Wikipedia entry A review of the […]

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