On Friday’s program, a rebroadcast of an episode from 2012: Dennis Aman presents Frederic Rzewski’s classic piano cycle:    “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido performed by Quilapayun (excerpt)From their album, “A Palau” EMI 594997.Bandiera Rossa by Salsomaggiore Terme Band and Choir  (excerpt)Ala Bianca ABR 128554024-2.Hanns Eisler: Solidaritätslied performed by Eric Bentley  (excerpt)Smithsonian/Folkways FW05433. […]

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A rebroadcast of our 433rd episode, Danny Clay gives a shout out to Cage, his friends, and an unassuming piece of silence.   John CageImaginary Landscape No. 4 Maelstrom Percussion Ensemble; Jan Williams, conductor.hatART CD 6179 Earle BrownPerspectivesDavid Arden, piano.New Albion NA082 Morton FeldmanExtensions 3Philipp Vandré, piano.Mode 66 Lou HarrisonPraises for the Beauty of HummingbirdsTammittam Percussion EnsembleDynamic […]

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On tonight’s program, Dennis Aman presents four composers from around the world: Claude Vivier: Zipangu Schönberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor. Philips 454231-2   Unsuk Chin: Double Concerto Ensemble InterContemportain Kairos 0013062   Andy Vores: On Site Remix Lynn Torgove, mezzo-soprano. Independent release   Louis Andriessen: Passeggiata In Tram In America E Ritorno Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Cristina Zavalloni, mezzo-soprano; Gil […]

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This week, a rebroadcast where Danny Clay plays works by Subtonic, Sommerfeld, and Gatonska   Morton SubotnickMusic For The Double Life Of AmphibionsWergo Jerod SommerfeldtAir Ascent: Caccia & Passacagliaself-released Michael GatonskaShinrin-yokuNew World Records  Listen

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Richard Friedman presents part of a three-hour work for four pianos by the 89 year-old Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt. Simeon ten Holt was born in Northern Holland in 1923. Sometime in the late 1950′s, after a traditional modernist career, he broke ranks and surprised audiences with a forceful return to tonality, but tonality in a very […]

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