This year marks the 100th anniversary of Olivier Messiaen’s birth, December 1908. So maybe it’s more like the anniversary of his conception as well.
Son of an English teacher father who translated Shakespeare, and a symbolist poet mother, Messiaen, who died in 1992, is still perhaps the most unique and exotic of 20th century composers.
There is […]

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It’s back to the 80’s all over again:
Daniel Goode: TUNNEL-FUNNEL (1985)
The Crosstown Ensemble with Eric Grunin conducting - Tzadik TZ7029 (1998)
Steve Peters: The Webster Cycles (1981) (on a new Cold Blue release)
J.A. Deane, trombones
Daniel Goode will be performing his own music for Gamelan at the UC Santa Cruz
IMAGINING […]

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It’s Spring. Finally.
So let’s hear Le Sacre du Printemps.
First, a 1929 recording with Stravinsky conducting the Orchestra Symphonique de Paris; and then in a two piano version arranged by Stravinsky himself.
Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (1910) (parts I and II)
Le Orchestra Symphonique do Paris, Igor Stravinsky conducting
Recorded at the Théatre des […]

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Welcome to the redesigned Music From Other Minds website.
Links to all the previous program listings can be found on the Listings page.
Let us know how it looks to you. Leave a comment.

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Two brand new releases from the independent label OgreOgress Productions out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Alan Hovhaness: Talin - Slovak Philharmonic (strings) and Christina Fong (viola) - OgreOgress New Release
John Cage: […]

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Elena Kats-Chernin: Gypsy Ramble (1996)
- Patricia Pollett, viola; Nicholas Bochner, cello; Carson Dron, piano. - Tall Poppies TP181 (2006)
Alwynne Pritchard: Invisible Cities (1999) - Ian Pace, piano - Metier MSV CD 92040 (2002)
Hyo-Shin Na: Walking, Walking (2004) - Thomas Schultz, piano - New World Records 80674 (2008)

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You are reading the THIRD EDITION of the Music from Other Minds playlist website.
Here are links to playlist pages that cover all the programs since we started MFOM on KALW.
We maintained the website manually until March 2007 when we switched to Movable Type. In March 2008 we switched to WordPress, which may explain the changes […]

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