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Playlist for Classical Discoveries Goes Avant-Garde with Marvin Rosen
Wednesday, August 03 2011 - 11:00am - 01:00pm
| WEDNESDAY ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES AVANT-GARDE - COMPOSER BARBARA BENARY |
| Wednesday, August 03, 2011 from 11:00am till 1:00pm
Barbara Benary is an American composer, performer and ethnomusicologist. Her work in composition has been in two areas: ensemble chamber music and theater music. Her styles are varied but include minimalism, and the integration of world music forms, structures and instruments with traditional western materials. |
 Barbara Benary: Mother of Lion at: New Music Box |
Barbara Benary has written theater and dance scores for a number of companies including New York Shakespeare Festival, LaMaMa E.T.C., Lenox Arts Theatre, Odyssey Theatre, Laura Pawel Dance Co. and Bali-Java Dance Theatre. Her theatre piece Karna: A Shadow Puppet Opera (1994) combines gamelan and vocal oratorio with Javanese wayang kulit puppetry. Wayang Esther: A Javanese Purimspiel (2001) continues her work in the format combining puppet theatre, oratorio and gamelan-based accompaniment. Barbara Benary is co-founder of Gamelan Son of Lion, a new music collective and repertory ensemble in New York City (1976- ). She has composed over thirty pieces for gamelan ensemble which have been performed by Gamelan Son of Lion and other groups in the United States and internationally.
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| Composer | Work | Performers | label |
air time |
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| Castellano, Jennifer | Marvin Goes Avant-Garde (first section) | Musique Concrete | Private | 11:00 | |||
In WPRB Studio composer Barbara Benary | |||||||
| Benary, Barbara | Sun on Snow | Phyllis Clark, Soprano and Percussion, Barbara Benary, Violin, Daniel Goode, Clarinet, Jon Gibson, Soprano Sax, Jody Kruskal, Concertiina, Chris Nappi, Marimba, Nick Didkovski, Electric Guitar | New World Records - 80646-2 - (N*07) | 11:02 | |||
| Benary, Barbara | A Rag for Deena | Gamelan Son of Lion | Barbara Benary -GSOL CD-4 | 11:20 | |||
| Benary, Barbara | Dragon Toes | Gamelan Son of Lion | Barbara Benary -GSOL CD-4 | 11:39 | |||
| Benary, Barbara Liben, Laura, Goode, Daniel | Selections from 9-11: A Memorial suite | Gamelan Son of Lion | Innova - 718 - (I*02) | 11:56 | |||
| Benary, Barbara | Downtown Steel | DownTown Ensemble | New World Records - 80646-2 - (N*07) | 12:15 | |||
| Benary, Barbara | Mostly Slendro Passacaglia | Gamelan Son of Lion | GSOL Records - GSOL CD-1 | 12:33 | |||
| Benary, Barbara | Barang II | Steven Silverstein & Peter Thompson, Clarinets | New World Records - 80646-2 - (N*07) | 12:45 | |||
| Benary, Barbara | Jigalullaby | Gamelan Son of Lion | New World Records - 80646-2 - (N*07) | 12:52 | |||
Links where to buy CD used in current show:
(A*01)...Arkiv Music
(I*02)...Innova Recordings
(N*07)...New World Records
Links to Internet CD Stores:
Amazon
Princeton Record Exchange - Buy and sell New and Used Classical CDs, DVDs and Classical Records