ON THE AIR

Classical Discoveries
Wednesdays from 5:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

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When I decided to cover an extra 9 hours of programming during holiday break, I knew that most of that time would be used to air Morton Feldman's String Quartet No. 2 (a work I have wanted to air for quite some time) and that the remainder of the program would be devoted to other Contemporary American composers.
It just so happened thatTom Chiu, the founder and 1st violinist of Flux, as well as composer, was able to visit the WPRB studio at the end of the Feldman and stay for the remainder of the program. That was great opportunity to discuss at length Feldman's String Quartet No. 2, as well as other repertoire of the group, turning this program into aFlux Quartet Marathon.

11:00am - 6:00pm
Morton Feldman- Three Dances - Debora Petrina - OgreOgress -
Morton Feldman- String Quartet No. 2 (Complete) (1983) - Flux Quartet - Mode Records - 112 -
This time includes discusion with Tom Chiu regarding SQ
6:00pm - 8:00am
Judy Dunaway - Etude No. 2 for Balloon and Violin (2004) - Tom Chiu, Violin, Judy Dunaway, Balloon - Innova - 648 -
Judy Dunaway - For Balloon and String Quartet (2001) - Judy Dunaway, Balloon, flux Quartet - Innova - 648 -
Matthew Welch - Siubal Turnal - The Flux Quartet (2004) - Tzadik - TZ 8015 -
Tom Chiu - SAS - Bobby Few, Piano, Flux Quartet - Live - Private
Somei Satoh - Toward the Night (1991) - Flux Quartet - Live - recorded at Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Friday, September 01, 2006 - 7:00 to 10:00 PM
''CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES AVANT-GARDE''  -  Part 3

7:00pm - 8:00pm
David Bedford - "The Great Birds" from Two Poems for Chorus on Words of Kenneth Patchen - North German Radio Chorus, Hamburg, Helmut Frantz, Conductor - Deutsche Grammophon - 471 572-2 -
George Crumb - Black Angels - The Miro Quartet - Bridge Records - 9139 -
Avet Terterian - Symphony No. 3 - Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Loris Tjeknavorian, Conductor - ASV - CD DCA 986 -
Krzysztof Penderecki - Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima - The Strings of the National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw, Witold Rowicki, Conductor - Polskie Nagrania - PNCD 017A&B
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Luigi Nono - "Omaggio a Vedova" - Tape Piece - Wergo - WER 6229-2
Luciano Berio - Sinfonia - New Swingle Singers, Orchestre National De France, Pierre Boulez, Conductor - Erato - ECD 88151 -
Pierre Boulez - "Eclat" - Orchestra of Our Time, Joel Thome, Conductor - Vox Box - CDX 5144
9:00pm - 10:00pm
Valentin Silvestrov - Quartetto Piccolo - The Lysenko String Quartet - Etcetera - KTC 1151 -
Bruno Maderna - Serenata No. 2 - Ex Novo Ensemble, Andrea Molino, Conductor - Stradivarius - STR 33536 - (A*07)
Arne Nordheim - Listen - Elisabeth Klein, Piano - Classico - CD 270 -
John Cage - Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra - Margaret Leng Tan, Prepared Piano, American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor - ECM New Series - 465 140-2 -
Mario Davidovsky - Symchronisims for Piano and Electronics No.6 - Aleck Karis, Piano - Bridge Records - 9171-

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 7:00 to 10:00 PM
''CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES AVANT-GARDE''  -  Part 2

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Vladimir Ussachevsky - Wireless Fantasy - Electronic tape piece realized at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center - CRI - CD 813
Gyorgy Ligeti - Organ Study No. 1, "Harmonies" - Gerd Zacher, Organ - Deutsche Grammophon - 471 608-2 -
Gyorgy Ligeti- Continuum - Jukka Tiensuu, Harpsichord - Finlandia - FACD 367
Tadeusz Baird - Psychodrama - Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Wojciech Michniewski, Conductor - Olympia - OCD 326
Conlon Nancarrow - Study No. 21 for Player Piano - Wergo - WER 6223-2 -
Roberto Gerhard - Symphony No. 3, "Collages" - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Bamert, Conductor - Chandos - CHAN 9556
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Arvo Part - Diagrahms (Two Pieces) - Alexei Luimov, Piano - SoLyd Records - SLR 0333 -
Morton Feldman - The King of Denmark - Max Neuhaus, Percussion - Sony Music Japan, International - SICC 79
Edgard Varese - Poeme Electronique - Magnetic Tape - One Way Records/Sony Music Special Products - A 26791
Galina Ustvolskaya - Composition No. 3, "Benedictus qui venit" - The St. Petersburg Soloists, Oleg Malov, Conductor - Megadisc - MDC7867 -
Harry Partch - Daphne of the Dunes - Newband - Mode Records - 33 -
John Cage - Sonata No. 1 from Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano - Joshua Pierce, Prepared Piano - Wergo - WER 6223-2 -
Giacinto Scelsi - String Quartet No. 4 - Arditti String Quartet - Auvidis Montaigne - MO 782042
9:00pm - 10:00pm
Earle Brown - Octet 1 for 8 Loudspeakers - Tape piece - New World Records - 80650 - -
Toshiro Mayuzumi - Nirvana Symphony - Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Conductor - Denon - CO-78839 - (A*07)
Milton Babbitt - Correspondences for String Orchestra and Synthesized Tape - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine, Conductor - Deutsche Grammophon - 431 698-2

1:00am - 2:00pm
Otto Luening - Fantasy in Space - Otto Luening, Flute CRI -CD 611
Peter Sculthorpe - Sun Music II - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn, Conductor - ABC Classics - 454 505-2 -
Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon (Complete) - Electronic work realized by the composer - Wergo - WER 2035-2 -
Iannis Xenakis - Pithoprakta - New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Conductor - New York Philharmonic 10 CD set, "Bernstein Live"
2:00am - 3:00pm
John Cage - The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs - Arline Carmen, Contralto, John Cage (Closed) Piano - Wergo - WER 6247-2 -
Toru Takemitsu - Arc for Piano and Orchestra - Yuji Takahashi, Piano, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Conductor - Varese Sarabande - VCD47253
Krzysztof Penderecki - The Resurrection of Christ from "Utrenya" - Stefania Woytowicz, Soprano, Krystyna Szczepanska, Mezzo-Soprano, Kazimierz Pustelak, Tenor, Bernard Ladysz, Bass, Peter Lagger, Basso Profundo, Pioneer Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra - Muza - PNCD018
3:00am - 4:00pm
Luciano Berio - Sequenza III - Cathy Berberian, Voice - Wergo - WER 6021-2 -
Lucia Dlugoszewski - Fire Fragile Flight - Orchestra of Our Time, Joel Thome, Conductor - VoxBox - CDX 5144
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Klavierstuck VIII - David Tudor,m Piano - Hat Hut Records - ART CD 6152
Karlheinz Stockhausen- Gruppen for 3 Orchestras - WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln, Arturo Tamayo, Peter Eotvos, and Jacques Mercier, Conductor - BMC Records - BMC CD 117 -
Henryk Gorecki - Epitaph, Op. 12 - The National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Choir in Katowice, Jan Krenz, Conductor - Olympia - OCD 385

5:00pm - 6:00pm
All selections by Morton Feldman unless indicated otherwise
Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety - Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams, Conductor - Elektra Nonesuch - 79249-2
Illusions - Aki Takahashi, Piano - Mode - 54
Projection 1 - Frances-Marie Uitti, Cello - Hat Hut Records - CD 6101
Last Piece 1 - Steffen Schleiermacher, Piano - Hat Hut Records - CD 6143
Structures - Arditti String Quartet - Auvidis Montaigne - MO 782010
(N*03)Final section from "Rothko Chapel" - UC Berkeley chamber Chorus, Philip Brett, Conductor - New Albion - NA039CD
Intersection for Magnetic Tape - Mode - 66
Cello and Orchestra - Siegfried Palm, Cello, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrucken, Hans Zender, Conductor - CPO 999 483-2
6:00pm - 7:00pm
The O'Hara Songs, No. 2 - Markus Kohler, Baritione - Wergo - WER 6273-2
The King of Denmark - Jan Williams, Percussion - Hat Hut Records - CD 6146
The Viola in My Life 2 - Ensemble Recherche - Auvidis Montaigne - MO 782018
"Palais de Mari" -Alan Feinberg, Piano - Koch International Classics - 3-7308-2
Toru Takemitsu - Twill By Twilight, In Memory of Morton Feldman - Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Ryusuke Numajiri, Conductor - Denon - Cd-18032

5:00pm - 6:00pm
John Cage - Experiences No. 2 - Harmonia mundi usa - HMU 907187
John Cage - Six Short Inventions for Seven Instruments - Wergo - WER 6247-2
John Cage - Bacchanale for Prepared Piano - Wergo - WER 6159-2
John Cage - The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs - Wergo - WER 6247-2
John Cage - little four paws - Centaur - CRC 2511
John Cage - Sonatas 1-3 from Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano - CRI - CD 700
John Cage - Dance No. 3 for 2 Prepared Pianos - Angel - 67691
John Cage - In a Landscape - Wergo - WER 60151-50
John Cage - Williams Mix - Wergo - 6247-2
6:00pm - 7:00pm
John Cage - Nocturne for Violin and Piano - Wergo - WER 60157-50
(John Cage - Suite for Toy Piano - New Albion - NA070CD
John Cage - First Construction in Metal - Wergo - WER 6247-2
John Cage - Atlas Eclipticalis - New York Philharmonic Special Editions - NYP 2012-13 From New York Philharmonic 10 CD set-Bernstein Live
John Cage - Jazz Study - Wergo - WER 6159-2
John Cage - Seventy-Four - ECM New Series - 465 140-2
John Cage - 4'33" - Hungaroton - HCD 12991