Composer Jeremy Gill recently had the opportunity of a lifetime when the Boston Modern Orchestra Project agreed to record not one, not two, but three of his concertos. We’ll talk with Jeremy and clarinet soloist Chris Grymes about this fantastic new release and play as much of it as we can.
Jeremy Gill Concerto BMOP Release
Playlist
Conduit; Mvmt I: Touch; Mvmt II: Pulse, by Robert Honstein
eighth blackbird
Duos; Mvmts 21-24, by Jörg Widmann
Nick Photinos, cello; Michiko Theurer, violin
Cold Mountain: “Listen,” by Jennifer Higdon
Justine Aronson, soprano; Jocelyn Zelasko, soprano; Robert Fleitz, piano
Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say, by Kate Soper
Justine Aronson, soprano; Erika Boysen, flutes
Electric Aroma, by Viet Cuong
Michael Maccaferri, clarinet; Dylan Ward, saxophone; Phoebe Wu, piano; Matt Keown, percussion
Dogs, by Invoke
Invoke: Zachariah Matteson, violin; Nick Montopoli, violin; Karl Mitze, viola; Geoff Manyin, cello
Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab
Three-time Grammy winning super group Eighth Blackbird unveils their newest creative project: “to inspire the next generation of performers and composers to share in the ensemble’s vision: to champion a distinctive, dynamic and engaging performance aesthetic.” We’ll talk to the birds and this year’s participants and bring you into the creative process as the lab comes to life.
Playlist
Conduit; Mvmt I: Touch; Mvmt II: Pulse, by Robert Honstein
eighth blackbird
Duos: Mvmts 21-24, by Jörg Widmann
Nick Photinos, cello; Michiko Theurer, violin
Cold Mountain: “Listen,” by Jennifer Higdon
Justine Aronson, soprano; Jocelyn Zelasko, soprano; Robert Fleitz, piano
Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say, by Kate Soper
Justine Aronson, soprano; Erika Boysen, flutes
Electric Aroma, by Viet Cuong
Michael Maccaferri, clarinet; Dylan Ward, saxophone; Phoebe Wu, piano; Matt Keown, percussion
Dogs, by Invoke
Invoke: Zachariah Matteson, violin; Nick Montopoli, violin; Karl Mitze, viola; Geoff Manyin, cello
World Music Days: Vancouver Part II
This is the second program featuring the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) which holds arguably the world’s most important contemporary music festival in a different city each year. Much like the Olympics, cities bid to be the host and this year it’s in Vancouver. In this first program of two, we hear from Fredrik Gran, Fredrick Neyrinck, and violinist, Müge Buyukcelen.
Playlist
Klee Wyck Woman, by Jennifer Butler
Emily Carr Quartet; Marion Newman, mezzo soprano
Tonight My Shadow Sinks Into the Wall, by Vytautas Germanavicius
Müge Buyukcelen, violin
Vox Terminus, by Frederik Gran
NOW Society Ensemble; JP Carter, trumpet; Joshua Zubot, violin; Lisa Cay Miller, piano; James Meger, bass; Skye Brooks, drums
Gestalt X, by Frederick Neyrinck
Bozzini Quartet
Freycinet, by Robert J Coe
Emily Carr Quartet
Cadenza lirica, by Sabina Ulubeanu
Müge Buyukcelen, violin
World Music Days: Vancouver Part 1
The International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) holds arguably the world’s most important contemporary music festival in a different city each year. Much like the Olympics, cities bid to be the host and this year it’s in Vancouver. In this first program of two, we hear from Jordan Nobles, Charlotte Bray, Jocelyn Morlock, and Stefan Prins.
Playlist
Skywriting, by Jordan Nobles
Redshift Vertical Orchestra & Electric Guitar Orchestra
At the Speed of Stillness, by Charlotte Bray
Aldeburgh World Orchestra; Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Lux Antiqua, by Jordan Nobles
The Esoterics; Eric Banks, conductor
My Name is Amanda Todd, by Jocelyn Morlock
Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor
Hände Ohne Orte, by Stefan Prins
Hamburg-based Decoder Ensemble; Carola Schaal, clarinets; Jonathan Shapiro, percussion; Andrej Koroliov, piano; and Sonja Lena Schmid, cello
Kontras in Levin Performance Studio!
A WFMT special broadcast of Ensemble-in-Residence Kontras Quartet on Relevant Tones. Kontras Quartet has been blending the line between classical and folk music since 2009. On this program we’ll hear a Folk inspired repertoire from South Africa to Japan back home to the Midwest.
Playlist
Strum by Jessie Montgomery
String Quartet No. 1 “White Man Sleeps”: Movement I. “First Dance,” by Kevin Volans
Exodus Quartet: I. “A Tale; Generations of Suffering” by Rudy Perrault
Appalachian Polaroids by Steven Snowden
Japanese Folk Song Suite No. 2: Movement I. Yagibushi & Movement II. Nambu ushioi ota, by Hajime Komatsu –
Komeng, by Mokale Koapeng
8 Chinese folk songs: No. 5: Horse Herds Mountain Song & No. 8: Leaving Home, by Zhou Long
Shortnin’ Bread, by Florence Price
String Quartet No. 3 “Old Time” by Mark O’Connor
Black Bend, by Dan Visconti
Composer Spotlight: Zhou Long
One of the first composers to graduate from the Beijing Conservatory upon its reopening after the Cultural Revolution and the winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for his opera Madame White Snake, Zhou Long creates thoughtful, spiritually-infused music that has resonated with audiences across the globe.
Playlist
The Five Elements mvt. II Wood, by Zhou Long
The Rhyme of Taigu, by Zhou Long
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Lan Shui, conductor
Soul, by Zhou Long
Shanghai Quartet; Min Xiao-Fen, pipa
The Five Elements mvt. IV Water, by Zhou Long
The Future of Fire, by Zhou Long
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Singapore Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Lan Shui, conductor
The Ineffable, by Zhou Long
Laura Park, violin; David Fedele, flute; David Fedele, piccolo; Chris Finckel, cello; William Trigg, percussion; Min Xiao-Fen, pipa
Foster the Music: Ireland
The Contemporary Music Centre in Ireland is one of the world’s foremost models of government support for composers, with dozens of composers receiving financial support, commissions and travel grants. We plunge into the incredible wealth of music created by this program.
Playlist
“He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead” from That the Night Come, by Donnacha Dennehy
Crash Ensemble; Alan Pierson, conductor; Dawn Upshaw, soprano
New Ross Dance Music, by Eric Sweeney
Finghin Collins, piano; Dearbhla Collins, piano; Alexander Bernstein, piano
The Mayfly, by Stephen Gardner
Fidelio Trio
Reflections II, by Jane O’Leary
Concorde Contemporary Music Ensemble; Jane O’Leary, conductor; Harry Sparnaay, bass clarinet
Relocating Elk… By Train, by Karen Power
Carin Levine, bass flute, tape
Little Engines, by Adam Melvin
Mary Dullea, piano
Changing Rates of Change, by Seán Clancy
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra; Gavin Maloney, conductor
Eighty Trips Around the Sun
Seth speaks with Sarah Cahill about the new box set Eighty Trips Around the Sun, celebrating the music of Terry Riley.
Playlist
In C Too (minute or so), by Elena Ruhr
Sarah Cahill, piano
Cinco de Mayo, by Terry Riley
Regina Myers, piano; Sarah Cahill, piano
Waltz for Christmas, by Terry Riley
Regina Myers, piano; Sarah Cahill, piano
Two Pieces No. 2, by Terry Riley
Sarah Cahill, piano
Poppy Infinite, by Gyan Riley
Sarah Cahill, piano
Circle Songs 3, Danny Clay
Sarah Cahill, piano
A Trilling Piece for Terry, by Pauline Oliveros
Sarah Cahill, piano; Samuel Adams, piano & live electronics
LIVE: Late Night at National Sawdust
In this final live broadcast from Brooklyn’s hottest new music venue, National Sawdust, we’re featuring chamber and vocal music by the late, great Steven Stucky, a former composer in residence with the New York Philharmonic and modern compositional master.
Playlist
Violin Sonata by Steven Stucky
Suliman Tekali, violin; Daniel Anastasio, piano
Horizon by Christopher Stark
Chris Grymes, clarinet; Jeremy Gill, piano
Piano Quintet by Steven Stucky
Daniel Anastasio, piano; James Kim, cello; Mari Lee, violin; Caeli Smith, viola; Suliman Tekali, violin
Sonata Form Redux
Sonata form is one of the oldest composition structures in classical music but it’s being rediscovered, and in many cases re-purposed, by contemporary composers. What is the lasting appeal? We’ll play music by four composers looking to the past for formal inspiration.
Playlist
Piano Quintet, mvt. I, by Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès, piano; Arditti Quartet: Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan, violin; Ralf Ehlers, viola; Lucas Fels, cello
Camille for Sax and Piano, mvt. I, by David Maslanka
Stephen Jordheim, alto saxophone; Christina Dahl, piano
2, by Keeril Makan
Either/Or Ensemble: Jennifer Choi, violin; David Shively, percussion
Piano Quintet, by Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès, piano; Arditti Quartet: Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan, violin; Ralf Ehlers, viola; Lucas Fels, cello