Hosts Nick Morandi and Danny Hansen, from the Eastman School of Music Composition Department, curate, present, and discuss new music by 20th and 21st century composers, as well as music by ESM-affiliated composers.
Alumni Hosts: Diana Rosenblum, Aristéa Mellos, Alex Stephenson, Jake Bellissimo, Jasmine Thomasian
Hosts: Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Nick Morandi
This week, works by American composer Lee Hyla (1952-2014), who blends strong rock and jazz influences with angular modernism to create a highly unique language.
Works
Pre-Pulse Suspended, for chamber orchestra (@ 5:37)
Performers: Speculum Musicae, conducted by Donald Palma
Amnesia Breaks, for wind quintet (@ 20:16)
Performers: Quintet of the Americas
Host: Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez
This week, we present the music of Italian composer and educator Luca Francesconi (b. 1956), a student of Luciano Berio, among others.
Works
Encore/Da Capo, for 9 instruments (@ 4:05)
Mambo, for piano (@ 17:25)
Attesa, for wind quintet (@ 25:31)
Charlie Chan, for viola (@ 39:05)
Plot in Fiction, for solo oboe doubling English horn, flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, and string quartet (@ 41:52)
All performed by Ictus Ensemble, conducted by Georges-Elie Octors
Host: Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez
This week, the second of two weeks of shows featuring music by Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940). This time, two works for large orchestra, both originally composed to accompany films.
Works
La Noche de los Mayas
Performers: Orquesta sinfónica de Jalapa, conducted by Luis Herrera de la Fuente
Redes(@ 38:13)
Host: Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez
The first of two weeks of shows featuring music by the great Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940).
Works
Homenaje a Federico García Lorca (@ 7:00)
Movements - I: Baile; II: Duelo; III: Son
Performers: New Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Eduardo Mata
Sensemayá (@ 22:07)
Performers: New Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Eduardo Mata
Ocho x radio (@ 31:44)
Performers: London Sinfonietta, conducted by David Atherton
Hosts: Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Alex Stephenson
This week, (mostly) arrangements of Player Piano Studies by Conlon Nancarrow!
Works
Study No. 9 for Player Piano (@ 9:30)
Study No. 9, arrangement for piano four hands (@ 13:21)
Arranged and performed by Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo
Study No. 9, arrangement for ensemble (@ 17:24)
Study No. 5, arrangement for ensemble (@ 27:31)
Study No. 6, arrangement for ensemble (@ 30:38)
Study No. 7, arrangement for ensemble (@ 44:32)
Study No. 14, arrangement for ensemble (@ 56:26)
Hosts: Diana Rosenblum, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez
This week, (mostly) music for player piano(s) by the American expatriate composer Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997). We also explore one of his works for non-automated instruments. Come back next week for more Nancarrow!
Works
Study No. 6 for Player Piano (@ 12:02)
Bösendorfer Grand Piano with Ampico Player Piano mechanism, restored by Jörg Borchardt
Host: Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez
This week, we present the work of the late Argentinian composer Jorge Liderman (1957-2008).
Works
Tropes V for solo piano, nos. 1-5
Karen Rosenak, piano
Barcelonazo, for large chamber orchestra
Eastman Musica Nova (2005), conducted by Mark Davis Scatterday
Tropes V for solo piano, nos. 7-12
Karen Rosenak, piano
Hosts: Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Diana Rosenblum, Aristéa Mellos, Alex Stephenson
This week, we present the final work of French composer Gérard Grisey. Also, the hosts discuss the compositional technique/school of Spectralism, which Grisey helped to engender.
Work
Hosts: Diana Rosenblum, Alex Stephenson, Aristéa Mellos
This week, we present the entirety of György Ligeti’s Piano Études, Books 1 and 2!
Works
Piano Études, Book 1, Nos. 1-3 - Désordre, Cordes à vide, & Touches bloquées
Piano Études, Book 1, Nos. 4-6 - Fanfares, Arc-en-ciel, & Automne à Varsovie
Piano Études, Book 2, Nos. 7-10 - Galumb Borong, Fém, Vertige, & Der Zauberlehrling
Piano Études, Book 2, Nos. 11-14 - En suspens, Entrelacs, L’Escalier du diable, & Columna infinita (incomplete)
Performer: Thomas Hell, piano
Hosts: Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Aristéa Mellos, Alex Stephenson
This week, special guest composer and Eastman faculty member David Liptak! Please join us for a lively discussion and celebration of his wonderful and vibrant music.
For more of Prof. Liptak's work, visit his website: http://dliptak.com/home.html
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