Latest Contemporary music Podcast Episodes
Makis Solomos: Pour la Paix
Paranoia. Grenzerfahrungen elektronischer Musik im Kontext von Iannis Xenakis’ Schaffen - June 27, 2012 13:34 - 39 minutes - VideoPourla Paix (1981, 4 speakers, choir - live or recorded -, and UPIC tape 2 tracks) is a strange piece for Xenakis, because it is based on a narrative text (token from two books from his wife, Françoise Xenakis). The sounds realized with UPIC are either narrative either abstract - sometimes both -...
Thomas Troge: Genie oder Paranoia − Musikdenken bei Xenakis unter dem Aspekt der Kognitions- und Gehirnforschung
Paranoia. Grenzerfahrungen elektronischer Musik im Kontext von Iannis Xenakis’ Schaffen - June 27, 2012 13:34 - 34 minutes - VideoIannis Xenakis has been one of the most outstanding composers due to his very uncommon approach to the conception of music. His compositions and his writings are often seen as a totally new concept of musical thinking. what can up-to-date cognitive sciences and neurophysiology tell us about peopl...
Chris Ziegler »corpus pygmalion«
Performances - January 24, 2012 10:26 - 44 minutes - VideoThe myth of the artist, who falls in love with the creature of his own creation, goes back to Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In the 55 short verses (X 243-297) there emerges the mini-drama of Pygmalion and Galathea (here, untitled), which, as a poem, epic, novel, drama, musical or film has meanwhile unde...
Daniel Berwanger & Pipo Tafel mit Iain McCurdy »One Three Two (133)«
Performances - December 13, 2011 17:50 - 14 minutes - Video2010 wurde zum zweiten Mal der Walter-Fink-Preis des ZKM für Tanz, elektroakustische Musik und Medien vergeben. Der Produktionspreis für die technisch innovative Verbindung von Choreografie und Klang richtet sich an Teams, bestehend aus KomponistInnen, ChoreografInnen, TänzerInnen und Bühnenbild...
Young Ha: The Island (2009)
Empyrean Ensemble - October 29, 2010 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Empyrean Ensemble performs "The Island" by Moon Young Ha with Peter Josheff on clarinet, Hrabba Atladottir on violin, and Thalia Moore on cello.
Wagner: Scritch (2010)
Empyrean Ensemble - October 29, 2010 07:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Empyrean Ensemble performs "Scritch" by Melinda Wagner with Tom Nugent on oboe, Anna Pressler and Hrabba Atladottir on violin, Phyllis Kamrin on viola, and Leighton Fong on cello.
Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132: IV Lebhaft, sehr markirt (1853)
Empyrean Ensemble - October 29, 2010 07:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Empyrean Ensemble performs "Märchenerzählungen op. 132: IV Lebhaft, sehr markirt" by Robert Schumann. Performed by Peter Josheff, clarinet, Ellen Ruth Rose, viola, and Michael Seth Orland, piano.
Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132: I Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell (1853)
Empyrean Ensemble - October 29, 2010 07:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Empyrean Ensemble performs "Märchenerzählungen op. 132: I Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell" by Robert Schumann. Peter Josheff performs on clarinet, with Ellen Ruth Rose on viola and Michael Seth Orland on piano.
Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132: II Lebhaft und sehr markirt (1853)
Empyrean Ensemble - October 29, 2010 07:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Empyrean Ensemble performs "Märchenerzählungen op. 132: II Lebhaft und sehr markirt" by Robert Schumann. Performed by Peter Josheff on clarinet, Ellen Ruth Rose on viola, and Michael Seth Orland on piano.
Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132: III Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck (1853)
Empyrean Ensemble - October 29, 2010 07:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Empyrean Ensemble performs "Märchenerzählungen op. 132: III Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck" by Robert Schumann. Performed by Peter Josheff, clarinet, Ellen Ruth Rose, viola, and Michael Seth Orland, piano.
Hyla: Ciao, Manhattan (1990)
Empyrean Ensemble - October 29, 2010 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Empyrean Ensemble performs "Ciao, Manhattan" by Lee Hyla, Tod Brody on flute, Ellen Ruth Rose on viola, Thalia Moore on cello, and Michael Seth Orland on piano.
Young Le: Nok-du-klot (2010)
Empyrean Ensemble - October 29, 2010 07:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Empyrean Ensemble performs "Nok-du-klot" by Eun Young Le. Performed by Ellen Ruth Rose, solo viola, Tod Brody, flute, Peter Josheff, clarinet, Hrabba Atladottir, violin, Thalia Moore, cello, Michael Seth Orland, piano, and Loren Mach, percussion.
Wang: Beyond the Sound, There is...
Empyrean Ensemble - June 02, 2010 07:00 - 9 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWang's Beyond the Sound, There is... was inspired by classical Chinese landscape painting. In the classical Chinese art world, everything is related to two essential ideas: Xu and Shi. Xu translates literally as void and represents such qualities as softness and lightness; Shi represents fullness...
Irwin: Synecdoche
Empyrean Ensemble - June 02, 2010 07:00 - 10 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWritten by Ben Irwin, this piece, Synecdoche, is played by Peter Josheff, clarinet, Hrabba Atladottir, violin, Leighton Fong, cello, and Michael Orland, piano.
Perry: Ouacka
Empyrean Ensemble - June 02, 2010 07:00 - 12 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe piece by Scott Perry, Psycho-crypto-ornithology, is a sonic portrait of a peppy but reclusive bird that looks and sounds something like a pigeon-tucan-turkey-hawk. The landscape in which this bird dwells is mostly depicted by the viola and piccolo. However, it isn’t totally clear where the bi...
Shatzer: The Shift & The Break
Empyrean Ensemble - June 02, 2010 07:00 - 9 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWritten by graduate student composer Garrett Shatzer, the following perform his The Shift & The Break: Peter Josheff, clarinet, Hrabba Atladottir, violin, Leighton Fong, cello, and Michael Orland, piano.
Wade: Ballet from Über Wildemann and the Dandy
Empyrean Ensemble - June 02, 2010 07:00 - 13 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis is a 10-minute excerpt from a psychedelic rock opera called "Über Wildemann and the Dandy" by Liam Wade. The instrumentation is piccolo/flute, viola (played with chopsticks) and percussion (mostly mallet percussion and beer bottles also played with chopsticks).
Almetus: Transitoire
Empyrean Ensemble - June 02, 2010 07:00 - 10 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAlmetus' Transitoire expresses the gradual transition from time into eternity that people, buried under the rubble in locations inaccessible to rescuers, experienced after the devastating earthquake leveled the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Although the piece is not descriptive of the concepts o...
Nordin: In the Midst of Trespassing
Empyrean Ensemble - April 18, 2010 07:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMichelle Maruyama, violin, and Chris Froh, percussion, perform Jesper Nordin's In the Midst of Trespassing.
Bodin: La Femme Adultere (2010)
Empyrean Ensemble - April 18, 2010 07:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPhilippe Bodin's La Femme Adultere is performed in string quartet and percussion by Hrabba Atladottir, Michelle Maruyama, violin, Ellen Ruth Rose, viola, Thalia Moore, cello, and Chris Froh, percussion.
Moe: JOZAPHINE FREEDOM (2009)
Empyrean Ensemble - April 18, 2010 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEric Mo's Jozaphine Freedom is performed by Haleh Abghari, soprano, Peter Josheff, clarinet, Eric More, paino/keyboard, Chris Froh, percussion, with Denise Duhamel, text, and Suzie Silver, video.
Schubert: Tod und das Madchen, op. 7, no. 3
Empyrean Ensemble - January 24, 2010 08:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFranz Schubert's (arr. Ellen Ruth Rose) Tod und das Madchen, op. 7, no. 3 is performed.
San Martin: Dawn Song (2009)
Empyrean Ensemble - January 24, 2010 08:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLaurie San Martin's Dawn Song is performed with flute and marimba.
Rhode: Good Stuff (1992/2010)
Empyrean Ensemble - January 24, 2010 08:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKurt Rhodes's Good Stuff is performed, B-52s arr.
Peterson: Pas de Deux
Empyrean Ensemble - January 24, 2010 08:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWayne Peterson's Pas de Deux is performed with flute and marimba.
Ortiz: The Viola in the Motorcycle Boy's Life (2009)
Empyrean Ensemble - January 24, 2010 08:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPablo Ortiz's The Viola in the Motorcycle Boy's Life is performed with viola and marimba.
MacCallum: El Arbol de la Noche Triste (2009)
Empyrean Ensemble - January 24, 2010 08:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJohn MacCallum's El Arbol de la Noche Triste (The Tree of the Sad Night) is performed with viola and electronics.
Cage: Music for Three
Empyrean Ensemble - January 24, 2010 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJohn Cage's Music for Three is performed with flute, viola, and percussion.
What I Reckon Pilot Episode
American Music Innovators - July 15, 2009 22:06 - 29 minutesThe pilot episode of What I Reckon features an interview with Suzanne Ciani, a creatrix who helped popularize the synthesizer in the early ’70s. She has left her mark on American music culture through her famous sound designs for commercials and arcade games, and her production of path-breaking ...
Pelo: Lygnir (2009)
Empyrean Ensemble - April 30, 2009 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMika Pelo's Lygnir is performed by Hrabba Atladotti, violin, Tod Brody, flute, Leighton Fon, cello, Peter Josheff, clarinet, Ellen Ruth Rose, viola, Karen Rosenak, piano, Loren Mach, percussion and David Milnes, conductor.
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