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Martian Gardens Episode 1203
Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,
Amherst, Massachusetts
July 25, 2024
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Hour 1

SET ONE
Haskell Small: Sonata No. 3
a. Allegro non troppo, misterioso (7:02)
b. Allegro enérgico (2:17)
c. Mesto (2:52)
Symphony for Solo Piano & Other Piano Works
Albany Records/2000
piano: Haskell Small; composition year: 1982; time: 12:22

Haskell Small: Three Impressions
a. Andantino (0:57)
b. Misterioso (0:58)
c. Giocoso (0:25)
Symphony for Solo Piano & Other Piano Works
Albany Records/2000
piano: Haskell Small; composition year: 1979; time: 2:29

In memory of Haskell Small (June 3, 1948 — June 1, 2024)

SET TWO
Roger Reynolds: Summer Island
The Paris Pieces
Neuma Records/1996
(for oboe and computer-generated tape); oboe: Jacqueline Leclair; recorded at Brooks Concert Hall, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, April 30, 1995; composition year: 1984; time: 11:28

Roger Reynolds: Sanctuary (DVD audio excerpt)
Sanctuary
Mode Records/2011
percussion: red fish blue fish, directed by Steven Schick; recorded at the National Art Gallery, Washington D.C., with live electronics, recorded in 2007, additional processing at the University of California San Diego, 2008-2009; composition years: 2003-2007; excerpt time: 8:18

Happy 90th birthday, Roger Reynolds (b. July 18, 1934)

SINGLE PLAY
Paul Lansky: Springs
Angles
Bridge Records/2021
(for percussion); Sō Percussion (Erica Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting); recorded at the Lee Orchestral Rehearsal Room, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University, March 27, 2019; composition year: 2016; time: 11:52

Hour 2

SET THREE
Bryan Hayslett: With the Years (J. La Barbara)
Cello Unlocked (various composers)
Neuma Records/2024
cello, voice: Bryan Hayslett; text: Dorothea Tanning; recorded at UM Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, Frost School of Music, Miami, July 29-30, 2023; composer: Joan La Barbara; composition year: 2020; time: 7:46

Joan La Barbara: A Flower (J. Cage)
Singing Through
Vocal Compositions by John Cage
New Albion Records/1990
(for voice and closed piano); vocalized phonemes: Joan La Barbara; percussed piano lid: William Winant; recorded at Skywalker Music, Lucas Valley, California, July 1990; composition year: 1950; time: 3:30

Joan La Barbara: De Profundis: Out of the Depths, A Sign
The Time Is Now (various artists)
Words of Melody Sumner Carnahan
Frog Peak Music/1998
voice, percussion, synthesis, electronics, recording: Joan La Barbara; bowed piano: Gaylord Mowrey; text: M.S. Carnahan; composition year: 1996; time: 9:12

SET FOUR
Morton Subotnick: Butterfly No. 2
Volume 3 — Electronic Works
Until Spring: Revisited; 4 Butterflies
Mode Records/2011
composition for 4-channel tape (original mix 1973; new mix 2011); time: 9:32

Noah Creshevsky: Sequenza (for trombone)
Sleeping Awake
Open Space/2019
electroacoustic music: Noah Creshevsky; trombone samples: Monique Buzzarté; composition year: 2004; time: 6:07

SINGLE PLAY
Joseph Benzola & Dave Newhouse: Four Dances for Li Po
MP3
Amanita Music/2024
instruments: Joseph Benzola, Dave Newhouse; time: 9:02

Hour 3

SET FIVE
Natalia Cappa: Tres Descripciones del Amor (R.M. Pons)
a. Fuego Destellante (2:05)
b. Amo tus Ojos (1:12)
c. Cuando Todo Arde por un Apasionado Beso (8:04)
Una (various composers)
New Focus Recordings/2024
(a., b. for solo voice; c. for voice and electronics); voice: Natalia Cappa; text: Fyodor Tyutchev, The Dull Flame of Desire (included in Stalker (1979), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky) recorded at Estudio Puntoar, Buenos Aires, Argentina; composer: Ramiro Mansilla Pons; composition year: 2022; total time: 11:21

Björk: The Dull Flame of Desire
Volta
One Little Indian/2007
vocals: Björk; additional vocals: Antony; text: Fyodor Tyutchev; drums: Brian Chippendale; brass section: David Bobroff, Eilinar Jónsson, Eiríkur Öm Palsson, Emil Friỗfinnson, Joseph Ognibene, Oddur Björnsson, Roine Hultrgren, Sigurỗor Þorbuergsson, Asgeir H. Stiengrímsson; recorded at Geejam Studios, Jamaica; time: 7:30

SET SIX
Eduard Artemiev: selections from Stalker
a. Stalker — Theme (4:18)
b. Stalker — Train (4:31)
Solaris — The Mirror – Stalker
Music from Motion Pictures
Electroshock Records/2002
synthesizers, electronics: Eduard Artemiev; recorded at the composer’s studios, Moscow; composition year: 1979; total selections time: 8:29

Alfred Schnittke: Steam
Electroacoustic Music Volume IV [various artists]
Archive tapes from the Synthesizer ANS 1964-1961
Electroshock Records/1999
performed on ANS Synthesizer, Moscow; composition year: 1964; time: 5:50

SINGLE PLAY
Yves Daoust: Calme chaos
Docu-Fictions
empreintes DIGITALes/2022
(for chamber orchestra and stereo fixed medium); Nouvel ensemble moderne (flute: Jocelyne Roy; oboe: Normand Forget; clarinets: Simon Aldrich, Martin Carpentier; bassoon: Michel Bettez; trumpet: Lisa Bouchard; horn: Jocelyn Veilleux; trombone: Angelo Muñoz; percussion: Julien Grégoire; pianos: Jacques Drouin, Lorraine Vaillancourt; violins: Alain Giguère, Johanne Morin; viola: François Vallières; cello: Julie Trudeau; double bass: Yannick Chênevert); electronics realized and music composed at the composer’s studio, Montreal, 2011-2012; recorded with Nouvel ensemble moderne (NEM), conductor: Lorraine Vaillancourt, at Concert du printemps, Salle Dlaude-Champagne, University of Montreal; time: 17:11

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