CiTR -- Experiments in Happiness 4'33" 1/3: Recent Episodes
CiTR & Discorder Magazine
This program showcases "new music" - contemporary classical and experimental music, especially highlighting Vancouver's local performers and composers of new music, to uncover a new musical niche to the broader public in a friendly and accessible manner.
Steve Reich - Come Out-Come Out
Philip Glass - Geometry of Circles-(from Sesame Street)
Ivor Cutler - Yellow Fly-Velvet Donkey
Gyorgy Kurtag - Perpetuum Mobile (A piece for glissandos only)-Jatekok [Games]
Ann Southam - Movement 12-Portraits
Pierre Schaeffer - Chemin de Fer-5 Etudes de Bruits
Terry Riley - Cadence in the Wind-Cadence in the Wind
Nick Storring - Unexpecting-N/A
Frank Zappa - I'm the Slime-Strictly Commercial
John Zorn - A Shot in the Dark-Naked City
John Cage - John Cage talks about Silence-N/A
Gregory Gan - 4'33"-Live performance
Adrian Verdejo (composed by Nicole Liz?(C)e - Modern Hearts-Live
Adrian Verdejo (composed by Jordan Nobles) - Nebula-Modern Hearts
Adrian Verdejo (composed by Eve Beglarian - Until it Blazes-Live
Adrian Verdejo (composed by Rodney Sharman) - Black Domino-Modern Hearts
Masada String Trio - Tabaet-Azazel - Book of Angels Vol. 2
Bernard Heidsieck - Vaduz, Passepartout no. 22-[online] Ubuweb: Sound
Chris Paul Harman (perf.: Marc Sabat, Stephen Clarke) - Midnight with the Stars and You-Chris Paul Harman
John Cage - North American Time Capsule 1967 (For Voices and Sylvania Electronic Systems Vocoder)-Extended Voices
Pierre Schaeffer - Etude Aux Objets (Objets Expos?(C)s)-Etude Aux Allures - Etude Aux Sons Anim?(C)s - Etudes de Bruits - L'Oiseau RAI - Suite Quatorze
Iannis Xenakis - Concret PH-N/A
Michael Nyman - Opening Theme-The Man with the Movie Camera (soundtrack)
RZA - Opening Theme-Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (soundtrack)
Alain Goraguer (La Planete Sauvage) - Deshominisation-The Fantastic Planet (soundtrack)
Nick Storring - Dewclaws-Endless Conjecture (soundtrack)
Pierre Boulez - Symphonie Mechanique-Archival Series - Musique Concrete Soundtracks to Experimental Short Films 1956-1978 - Vol. 1
Alfred Schnittke - I. Moderato-Cello Concerto No. 2
Jim Kweskin's Jug Band - Notes on the Circus-Jonas Mekas - Walden - Diaries Notes and Sketches, Reel 2
The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)-Jackie Brown - Music from the Motion Picture
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi-Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance
Carlos D'Alessio - Closing Credits-Delicatessen
Goran Bregovic - Mesecina-Underground (Soundtrack)
Olga Sergeeva - Kumushki-Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (Soundtrack)
Angelo Badalamenti & Jimmy Scott - Sycamore Trees-Fire, Walk with Me (Soundtrack)
Rebecca del Rio - Llorando-Mulholland Drive (Soundtrack)
Howard Shore - Crash-Crash (Soundtrack)
Osvaldo Golijov - Kronos Quartet - Without a Word-The Man Who Cried Soundtrack
Mychael Danna - Thin Ice-The Sweet Hereafter (Soundtrac)
Esprit Orchestra - Last Night-Closing Credits
Adam Basanta - They don't always tell the truth-N/A
Morton Feldman - The Viola in My Life, Part 1-Live Recording
Morton Feldman - The Viola in My Life, Part 2-Live Recording
The Esprit Orchestra - Iridescence: Harman, Pauk, Et Al / Pauk, Esprit Orchestra-Iridescence
Loscil - "Ahull"-Kranky
Secret Pyramid - Distance I (excerpt)-Distant Works I
Sarah Davachi - Leiht-N/A
Michael Levy - Hurrian Hymn H6-Unknown
Palestrina - Sabat Mater - Part I-Stabat Mater - Magnificat in 8 Parts
Nasser Rastegar-Nejad - Chaharmezrab (homayun)-The Persian Santur: Music of Iran
David Lewiston (trad.) - Marcha Akuchimay-Fiestas of Peru: Music of the HIgh Andes
Stefan Temmingh - Vivaldi RV443, Largo-Unknown
Paul Hindemith - Lustig. Massig Schnelle Viertel-Quintette a vent du Quebec
Paul Hindemith - Walzer. Durchweg Sehr Leise-Quintette a vent du Quebec
Arnold Schonberg - Pierrot Lunaire-Unknown
Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Consort - The Girl in the Magnesium Dress-Boulez Conducts Zappa
Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon-Unknown
Throbbing Gristle - Walkabout-20 Jazz Funk Greats
Serge Gainsbourg - Serge Gainsbourg-Unknwon
Michael Nyman - Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds-Film Music 1980-2001
Marc Sabat - Swing in Sweetest Summer (N/A)
Antoine Beuger - Selections (Cantor Quartets)
Morton Feldman - Triadic Memories (Triadic Memories)
Karlheintz Stockhausen - Gesang der Junglinge (Gesang der Junglinge)
Laurel Noose - 16084 kHz One Time Pad (Europa Signal)
Hildegard Westerkamp - Cricket Voices-Transformations
Hildegard Westerkamp - A Walk Through the City-Transformations
Hildegard Westerkamp - Liebes-Lied/Love Song-[Not yet released]
Hildegard Westerkamp - At the Edge of Wilderness-[Installation]
- Kronos Quartet, 12/12, Caf? Tacuba, Nuevo (album)
- Heather McDermid, Free/Space, Volume 7 Media Arts (album)
- Brent Lee, Marquette V, Trio des Iscles (Canadian Piano Trios) (album)
- Chris Paul Harman, Midnight with the Stars and You (Performed by Stephen Clarke and Marc Sabat) (self-titled album)
- Jeffrey Ryan, Poison Wind, Parts 1, 2 and 3, Quantum Mechanics (album)
- Kronos Quartet, Se me hizo facil (It Was Easy for Me)
Agust?n Lara, Nuevo (album)
Adrian Verdejo - Modern Hearts-Modern Hearts
Rutherford Chang - Side 2 of Beatles' White Album played simultaneously on 100 turntables-We Buy White Albums
Venus Fly Trap - Star Anise-Immolate
Dmitry Shostakovich - 1. Moderato of Symphony No. 5 in D minor-Andr? Previn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Interview with Graham Flett and the Broadcast premiere of the Duke of Green, performed by the Ethos Collective and Camille Hesketh.
John Cage - North American Time Capsule-Extended Voices
John Cage & Sun Ra - Side B-John Cage Meets Sun Ra
John Cage - In the Name of the Holocaust I-Complete Piano Music Vol. 1 (Disc 1)
John Cage - Music for Marcel Duchamps-Complete Piano Music Vol. 1 (Disc 2)
Feuermusik - Litany of fervent supplication-No Contest
Terry Riley - Poppy Nogood and the Phanom Band-Rainbow in Curved Air
Joseph Schwantner - From a Dark Millenium-Composer's Collection: Joseph Schwantner
Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint-1-Fast-Reich: Different Trains; Electric Counterpoint
James Ferraro - Aerosol Smile-100%
Sublamp - Mountainhead-Shiverland
AUN - Taurus Ten-Black Pyramid
Kashmir Boots - Zon-One on twoism; volume three
Duane Pitre - Section V-Feel Free
Colleen - Everyone Alive Wants Answers-Everyone Alive Wants Answers
The Stranger - Spiral of Decline-Watching dead empires in decay
James Ferraro - The Secret World of Condo Pets-Condo Pets EP
Rolf Boon - System 2.3/7-Cult Figures
Helve Sastok - Sailing the High 'C'-Cult Figures
bell orchestre - Elephants-As Seen Through Windows
Amy Beach - Hermit Thrush At Eve, Op. 92, No. 1-N/A
Olivier Messiaen - Catalogue d'Oiseaux, I-N/A
Pink Floyd - Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict-Ummagumma
Hidegard Westerkamp - At the Edge of Wilderness-N/A
David Dunn - The Sound of Light in Trees-The Sound of Light in Trees
Steven Feld - Rainforest Soundwalks-Rainforest Soundwalks
Adam Basanta - ?cologie Mat?rielle-N/A
Dave Soldier & Richard Lair; Thai Elephant Orchestra - Percussion Trio-Thai Elephant Orchestra
Laurence Crane - Seven Short Pieces-Laurence Crane - Chamber Works 1992-2009
Jaap Blonk, Koichi Makigami, Paul Dutton, Phil Minton, David Moss - Quiet Neighbours Moaning-Five Men Singing
Greenhouse - Your Favourite Place-Cold Wires
I Have Eaten the City - [second part]-Secret Paths
David Tudor - The Rainforest 1-N/A
John Cage - Nr. 18 (Old North); Nr. 42 (Rapture); Nr.26 (Judea); Nr.21 (Heath)-John Cage: Thirteen Harmonies
Jocelyn Morlock, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's newest Composer in Residence, joins host Gregory Gan for an in-depth interview about her music.
Jocelyn Morlock - Solace-Cobalt
Jocelyn Morlock - Cobalt-Cobalt
Jocelyn Morlock - Oiseaux Bleues et Sauvages-Cobalt
Jocelny Morlock - Theft II: Insomnia-Standing Wave: Liquid States
Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa/Symphony No. 3-Tabula Rasa
Nick Storring - Bespoken plays Nick Storring & Daniel Brandes-IV. aigre-douce
Daniel Brandes - Bespoken plays Nick Storring & Daniel Brandes-Intimations of Melody
Velimir Khlebnikov - The radio of the future
Comp: Nicole Lizee, Perf: Shawn Mativetsky feat. Xenia Pestova - Metal Jacket for Tabla and Harmonium
Now Ensemble - Folk Music-Now
Jocelyn Morlock - Oiseaux Bleus et Sauvages-Cobalt
R. Murray Schafer - Deluxe Suite for Piano-3 Solos
Charles Ives - "They are There!"-Online, through UbuwebSound. S. 371
Charles Ives - "Concord" Sonata, Mvts 1-4.-"Concord" Sonata
R. Murray Schafer - Last Movement-Music for Ariadne
Katia Makdissi-Warren - Enfer de la Piece: "Imagination du Monde"-Online Resource
Steve Reich - Eight Lines-Phases (Disc 2)
Michael Davis and Bill Reichenbach - Trombone Institute of Technology-Bonetown
Stanley Schumacher - No Technique-No Technique
Michael Horwood - Monday Afternoon-Cult Figures
John Cage - Williams Mix-Various Artists
Ann Southam - Movements 1-3-N/A
Zbigniew Preisner - Song for the Unification of Europe-Blue Soundtrack
Ian William Craig - Either Or-Turn of a Breath [R8]
Sergey Kuryokhin - Summer-Sparrow Oratorium
Gary Kulesha - Angels-Impact
Andrew MacDonald - In the Eagle's Eye-Among Friends
Slight technical difficulties with phone connection.
Nick Storring - Hypnic Jerk-Arraymusic (Live recording from premiere, Feb. 15, 2013)
Nick Storring - Field Lines-Exaptations (forthcoming)
Nick Storring - They Carry Light-Endless Conjecture (forthcoming)
Nick Storring - Inside Every Man There Lives a Seed of a Flower-Gardens
Jeffrey Ryan - Burn-Standing Wave: Liquid States
R. Murray Schafer - Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello-My Life in Widening Circles
Anton Berg - Act 3, Scene 5-[Screen Adaptation]
John Cage - Imaginary Landscape No. 1-Various Artists
Edgard Varese - Poeme Electronique
Storm de Hirsch - Peyote Queen-Streaming from Ubu.com
Eric Satie - Trois Morceaux en Forme de Poire-Streaming from Ubu.com
People Like Us - Genre Collage-Streaming from Ubu.com
J.S. Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor-Streaming from Ubu.com
Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite-Streaming from Ubu.com (Mary Ellen Bute: Rhythm in Light)
Meredith Monk - Peter Greenway: Four American Composers-Streaming from Ubu.com
Meredith Monk - Peter Greenway: Four American Composers-Streaming from Ubu.com
Mireille Capelle - La Perle by Henri d'Ursel-Streaming from Ubu.com
Peter Rose - Metalogue-Streaming from Ubu.com
Michael Snow - I Ching Dee Yen Tzen-Streaming from Ubu.com
Jocelyn Morlock - Cobalt - National Arts Centre Orchestra
Ann Southam - Seastill - Seastill
Barbara Pentland - Dirge - Toccata
Chiyoko Szlavnicks - 40 Fingers Saxophone Quartet - Papyrus Bending from MusicWorks 69
Jocelyn Morlock - Icarus, Landing - Streaming from Canadian Music Centre
David Lang - Increase-N/A
Nils Frahm - Familiar-Felt
Philip Glass - VI. Closing-Glassworks
Michael Gordon - Industry-Bang on a Can
Colin MacDonald - Thaumaturgy-Circle of Wind
Nicole Liz?e - Vertigo Beach 1-Everett Hopfner
Adrian Verdejo - Nebula-Modern Hearts (part)
Dan Galway - Human Feelings-Human Feelings
Herbert Brun - Infraudibles with percussion
Michael Gordon - Timber-Slegwerkgroep Den Haag
Pete Seeger - Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues-American Industrial Ballads
Frederic Rzewski - Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues-(streaming under creative commons license)
Adrian Verdejo - Modern Hearts-Modern Hearts
Nick Storring - Gardens: V - Inside Every Man Lives the Seed of a Flower-Gardens (preview)
Marc Sabat - Garden Songs-N/A
Sound Gardens (Duo) - N/A-N/A
R. Murray Schafer - A Garden of bells-Vancouver Chamber Choir
Philip Glass - The Garden-Anima Mundi
Karlheintz Stockhausen - Oktophonie 1990-1991-N/A
Kronos Quartet perform Bryce Dessner's "Aheym" at NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert. Bespoken plays Nick Storring, "aigre-douce," Part I, Fazil Say's Symphony No. 3, "Universe"
A friendly competition between your host and a guest host Colin MacDonald on identifying strange and beautiful sounds in contemporary music:
Ivor Cutler - Birdswing-Velvet Donkey
Terry Riley - Music for the Gift (Part 1)-Music for the Gift
Ivor Cutler - Little Black Buzzer-Velvet Donkey
John Zorn - Speedball-Naked City
John Zorn - A Shot in the Dark-Naked City
Adrian Verdejo (James Tenney) - Septet-Modern Hearts
David Lang - Miracle Ear-The Art of the Toy Piano
Pierre Schaeffer - 5 Etudes de Bruits: Chemins de Fer-History of Electronic Music
Luciano Berio - Perspectives-History of Electronic Music
Michael Tenzer - Underleaf (Buk Katah)-Let Others Name You
Julia Wolfe - Window of Vulnerability-American Composers Orchestra
Ernst Jandl - In the Country-13 Radiophone Texte
Charles Spearin - Ondine-The Happiness Project
Jocelyn Morlock's "Cobalt," R. Murray Schafer's "East," CCMC, "A Minor Electrical Problem," Srul Irving Glick's 2nd movement of "String Quartet No. 1"
Daniel Brandes (from unreleased album "Through the Window and Wood," Arvo Part, Brian Eno + David Byrne, Ian Crutchley, Joseph Petric, Ann Southam, Terry Riley
Jocelyn Morlock's yet unreleased track from the album Cobalt, "Solace," Daniel Brandes, "Intimations of Melody," and Elling Lien's "Finnegan's Sleep" as part of CiTR's 2014 Fundrive. Call (604) 822-8648 until Thursday, or visit https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?registrationID=2222266&langPref=en-CA&Referrer=https%3a%2f%2fsecure.e2rm.com%2fregistrant%2fsessionExpired.aspx%3feID%3d141097#&panel1-2
Jamie Saft Trio from Book of Angels Vol. 1; Charles Ives' "Central Park in the Dark"; Philip Glass' String Quartet No. 5 performed by the Kronos Quartet; Owen Underhill's "Dompe"
Nicole Liz?e; solo, avant-garde tuba work by Krzysztof Penderecki, Anton Webern, Claude Vivier and John Burke
Special guests Adam Basanta and Jennifer Schine appeared on 4'33 to promote "Music from the New Wilderness". Music heard during the show: "Conversations with Billy Proctor," by Jennifer Schine; "feelings I'm too tired for," by Adam Basanta, and "when you're looking for something, all you can find is yourself," composed by Adam Basanta and field recordings by Jennifer Schine.
A tribute to Udo Kasemets, part 2 of Fazil Say's Mesopotamia Symphony, Dmitry Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 2, Barbara Pentland and listener requests.
Featuring the music of Fazil Say, part 1 of Symphony No. 2 "Mesopotamia"; Leon Kirchner's Quartet No. 3 for Strings and Electronic Tape, and Rolf Boon's System 2.3/7.
First broadcast of 2014. Happy New Year!
Part 2 of a retrospective show on the fall/winter 2013, featuring music of Colin Macdonald and Iman Habibi (recorded live at the School of Music at UBC, as part of a remote broadcast).
Part 1 of a retrospective show on the fall/winter 2013, featuring music of Marc Sabat and Jordan Nobles.
Featuring a phone interview with renowned Berlin-based Canadian composer, Marc Sabat, and several of his works, including "Claudius Ptolemy," "Hairy Hippy Happy," "Garden Songs," and part of "Lying in the Grass, River and Clouds."
Music of Andrew Paul Harman, Boulez conducting Zappa, Jocelyn Morlock, Luciano Berio, Jeffrey Ryan
Playing the music of 20th century Russian composers: Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff and Alfred Schnittke.
A pre-recorded broadcast recorded in Deep Cove, North Vancouver, with special guest, Jordan Nobles, who appeared on the show to promote an upcoming concert, Chambercon. The program featured music by Jordan Nobles, John Korsrud, the Ethos Collective and Duo Verdejo.
Eclectic mix this week: Chris Paul Harman, Linda Bouchard, Jordan Nobles, John Cage, R. Murray Schafer, Steve Reich
Colin MacDonald made a guest appearance on the show, and discussed his upcoming November concerts with the Colin MacDonald Pocket Orchestra, the Erato Ensembe performing one of his compositions and Chambercon. In addition to Colin's 2011 release, "Circle of Wind," we played a sample of post-minimalist compositions by Michael Gordon and Steve Martland.
Reviews of the performances during last week's Vancouver New Music Festival: 40-Year Retrospective, and Kronos at 40, Kronos Quartet premiering a new string quartet by Philip Glass at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. An excerpt of Philip Glass' String Quartet No. 5.
Artists featured in the Vancouver New Music 40-Year Retrospective:
Paul Dolden
Magali Babin
Jocelyn Morlock
Robert Normandeau
Peter Hannan
Howard Bashaw
John Korsrud
Alexina Louie
James Beckwith Maxwell
Featuring American Composers from New York:
Charles Ives: Central Park in the Dark
John Cage: Sonata No. 1
Steve Reich: City Life
As well as Harry Freedman's "Tableau" and Aris Carasthathis (electroacoustic music from Canada).
All Canadian lineup: Rodolphe Mathieu, John Burke, Jeffrey Ryan, David Jaeger, Jordan Nobles.
Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto (feat. Jacqueline du Pr?(C))
Henryck G??recki's Symphony No. 3 (1st Mvt)
Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 (4th Mvt)
A live broadcast with Iman Habibi and the Canadian piano duo Piano Pinnacle (Iman Habibi and Deborah Grimmett), recorded at the School of Music at the University of British Columbia.