Program 846: Reworking Traditions: Non-Western Music as Inspiration
KALW Broadcast Date: November 2, 2025 | Host: Ed Herrmann
Composers often reach outside their own tradition for inspiration. This program explores works that borrow instruments, adapt aesthetics, and transform aspects of non-Western music into new forms. Music by Jin Hi Kim, Peter Sculthorpe, Sarah Peebles, Ningxin Zhang, Toru Takemitsu, Reena Esmail, Bill Brennan, Andy McNeill, Werner Durand, Amelia Cuni, and Uli Hohmann. If there’s time, maybe a folk song setting by Luciano Berio.
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Title: Tabuh-Tabuhan 1. Ostinato
Composer: Colin McPhee
Performer: Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson, conductor
Recording Title: Hanson Conducts McPhee, Sessions, Thomson
Record Label: Mercury
Catalog Number: 434 310-2
Title: Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (Air, Jhala I, Jhala II)
Composer: Lou Harrison
Performer: David Abel, American Gamelan
Recording Title: La Koro Sutra
Record Label: New Albion
Catalog Number: NA015
Title: Dreaming in Gamelan
Composer: Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill
Performer: Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill
Recording Title: Dreaming in Gamelan
Record Label: self-released
Title: Morning Beams
Composer: Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill
Performer: Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill
Recording Title: Dreaming in Gamelan
Record Label: self-released
Title: Temple
Composer: Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill
Performer: Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill
Recording Title: Dreaming in Gamelan
Record Label: self-released
Title: Three Paths
Composer: Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill
Performer: Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill
Recording Title: Dreaming in Gamelan
Record Label: self-released
Title: Sargeng
Composer: Jin Hi Kim
Performer: Jin Hi Kim
Recording Title: Sargeng
Record Label: zOaR
Title: Double Portraits
Composer: Jin Hi Kim & Gerry Hemingway
Performer: Jin Hi Kim & Gerry Hemingway
Recording Title: Pulses
Record Label: Auricle
Title: Chips
Composer: Jin Hi Kim
Performer: Jin Hi Kim & Elliot Sharp
Recording Title: Sargeng
Record Label: zOaR
Title: Surkideung
Composer: Jin Hi Kim
Performer: Jin Ki Kim
Recording Title: Sargeng
Record Label: zOaR
Title: Hot Potato
Composer: Jin Hi Kim
Performer: Henry Kaiser & Jin Hi KIm
Recording Title: Sargeng
Title: Deimos and Phobos
Composer: Jin Hi Kim & Gerry Hemingway
Performer: Jin Hi Kim & Gerry Hemingway
Recording Title: Pulses
Record Label: Auricle
Title: Earth Cry
Composer: Peter Sculthorpe
Performer: New Zealan Symphony Orchestra, William Barton, didgeridoo
Recording Title: Sculthorpe – Earth Cry, Piano Concerto
Record Label: Naxos
Catalog Number: 8.557382
Title: Charukeshi Bandish
Composer: Reena Esmail
Performer: Reena Esmail
Recording Title: Project W
Record Label: Cedille
Catalog Number: CDR 90000 185
Title: Kagemusha for Pipa and Electronics
Composer: Ningxin Zhang
Performer: Nigxin Zhang
Recording Title: Musicworks #148
Record Label: Musicworks
Catalog Number: 148
Title: Phoenix Calling
Composer: Sarah Peebles
Performer: Sarah Peebles & ensemble
Recording Title: Suspended in Amber
Record Label: Innova
Catalog Number: 506
Title: Eclipse for shakuhachi and biwa
Composer: Toru Takemitsu
Performer: Katsuya Yokoyama & Kinshi Tsuruta
Recording Title: Takemitsu – Viola Concerto, November Steps, Eclipse
Record Label: Phillips
Catalog Number: 432 176-2
Title: Byss
Composer: Werner Durand, Amelia Cuni, Uli Hohmann
Performer: Werner Durand, Amelia Cuni, Uli Hohmann
Recording Title: Clearing
