Program 761: Morton Subotnick, Don Buchla, Suzanne Ciani, Sarah Belle-Reid, and Neil Rolnick
KALW Broadcast Date: November 12, 2023 | Host: Ed Herrmann
Much of Neil Rolnick’s music employs computer with live performance. We’ll hear two examples: Oceans Eat Cities uses data projecting rising sea levels with string quartet; and Lockdown Fantasies for computer and piano, which will be performed at the upcoming Other Minds Festival. Electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick will also perform at the Festival. This program features the early classic A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur and an example of Subotnick’s “ghost electronics” accompanying the Juilliard String Quartet. It’s been 60 years since Don Buchla designed his first electronic music modules for the San Francisco Tape Music Center. A tribute to Buchla’s genius features music by Suzanne Ciani, Todd Barton, Laura Naukkarinen, and Sarah Belle-Reid. The program concludes with a short digestif with the hurdy-gurdy/percussion duo of Matthia Loibner and Lucas Niggli.
Program Audio
30-Second Spot
Track Info & Links
Title: Oceans Eat Cities
Composer: Neil Rolnick
Performers: VOXARE String Quartet, Neil Rolnick
Recording Title: Oceans Eat Cities
Record Label: Albany
Catalog Number: TROY 1857
Title: Fantasy 5
Composer: Neil Rolnick
Performer: Geoffrey Burleson
Recording Title: Lockdown Fantasies
Record Label: Other Minds Records
Catalog Number: OM 1035-2
Title: A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur
Composer: Morton Subotnick
Performer: Morton Subotnick
Recording Title: A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur / After the Butterfly
Record Label: Nonesuch
Catalog Number: N-78001
Title: A Fluttering of Wings
Composer: Morton Subotnick
Performers: Juilliard String Quartet
Recording Title: Music for the Double Life of Amphibians
Record Label: Wergo
Catalog Number: WER 7312 2
Title: Paris Awaits
Composer: Suzanne Ciani
Performer: Suzanne Ciani
Recording Title: 3 Year Itch
Record Label: Modulisme
Catalog Number: Session 74
Title: Maxed Out
Composer: Todd Barton
Performer: Todd Barton
Recording Title: Buchlaisms
Record Label: Modulisme
Catalog Number: Session 21
Title: Decapoda
Composer: Laura Naukkarinen
Performer: Laura Naukkarinen
Recording Title: 3 Year Itch
Record Label: Modulisme
Catalog Number: Session 74
Title: Collectible Rectangles
Composer: Sarah Belle Reid
Performer: Sarah Belle Reid
Recording Title: Buchlaisms
Record Label: Modulisme
Catalog Number: Session 21
Title: Sonamu
Composer: Carl Stone
Performer: Sarah Cahill
Recording Title: A Sweeter Music
Record Label: Other Minds Records
Catalog Number: OM 1022-2
Title: various
Composer: Matthias Loibner & Lucas Niggli
Performers: Matthias Loibner & Lucas Niggli
Recording Title: Still Storm
Record Label: Intakt
Catalog Number: 386
