Program 801: Mandocello, Didgeridoo, and More
KALW Broadcast Date: October 6, 2024 | Host: Ed Herrmann
It’s not the instruments that are uncommon, it’s their creative use in new music that’s unusual. British improvisor Rhodri Davies takes the Celtic harp on new adventures. Multi-instrumentalist Douglas Ewart breathes new life into the ancient didgeridoo. Composer Catherine Lamb adds the arciorgano, a 16th century microtonal organ, to a dreamy chamber work. Cindy Webster plays the musical saw with a group of waterphones. Guitarist Elliott Sharp plays solos on the mandocello, an instrument more often used in folk music. Jin Hi Kim brings a new approach to the Korean komungo. And Julia Wolfe calls for mountain dulcimer and clogging in her Appalachian flavored oratorio, Steel Hammer.
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Title: “Characteristics” from Steel Hammer
Composer: Julia Wolfe
Performers: Bang on a Can All-Stars and Trio Mediaeval
Recording Title: Steel Hammer
Record Label: Cantaloupe
Catalog Number: CA21099
Title: Tsuruta (for Kinshi Tsuruta)
Composer: Elliott Sharp
Performer: Elliott Sharp
Recording Title: Mandocello
Record Label: zOaR
Title: Gamera
Composer: Elliot Sharp
Performer: Elliot Sharp
Recording Title: Mandocello
Record Label: zOaR
Title: Abysm
Composer: Elliot Sharp
Performer: Elliot Sharp
Recording Title: Mandocello
Record Label: zOaR
Title: Alone Not Lonely
Composer: Douglas Ewart
Performer: Douglas Ewart
Recording Title: Songs of Sunlife
Record Label: Innova
Catalog Number: 594
Title: Mud Bath I
Composer: Douglas Ewart
Performer: Douglas Ewart
Recording Title: Songs of Sunlife
Record Label: Innova
Catalog Number: 594
Title: Mud Bath III
Composer: Douglas Ewart
Performer: Douglas Ewart
Recording Title: Songs of Sunlife
Record Label: Innova
Catalog Number: 594
Title: Behind the Mist
Composers: Lucas Niggli and Matthias Loibner
Performers: Lucas Niggli and Matthias Loibner
Recording Title: Still Storm
Record Label: Intakt Records
Catalog Number: Intakt CD 386
Title: Bakossi Bird
Composers: Lucas Niggli and Matthias Loibner
Performers: Lucas Niggli and Matthias Loibner
Recording Title: Still Storm
Record Label: Intakt Records
Catalog Number: Intakt CD 386
Title: Ozone Drone
Composers: Lucas Niggli and Matthias Loibner
Performers: Lucas Niggli and Matthias Loibner
Recording Title: Still Storm
Record Label: Intakt Records
Catalog Number: Intakt CD 386
Title: Niekończący się początek. Niekończące się pożegnanie
Composer: Rhodri Davies
Performer: Rhodri Davies
Recording Title: Dwa Dni
Record Label: Amgen
Catalog Number: Amgen 005
Title: Wiatr pełen szemrania duchów
Composer: Rhodri Davies
Performer: Rhodri Davies
Recording Title: Dwa Dni
Record Label: Amgen
Catalog Number: Amgen 005
Title: Strony przywiązania
Composer: Rhodri Davies
Performer: Rhodri Davies
Recording Title: Dwa Dni
Record Label: Amgen
Catalog Number: Amgen 005
Title: Improvisation
Composer: n/a
Performers: Waterphone Orchestra with Cindy Webster
Recording Title: n/a
Record Label: personal recording
Title: Yongary Meets Bigfoot
Composer: n/a
Performers: Jin Hi Kim and Henry Kaiser
Recording Title: Komunguitar
Record Label: zOaR
Title: Naby
Composer: Jin Hi Kim
Performer: Jin Hi Kim
Recording Title: Komunguitar
Record Label: zOaR
Title: Internally Rarefied – Undertow – Rewound
Composer: Jane Rigler
Performers: Janet Feder, Shoko Nagai, Jane Rigler, Satoshi Takeishi
Recording Title: Rarefactions
Record Label: NEUMA
Catalog Number: 450-113
Title: Curva Triangulus
Composer: Catherine Lamb
Performer: Ensemble Proton
Recording Title: Curva Triangulus
Record Label: Another Timbre
Catalog Number: at227
