Program 812: A Year of Deep Listening
KALW Broadcast Date: January 26, 2025 | Host: Joseph Bohigian
This program features the work of American composer Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016) to coincide with the publication of A Year of Deep Listening: 365 Text Scores for Pauline Oliveros, containing 365 scores gathered by the Center for Deep Listening in celebration of Oliveros’ profound legacy. The program also includes an interview with Stephanie Loveless, Director of the Center for Deep Listening, which is housed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Also featured are performances of pieces by Seth Cluett and Grace Harper from A Year of Deep Listening by Extradition, music from Oliveros’ 1989 album with Stuart Dempster and Panaiotis Deep Listening, and performances by Oliveros at the Other Minds Festival.
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Title: Suiren
Composer: Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, and Panaiotis
Performers: Stuart Dempster, garden hose, voice; Pauline Oliveros, voice; Panaiotis, voice, whistling
Recording Title: Deep Listening
Record Label: New Albion
Catalog Number: NA 022 CD

Title: No Small Matter
Composer: Seth Cluett
Performers: Extradition: Juniana Lanning, Catherine Lee, Annie Gilbert, Loren Chasse, and Matt Hannafin, natural objects
Recording Title: Live recording

Title: Water, Wood, Stone, Breath
Composer: Grace Harper
Performers: Extradition: Stephanie Lavon Trotter, book, words; Juniana Lanning, cups, water; Loren Chasse, basket, pebbles
Recording Title: Live recording

Title: New Work (2002)
Composer: Pauline Oliveros/The Circle Trio
Performers: Pauline Oliveros, accordion; India Cooke, violin; Karolyn van Putten, voice
Recording Title: Other Minds Festival 8

Title: Twins Peeking at Koto (2015)
Composer: Pauline Oliveros
Performers: Pauline Oliveros, accordion; Frode Haltli, accordion; Miya Masaoka, koto
Recording Title: Other Minds Festival 20

Title: Lear
Composer: Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, and Panaiotis
Performers: Stuart Dempster, trombone, didjeridu; Pauline Oliveros, accordion, voice; Panaiotis, voice
Recording Title: Deep Listening
Record Label: New Albion
Catalog Number: NA 022 CD