Program 823: Riley, Farhadian, Smith, Iyer, Satoh
KALW Broadcast Date: May 4, 2025 | Host: Ed Herrmann
This program features Defiant Life, a new release by trumpet master Wadada Leo Smith and Vijay Iyer, keyboards and electronics. The music is thoughtful and penetrating, reflecting life’s suffering and resilience. Iyer writes, “This recording session was conditioned by our ongoing sorrow and outrage over the past year’s cruelties, but also by our faith in human possibility.” Also on the program, Terry Riley’s string quartet, Salome Dances for Peace, an excerpt from Thea Farhadian’s Tattoos and Other Markings, and Somei Satoh’s Birds in Warped Time II.
Program Audio
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Title: Eulogy
Composer: Thea Farhadian
Recording Title: Tattoos and Other Markings
Record Label: Other Minds Records
Catalog Number: OM 1039-2
Title: Be Kind to One Another (Rag)
Composer: Terry Riley
Performer: Sarah Cahill
Recording Title: A Sweeter Music
Record Label: Other Minds Records
Catalog Number: OM 1022-2
Title: Salome Dances for Peace (parts III & IV)
Composer: Terry Riley
Performer: Kronos Quartet
Recording Title: Salome Dances for Peace
Record Label: Nonesuch
Catalog Number: 9 79217-2
Title: Prelude: Survival
Composers: Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
Performers: Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
Recording Title: Defiant Life
Record Label: ECM
Catalog Number: ECM 2840
Title: Sumud
Composers: Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
Performers: Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
Recording Title: Defiant Life
Record Label: ECM
Catalog Number: ECM 2840
Title: Elegy: The Pilgrimage
Composers: Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
Performers: Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
Recording Title: Defiant Life
Record Label: ECM
Catalog Number: ECM 2840
Title: Procession: Defiant Life
Composers: Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
Performers: Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
Recording Title: Defiant Life
Record Label: ECM
Catalog Number: ECM 2840
Title: Birds in a Warped Time II
Composer: Somei Satoh
Performers: Anne Akiko Meyers & Li Jian
Recording Title: Anne Akiko Meyers & Li Jian
Record Label: Avie
Catalog Number: AV 0024
