Program 848: New Music Concatenation
KALW Broadcast Date: November 16, 2025 | Host: Joseph Bohigian
A New Music Concatenation! This program features a string of interconnected pieces, each one relating to the next. How will we get from an octet of flutes and bassoons to a string octet? Listen to find out! Included are Galina Ustvolskaya’s Composition No. 3 “Benedictus, Qui Venit,” Rand Steiger’s Concatenation, Butch Rovan’s Scattering, and Matt Sargent’s Separation Songs.
Program Audio
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Title: Composition No. 3 “Benedictus, Qui Venit”
Composer: Galina Ustvolskaya
Performers: Schönberg Ensemble and Reinbert de Leeuw, piano
Recording Title: Compositions I, II, III
Record Label: Philips
Catalog Number: 442 532-2
Title: Concatenation
Composer: Rand Steiger
Performer: Rebekah Heller, bassoon
Recording Title: Coalescence Cycle, Volume 1
Record Label: Tundra
Catalog Number: TUN013
Title: Scattering
Composer: Butch Rovan
Performers: Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor
Recording Title: The 21st-Century Orchestra: Music from Brown University
Record Label: New Focus Recordings
Catalog Number: fcr464
Title: Separation Songs
Composer: Matt Sargent
Performer: Eclipse Quartet
Recording Title: Separation Songs
Record Label: Cold Blue Music
Catalog Number: CB055
