Program 884: Kristin Norderval and Sylvie Courvoisier
KALW Broadcast Date: August 9, 2026 | Host: Rachel Schonfeld
On this Music from Other Minds Program, Rachel Schonfeld continues showing off composers and performers at the 30th Other Minds Festival, October 8th–11th at the Brava Theater in San Francisco. For the first hour of tonight’s program, you will hear music by Norwegian-American composer and vocalist Kristin Norderval, and our second hour will feature Sylvie Courvoisier, a Swiss-born, New York City-based composer and pianist.
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Composer: Kristin Norderval
Titles: Nothing Proved
Recording Title: Nothing Proved (2018)
Performer(s): Parthenia ensemble, Kristin Norderval
Record Label: MSR Classics
Catalog Number: MSR 1635
Composer: Kristin Norderval
Titles: Fire in the Belly, Diversions, Future Retrospective
Recording Title: Future Retrospective (2019)
Performer(s): Kristin Norderval, Paula Shacron, Pablo Diaz
Record Label: Nendo Dango Records
Composer: Kristin Norderval
Titles: Glass and Mirrors, Extreme Weather
Recording Title: Aural Histories (2012)
Performer(s): Kristin Norderval
Record Label: Deep Listening
Catalog Number: DL 45-2012
Composer: Sylvie Courvoisier
Titles: Soliloquizing for Wadada Leo Smith, Edging Candytuft for Mary Halvorsen
Recording Title: To Be Otherwise (2024)
Performer(s): Sylvie Courvoisier
Record Label: Intakt Records
Catalog Number: INTAKT CD 429
Composer: John Zorn
Titles: Azriel
Recording Title: Malphas, Book of Angels, Vol. 3 (2006)
Performer(s): John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman
Record Label: Tzadik Records
Catalog Number: TZ 7354
Composer: Sylvie Courvoisier
Titles: La Pavot Rouge
Recording Title: Chimaera (2023)
Performer(s): Sylvie Courvoisier, Wadada Leo Smith, Christian Fennesz, Drew Gress, Nate Wooley, Kenny Wolleson
Record Label: Intakt Records
Catalog Number: INTAKT CD 410
Composer: Sylvie Courvoisier
Titles: Kairos
Recording Title: Angel Falls (2025)
Performer(s): Sylvie Courvoisier, Wadada Leo Smith
Record Label: Intakt Records
Catalog Number: INTAKT CD 444
Composer: Sylvie Courvoisier
Titles: Lonelyville
Recording Title: Lonelyville (2007)
Performer(s): Sylvie Courvoisier, Gerald Cleaver, Ikue Mori, Mark Feldman
Record Label: Intakt Records
Catalog Number: INTAKT CD 120
Composer: Sylvie Courvoisier
Titles: Free Hoops
Recording Title: Eclats – Live in Europe (2026)
Performer(s): Sylvie Courvoisier, Drew Gress, Kenny Wolleson
Record Label: Intakt Records
Catalog Number: INTAKT CD 120
