New Music America: 1982: Program No. 3, 2 of 3

Analog Audio

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Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

WFMT

Identifier

NMA.1982.07.08.2.B

Program Series

New Music America

Program Length

179 min

Part

2 of 3

Dates

1982-07-08 | broadcast
| 1982-07-08 | created

Genres

New music
20th century classical

Musical Selections

String Quartet No. 4 “The Ascent” (Amazing Grace) (1973) (11:20) / Ben Johnston -- Country Gardens (1908-18) / Percy Grainger -- Early One Morning (1901, rev. 1940) (3:11) / Percy Grainger -- Free Music No. 2 (1935-37) / Percy Grainger -- Random Round (Join-In-When-You-Like Round) [excerpt] (1912–14) (1:19) / Percy Grainger -- [unidentified solo work] / Jay Clayton -- Asphalt Nightmare (1970) (6:00) / Kirk Nurock -- Haiku (6:47) / Jane Ira Bloom -- Random Mondays (11:15) / Jay Clayton

Performers

Cordier String Quartet: (Quartet)
Shem Guibbory, violin (Quartet)
Richard Rood, violin (Quartet)
Linda Alasco (sp?), viola (Quartet)
Jeanne LeBlanc, cello (Quartet)
Percy Grainger, piano ; reed organ (Country ; Early)
Ella Grainger, solovox (Early)
Elsie Bristow, solovox (Early)
Jay Clayton, vocals (Solo ; Asphalt ; Haiku ; Random)
Jane Ira Bloom, saxophone (Asphalt ; Haiku ; Random)
Brian Smith, bass (Asphalt ; Haiku ; Random)
Kirk Nurock, piano (Asphalt ; Haiku ; Random))

Subjects

New music
20th century classical
String quartets
Just intonation
Microtonal music
Folk music, English
Piano music
Unconventional instruments
Solovoxes
Free music machine
Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Piano ensembles
Scat singing
Vocalises, Unaccompanied
Vocalises with jazz ensemble

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.