Program 758: Multitudes of Minimal Music
KALW Broadcast Date: October 15, 2023 | Host: Liam Herb
On this Music from Other Minds, Liam Herb played works pushing boundaries of minimal music. Featured on the program, Vanishing Points (1985-1988) and A Capella (1990-1997) by John McGuire, selections from Korean composer and multi-instrumentalist Park Jiha’s 2022 release The Gleam, Flips (2022) by Alvin Lucier, and three sculptural compositions from 2019 by Ellen Arkbro. Tune in for works of music exemplifying beautiful singularity, oftentimes derived from highly complex processes and techniques.
Program Audio
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Title: Vanishing Points
Composer: John McGuire
Recording Title: Vanishing Points / A Cappella
Record Label: Unseen Worlds Records
Catalog Number: UW038LP
Title: At Dawn, Sunrise: A Song of Two People, Light Way, A Day in…, The way of Spiritual Breathe
Composer: Park Jiha
Performer: Park Jiha; Piri (double-reed bamboo flute), Saenghwang (bamboo mouth organ), and Yanggeum (hammered dulcimer) and electronics
Recording Title: The Gleam
Record Label: Glitterbeat Records
Catalog Number: GBLP119
Title: Flips
Composer: Alvin Lucier
Performer: The Ever Present Orchestra
Recording Title: Works for the Ever Present Orchestra Vol. 2
Record Label: Black Truffle Records
Catalog Number: BT109
Title: A Cappella
Composer: John McGuire
Performer: Beth Griffin
Recording Title: Vanishing Points / A Cappella
Record Label: Unseen Worlds Records
Catalog Number: UW038LP
Title: This is Leaving Dreaming, Untitled rain, Sculpture 2
Composer: Ellen Arkbro
Performer: Ellen Arkbro
Recording Title: Sounds While Waiting
Record Label: W.25th
Catalog Number: W25-15
