Program 767: Wall of Sound
KALW Broadcast Date: January 7, 2024 | Host: Ed Herrmann
Although a certain rock producer turned murderer is often credited with creating the “Wall of Sound,” those efforts are feeble compared to tonight’s program. This music is not necessarily loud or abrasive, but dense, impenetrable. Works by George Antheil, Brian Baumbusch, Henry Threadgill, Harry Bertoia, Conlon Nancarrow, Pauline Oliveros, Phill Niblock, Julia Wolfe, Tony Conrad, Iannis Xenakis, and the mysterious New Zealand artist sometimes known as WITCYST.
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Title: Dirt (Parts I, II, & VI)
Composer: Henry Threadgill
Performer: 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg
Recording Title: Dirt…And More Dirt
Record Label: Pi Recordings
Catalog Number: PI73
Title: Interlude (Tempo Canon for Lou Harrison)
Composer: Brian Baumbusch
Performers: Other Minds Ensemble; Dustin Barr, conductor
Recording Title: Effigy
Record Label: Other Minds Records
Catalog Number: OM 1032-2
Title: Pythagoras, Refusing to Cross the Bean Field at His Back, Is Dispatched by the Democrats (excerpt)
Composer: Tony Conrad
Performers: Tony Conrad, Jim O’Rourke, & ensemble
Recording Title: Slapping Pythagoras
Record Label: Table of the Elements
Title: Unmentionable Piece for Trombone and Sousaphone
Composer: Phill Nibock
Performer: George Lewis
Recording Title: YPGPN
Record Label: XI Records
Catalog Number: XI 121
Title: Big Mother Is Watching You (excerpt)
Composer: Pauline Oliveros
Performer: Pauline Oliveros
Recording Title: Electronic Works
Record Label: Paradigm Discs
Catalog Number: PD 04
Title: All and More
Composer: Harry Bertoia
Performer: Harry Bertoia
Recording Title: Sonambient
Record Label: Important Records
Catalog Number: F/W 1027
Title: untitled
Composer: WITCYST
Performer: WITCYST
Recording Title: untitled
Title: Dämmerschein
Composer: Iannis Xenakis
Performers: Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic; Juan Pablo Izquierdo, conductor
Recording Title: Xenakis / Varèse
Record Label: Mode
Catalog Number: Mode 58
Title: Study No. 3e
Composer: Conlon Nancarrow
Performer: Conlon Nancarrow
Recording Title: Studies for Player Piano
Record Label: Other Minds Records
Catalog Number: OM 1012-1015-2
Title: Ballet Mécanique (Roll One)
Composer: George Antheil
Performers: The New Palais Royale Orchestra; Rex Lawson, pianola; Maurice Peress, conductor
Recording Title: Antheil: Ballet Mécanique
Record Label: Music Masters Classics
Catalog Number: 01612-67094-2
Title: Appliances
Composer: Julia Wolfe
Performers: Bang on a Can All Stars and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Recording Title: Anthracite Fields
Record Label: Cantaloupe Music
Catalog Number: CA21111
