Program 784: New Releases / Remembering Larry Polansky (1954-2024)
KALW Broadcast Date: May 12, 2024 | Host: Liam Herb
On this Music from Other Minds, Liam Herb plays new releases, including Anqi Liu‘s a window on absurd, evanescent scenes (2023) for chamber ensemble and electronics, Daniel Lentz‘s 1974 composition North American Eclipse, a series of new works by Amina Claudine Meyers and Wadada Leo Smith inspired by Central Park, and Olivia Block’s October, 1984 for orchestra, field recordings, and found tapes.
Bookending this program are works by Larry Polansky (1954-2024)—Piano Study no. 5 (1977) and ii-v-i (2017)—a small tribute to his life and work after his passing this last week.
Program Audio
30-Second Spot
Track Info & Links
Title: Piano Study No. 5
Composer: Larry Polansky
Performers: Larry Polansky
Recording Title: Change
Record Label: Artifact Records
Catalog Number: ART 1023
Title: October, 1984
Composer: Olivia Block
Performers: Olivia Block, Chicago Youth Orchestra
Recording Title: October, 1984
Record Label: Longform Editions
Catalog Number: LE083
Title: North American Eclipse (1974)
Composer: Daniel Lentz
Performers: Conductor: Daniel Lentz
Musicians: Daniel Lentz: Piano, Voice; Peggy Huff: Voice, Recorder, Percussionist; Catherine Darling: Transverse Flute, Various Instruments; Sholly von Stein: Voice, Recorder, Percussionist; Garry Eister: Voice, Guitar, Recorder, Piano, Percussionist; Stan Carey: Voice, Guitar, Recorder, Percussionist; Barbara Imhoff: Harpa, Piano, Voice, Recorder, Percussionist; Els van Wingerden: Cast, Light & Sound
Recording Title: Lips
Record Label: Unseen Worlds
Catalog Number:
Title: Conservatory Gardens; Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir; Central Park at Sunset
Composer: Amina Claudine Meyers, organ and piano and Wadada Leo Smith, trumpet
Performers: Amina Claudine Meyers, organ and piano and Wadada Leo Smith, trumpet
Recording Title: Central Park’s Mosaic of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens
Record Label: Red Hook Records
Catalog Number: RH1005
Title: a window on absurd, evanescent scenes
Composer: Anqi Liu
Performers: Anqi Liu, synthesizer and field recording; Conductor: Joseph Bourdeau Trumpet: David Aguila; Alto Flute: Teresa Díaz de Cossío; Bass Clarinet: Madison Greenstone; Percussion: Michael Jones; Conductor: Matthew Kline; Cello: Peter Ko; Bass: Kyle Motl; Trombone: Berk Schneider; Violin: Ilana Waniuk
Schallfeld Ensemble
Recording Title: a window on absurd, evanescent scenes
Record Label: Longform Editions
Catalog Number: LE138
Title: ii-v-i
Composer: Larry Polansky
Performers: Larry Polansky and Giacomo Fiore (Live at OM 21)
