Program 791: A Dialogue of Music and Nature
KALW Broadcast Date: July 14, 2024 | Host: Ed Herrmann
Listen closely! This week Music from Other Minds features a blend of music and natural sound, highlighted by a new release from Irish composer Karen Power and Quiet Music Ensemble. Using field recordings as an “aural score,” Power’s collaboration with QME creates a dialogue between musicians and nature, and invites listeners to immerse themselves in unique sonic ecosystems, offering time and space for individual interpretation and exploration.
The program also includes music played on penguin bones by Cheryl Leonard, music based on field recordings by Andrew Weathers and Christopher Luna-Mega, a melting glacier in Alaska by Matthew Burtner, and music with frogs by Wendy Reid.
Program Audio
30-Second Spot
Track Info & Links
Title: …we return to ground… (excerpt)
Composer: Karen Power
Performer: Quiet Music Ensemble
Recording Title: …we return to ground…
Record Label: Other Minds Records
Catalog Number: OM 1034-2
Title: Sage, Suddenly (excerpt)
Composer: Andrew Weathers
Performer: Andrew Weathers
Recording Title: Sage, Suddenly
Record Label: Rural Situationism
Catalog Number: RS 0102
Title: La Lluvia y la Sequía (excerpt)
Composer: Christopher Luna-Mega
Performer: Christopher Luna-Mega
Recording Title: La Lluvia y la Sequía
Record Label: Rural Situationism
Catalog Number: RS 0105
Title: Threnody (Sikuigvik)
Composer: Matthew Burtner
Performer: Matthew Burtner
Recording Title: Glacier Music
Record Label: Ravello Records
Catalog Number: RR 8001
Title: Tree Piece #34 “frog ostinato”
Composer: Wendy Reid
Performers: William Banovetz, William Winant
Recording Title: Tree Pieces
Record Label: Frog Recordings
Catalog Number: FR 1914
Title: White on White
Composer: Cheryl Leonard
Performer: Cheryl Leonard
Recording Title: Antarctica: Music from the Ice
Record Label: Other Minds Records
Catalog Number: OM 1030-2
Title: instruments of ice
Composer: Karen Power
Performer: Quiet Music Ensemble
Recording Title: …we return to ground…
Record Label: Other Minds Records
Catalog Number: OM 1034-2
