Program 799: Polka from the Archives
KALW Broadcast Date: September 22, 2024 | Host: Adrienne Cardwell
On this edition of Music from Other Minds, we’ll be dedicating the entire program to accordion works found in the Other Minds Archives. Composer/accordionist Guy Klucevsek plays Polka from the Fringe live from the 1987 New Music America Festival; 21 unexpected polkas from composers Bobby Previte, Fred Frith, Tom Cora, William Duckworth, Christian Marclay, Guy De Bievre, Mary Jane Leach, Carl Finch, and many others. In the last half of the program we’ll hear some special picks including vintage performances by Pauline Oliveros and Stefan Hussong.
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Title: Ping Pong Polka (1987)
Composer: Christian Marclay
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: The Imperial Buzzard (1987)
Composer: Tom Cora
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Polking Around (1986)
Composer: William Duckworth
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Polka I (1986)
Composer: Rolf Groesbeck
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Diet Polka (1987)
Composer: Daniel Goode
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: The Disinformation Polka (1987)
Composer: Fred Frith
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Peek-a-boo Polka (1987)
Composer: Joseph Kasinskas
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: The Pretty Ballerina Polka (1987)
Composer: Rhys Chatham
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: The Nova Scotia Polka (1987)
Composer: Bobby Previte
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Happy Chappie Polka (1982)
Composer: Elliot Sharp
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Guy Won’t You Play Your Accordion (1987)
Composer: William Obrecht
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Medjunarodni Nacin Polka (1987)
Composer: Anthony Coleman
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: The Midnight Polka and the The Club Nada Rag (1987)
Composer: Peter Garland
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Polka Dots and Laser Beams (1987)
Composer: Guy De Bievre
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Solidarity Polka (1987)
Composer: John King
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Guy De Polka (1987)
Composer: Mary Jane Leach
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: The Grass It Is Blue (Ain’t Nothin’ But A Polka) (1986)
Composer: Guy Klucevsek
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: (The) Who Stole The Polka (1987)
Composer: Peter Zummo
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: The Twenty Second Street Accordion Band (1987)
Composer: David Mahler
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Prairie Dogs Polka (1987)
Composer: Carl Finch
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Prairie Dogs Polka [excerpt] (1987)
Composer: Carl Finch
Performer: Guy Klucevsek, accordion
Title: Untitled for Accordion (1981)
Composer: René Fabre
Performer: René Fabre
Title: Rattlesnake Mountain for Accordion and Voice (1982)
Composer: Pauline Oliveros
Performer: Pauline Oliveros
Title: Brestiskvædi, for accordion, recorder and violin [an arrangement of traditional folk music from the Faroe Islands]
Composer: n/a
Performers: Gáman: Andreas Borregaard, accordion; Bolette Roed, recorder; Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin
Title: High Way for One for Accordion Solo (2000)
Composer: Adriana Hölszky
Performer: Stefan Hussong, accordion
Title: Marsch for Violin and Accordion (likely March in B flat Major) (1978)
Composer: Ladislav Kupkovič
Performers: Elsbeth Moser, accordion and Ronald Hoogeveen, violin
