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PROGRAM TWENTY-SEVEN: "Songs of Nurturing"
First Broadcast: 06.23.06

On June 12th 2006, on Philippine Independence Day, Hungarian composer György Ligeti, a towering figure of 20th Century music passed away, and the Juneau Filipino Community, Inc., the oldest organized Filipino Community in the State of Alaska, celebrated 50 years — 3 years before Alaska will itself pass that milestone as a state.  This program, “Songs of Nurturing” celebrates the a cappella choral music of Ligeti, as well as choral music of Filipino composers Jose Maceda and Josefino Chino Toledo.

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Night (1955)
Morning ‘55
Far from home ‘45/’46: Lament, A dark raven, Once the Forest, Summer sends a gentle breeze
Solitude ‘46
Two canons ‘47/’52: Like a stream gently flowing, Gossiping women
The fugitive ‘46
Wedding song ‘50
Songs from Inaktelke ‘53
Songs from Mátraszentimre ’55: Three Barrels, True Love, Pompon, Out in the woods
Widow pápai ‘53
Three Fantasies after Hölderlin ’82: Half way through Life, If from a distance, Evening Reverie
Heigh, Youth! ‘52
Easter ‘46
Hortobágy ‘52
From a High Mountain Rock ‘46
Double-Dance from Kálló ‘52
György Ligeti (1923 Transylvania)
London Sinfonietta Voices under Terry Edwards
Sony Classics  

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Recording:		 Pagsamba (1968): I. Kyrie, II. Gloria, III. Credo,  IV. Sanctus, and V. Agnus for 100 mixed voices, 5 ensembles of 5 male voices, 8 suspended agung gongs, 8 suspended gandingan gongs, 100 balingbing [bamboo buzzers], 100 palakpak [bamboo clappers], 100 bangibang [yoke-shaped wooden bars; played with beaters], and 100 ongiyong [whistle flutes])
José Maceda (1917 Philippeans)
241 players from the Ellinwood Chancel Choir, the Far Eastern University Glee Club, the Manila Cathedral Male Chorale, the University of the East Mixed Concert Chorus, University of the Philippines (or U.P.) Conservatory of Music Students, the U.P. CYM Choir, the U.P. Madrigal Singers , the U.P. Mixed Chorus and U.P. SCA Choir
Tzadik 2001
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Mga Awit ng Paglingap [songs of nurturing] (1999)
Josefino Chino Toledo (1959 Philippeans)
Auit Chamber Vocal Ensemble, Josefino Chindo Toledo, Music Director
Sound Streams
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PROGRAM TWENTY-EIGHT: "PLANG!"
First Broadcast: 07.07.06

This week, in “Plang!” CrossSound Radio looks a guitar works by four composers born between 1926 and 1936 from Germany, Italy, Japan and the US;  2 composers from the NEXT generation from Brazil and France, as well as a work by a young Korean-German composer.  Each piece pays homage to the guitar’s roots in Spain and at the same time fits the instrument into a specific time and place in relationship to the composer himself — be it the War, or “Sunday in the Park.”  This is the second of three CrossSound Radio programs that explore works for guitar, both acoustic and electric.
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Serious Variations (1991)
Ronaldo Miranda (1948 Brazil)
transcribed by Paul Galbraith
the Brazilian Guitar Quartet
Delos  

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Recording:		 Carillon, Récitatif, Masque (1974)
Hans Werner Henze (1926 Germany)
David Starobin, guitar; Peter Press, mandolin; Susan Jolles, harp Bridge Records
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Salut für Caudwell  (1977) (excerpted)
Helmut Lachenmann (1935 Germany)
Colin McAllister and Derek Keller, Guitars
Old King Cole

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Recording:		 Sunday Song Set (1984):
Color and Light
Finishing the Hat
Lesson #8
Putting it Together
Stephen Sondheim (1930 USA)
arrangement by Michael Starobin
David Starobin, guitar and Patrick Mason, baritone
Bridge Records
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Recording:		 Toward the Sea (1981): 
The Night
Moby Dick
Cape Cod
Toru Takemitsu (1930 Japan)
David Starobin, guitar, and Susan Palma, alto flute
Bridge Records
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Recording:		 Movement in Circles II (1994)
Il-Ryun Chung (1964 Germany)
Klaus Schöpp, flute, and Il-Ryun Chung, guitar
Kreuzberg Records
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Recording:		 Nagoya Guitars (1994)
Steve Reich (1936 USA)
transcription of "Nagoya Marimbas" by David Tanenbaum
Colin McAllister and Derek Keller, Guitars
Old King Cole
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Recording:		 Algo (1977)
Franco Donatoni (1927 Italy)
Colin McAllister and Derek Keller, Guitars
Old King Cole
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Recording:		 Tellur (1977)
Tristan Murail (1947 France)
Colin McAllister and Derek Keller, Guitars
Old King Cole
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PROGRAM TWENTY-NINE: "Electric Dialectic"
First Broadcast: 07.21.06

Young composers have grown up with influences from much more than the European classical tradition; mature jazz and rock musicians don’t necessarily feel hemmed in by genre either.  Much music-making in the world today cannot be easily categorized (and thus not easily packaged and sold for popular consumption). When it comes to creating new music, German/Australian composer Thomas Reiner writes, one “cannot simply uphold modernist ideals of aesthetic unity and of continuous progress without a health dose of suspicion and a search for more realistic propositions.”  In this program, CrossSound Radio explores coexistence, intermingling, and hybridity between genres, rooted in the continuum between high art and the popular realms of musical creativity.
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Noisy Flowers (1995)
Henry Threadgill (1944 USA)
Myra Melford, piano, Brandon Ross, nylon soprano guitar, James Emery, steel string soprano guitar, Ed Cherry, steel string acoustic guitar, Ayodele Aubert, classical guitar
Columbia  

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Recording:		 Pagan Hymn 4 (2000)
SAITOH Tetsu (1955 Japan)
Saitoh Tetsu, double bass, Michael Doneda, soprano sax, Chon Chul-gi, changgu and ching, Noriko Tsuboi, 17-string koto, and Zai Kuning, voice and harmonium
Jabara
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Wind and Jade (Tian feng huan pei) (1425)
Guangling School, "Mystery Qin Handbook" (Shen qi mi pu)
ZHANG Ziqian (b. 1899), qin
Hugo
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Recording:		 Slow View Picnic (1992):
KIM Jin Hi (Korea/USA)
Jin Hi Kim on electric komungo, David First, electric guitar
Nonsequitur/¿What Next?
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Recording:		 Refined Poverty (1995): 
Henry Threadgill (1944 USA)
Henry Threadgill, alto sax, and Michelle Kinney, Dierdre Murray, and Akua Dixon Tourre, cellos
Columbia
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Recording:		 A Snowball’s Chance (2004)
Chris Mercer (1972 USA)
tape and was Colin McAllister, guitar
Old King Cole
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Recording:		 The Mockingbird Sin (1995)
Henry Threadgill (1944 USA)
Myra Melford, piano, Brandon Ross, nylon soprano guitar, James Emery, steel string soprano guitar, Ed Cherry, steel string acoustic guitar, Ayodele Aubert, classical guitar, and Michelle Kinney, Dierdre Murray, and Akua Dixon Tourre, cellos,
Columbia
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Recording:		 Gut Morgen (1993)
KIM Jin Hi (Korea/USA)
Kim, komungo, Hans Reichel, electric guitar. 
Nonsequitur/¿What Next?
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Recording:		 Pagan Hymn 5 (2000)
SAITOH Tetsu (1955 Japan)
Saitoh Tetsu, double bass, Michael Doneda, soprano sax, Chon Chul-gi, changgu and ching, Noriko Tsuboi, 17-string koto, and Zai Kuning, voice and harmonium
Jabara
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Recording:		 Attitudes . . . self-reflection (2003)
Derek Keller (1971 USA)
Derek Keller, electric guitar
Old King Cole
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Recording:		 duet/trio (2002)
Thomas Reiner (1959 Germany/Australia)
Justin Ashworth, electric bass guitar and effects, Matthew Bush, drums
Move
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Recording:		 fan-fair (2001)
Thomas Reiner (1959 Germany/Australia)
Ken Murray, electric guitar and effects
Move
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PROGRAM THIRTY: "The Birthplace of Humanity"
First Broadcast: 08.04.06

It is generally understood that dance music, pop, jazz, rock, rap, and blues all carry African elements somewhere in their genetic make up. The music we love has its foundation in a blend of African and European sounds. But this influence is not limited to popular musics – the Kronos Quartet has three CD’s of compositions related to Africa, and they are not alone. In this program, we look at the influence of the continent known as the "birthplace of humanity" on several living composers.

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“Our Beginning” (1991)
Obo Addy (1936 Ghana)
Obo Addy on percussion: donno, breket, pretia, aketse, gigi, and vocal; Kronos Quartet on strings , aketse and vocals
Elektra  

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Recording:		 "Ndim Lo!" (from "There is No Return") (2000)
Klaus Stahmer (1941 Germany)
Carin Levine, flutes, Jennifer Hymer, piano, Stephan Froleyks and Olaf Pyras, percussion
WERGO
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“Music for Pieces of Wood” (1973)
Steve Reich (USA)
Group 180, claves
Hungaroton Classsic
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Recording:		 “Night that Dreams Dreamless” (from "There is No Return") (2000):
Klaus Stahmer (1941 Germany)
Carin Levine, flutes, Jennifer Hymer, piano, Stephan Froleyks and Olaf Pyras, percussion
WERGO
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Recording:		 “Chaka" (2003)
Klaus Stahmer (1941 Germany)
Omphalo-Quartette, African drums
WERGO
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Recording:		 People out of Nowhere:
1. Umhlaba (or “Mother Earth “ in Xhosa),
2. !Lgadi (what bushmen shout when “good rain” falls),
3. Ageless night — a prayer”(2000)
Klaus Stahmer (1941 Germany)
Poems by Sandile Dikeni: “Ode to the Musical Guerilla,” “Lean blues,” and “See my heart.”
Andreas Konig and Aki Hoffmann, pianos; Sandile Dikeni, poetry recitation.
WERGO
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Recording:		 Hunting and Gathering (1987)
Kevin Volans (1949 South Africa)
Kronos Quartet
Electra Nonesuch
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Recording:		 “Sunset” (1990)
Foday Musa Suso (Gambia 1950)
Foday Musa Suso, on kora, Kronos Quartet
Electra Nonesuch
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Recording:		 “White Man Sleeps” (1985)
Kevin Volans (1949 South Africa)
Kronos Quartet
Electra Nonesuch
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Recording:		 “Kutambarara,” or “Spreading” [in Shona] (1990)
Dumisani Maraire (1943 Zimbabwe)
Kronos Quartet, Dumisani Maraire, lead vocals and mbira, Dan Pauli, hosho, and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Terrance Kelly, director
Electra Nonesuch


PROGRAM THIRTY-ONE:
"EXTREME ALTITUDES I: Text & Technique"
First Broadcast: 08.11.06

In the first of 3 special editions, “Extreme Altitudes I: Text and Technique,” CrossSound Radio shares a sneak peek at mostly vocal works of the composers invited to participate in CrossSound’s live September 2006 project: ‘Extreme Altitudes’: Shih-Hui CHEN, Peter Child, Thomas Reiner, and Bun-Ching LAM. “Extreme Altitudes” will be presented in Juneau on the 7th and 8th of Sept. at the Northern Light Church, and in Sitka on the 9th of Sept. at the Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi.
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The Journey (2002)
Bun-Ching Lam (Macao/NY/Paris)
The Song Company (Australia)
Live Recording (Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 2002)  

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Recording:		 Twice Removed (2002)
Shih-Hui Chen (Taiwan/TX)
Min-Ho Yeh, Bb Clarinet
Albany Records
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Grace Notes (1997)
Thomas Reiner (Germany/Australia)
Darren Howard - Bb Clarinet
Monash University Disc
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Recording:		 Fleeting (2003)
Thomas Reiner (Germany/Australia)
Paul Todd - Eb Clarinet
Move Records
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Recording:		 Oblique (1994)
Thomas Reiner (Germany/Australia)
Luciano Tristaino - Flute
Move Records
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Recording:		 66 Times: The Voice of Pines and Cedar" (1992)
Shih-Hui Chen (Taiwan/TX)
Elizabeth Weigle, Soprano; Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gill Rose, director
Albany Records
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Recording:		 "Estrella" (Star) (1988)
Peter Child (1953 England/MA)
The Cantata Singers and Ensemble, David Hoose, conductor; David Kravitz, baritone; Gloria Raymond, mezzo-soprano
New World Records
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PROGRAM THIRTY-TWO:
"EXTREME ALTITUDES II: CHAMBER, SOFT AND HARD"
First Broadcast: 08.18.06

In the second of three special editions, “Extreme Altitudes II: Chamber, Soft and Hard,” CrossSound Radio shares a sneak peek at the chamber music of the composers invited to participate in CrossSound’s live September 2006 project: ‘Extreme Altitudes’: Shih-Hui CHEN, Peter Child, Thomas Reiner, and Bun-Ching LAM. “Extreme Altitudes” will be presented in Juneau on the 7th and 8th of Sept. at the Northern Light Church, and in Sitka on the 9th of Sept. at the Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi.
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“. . . Like Water,” “Vibraphone Solo,” and “Epilogue,” (1995)
Bun-Ching Lam (Macao/NY/Paris)
Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio (violin, piano, percussion)
Tzadik
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Recording:		 Water (2003)
Shih-Hui Chen (Taiwan/TX)
Fischer Duo, cello and piano
Albany Records
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String Quartet #2:
1.Fast, all afanfara, 2. Adagio, 3. Light, rhythmic (1990)
Peter Child (1953 England/MA)
Lydian String Quartet
New World Records
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Recording:		 Trio: Celebration, Variation, Reflection, and Gombosi Romp (1996)
Peter Child (1953 England/MA)
Paulette Bowes, clarinet, Judith Gordon, piano, and Daniel Stepner, violin
New World Records
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Recording:		 Septet (1996)
Thomas Reiner (Germany/Australia)
re-sound ensemble: violin, viola, piccolo, flute, Bb clarinet, piano, marimba, and a timer
Monash Music
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Recording:		 Highett Pointillism Version 2 (2002)
Thomas Reiner (Germany/Australia)
Melanie Chilianis, flute, PaulTodd, clarinet, and Robert Chamberlain, piano
Move Records
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Recording:		 Flexions (1996)
Thomas Reiner (Germany/Australia)
Luciano Tristaino, flute, and Gisbert Watty, classical guita
Move Records
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Recording:		 Fragment (1994)
Thomas Reiner (Germany/Australia)
Chieko Aoki, piano
Move Records
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Recording:		 Contemplations (1997)
Thomas Reiner (Germany/Australia)
Ken Murray, classical guitar
Move Records
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Recording:		 Quintet/sextet (2004)
Thomas Reiner (Germany/Australia)
Melanie Chilianis, flute, Helen Eadie, violin, Catherine Hocking, alto sax, Darren Howard, and Paul Todd, Bb clarinets
Move Records
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Recording:		 Highett Pointillism Version 2 (2002)
Thomas Reiner (Germany/Australia)
Melanie Chilianis, flute, PaulTodd, clarinet, and Robert Chamberlain, piano
Move Records
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PROGRAM THIRTY-THREE:
"TAQSIM"
First Broadcast: 10.27.06

A taqsim is the purest form of expression of two important values in Arab music: individual interpretation, and the linear development of melody. In this program, we’ll hear taqasim not only in the traditional way performed on the Arab ud, but also as an idea that has inspired composers from Greece to Japan to write taqasim for koto, mandolin, a string quartet, and flute and piano.
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“Maqam Bay’yati”
Ali Jihad Racy (1943 Lebanon), buzuq, and Simon Shaheen (1955 Palestine), ud
Lyrichord
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 Three "Taksim" (1990s)
Michalis Lapidakis (1960 Greece)
Dimitris Marinos, mandolin
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“Taqsim” (1982)
Akira Nishimura (1953 Japan)
Nanae Yoshimura, 20 string koto
Camerata
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Recording:		 "Maqam Al-Asil" (1993)

Munir Bachir (Iraq 1930) Ud
Inedit
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Recording:		 “Mugam" (1993)
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (Azerbaijan)
Kronos Quartet
Elektra
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Recording:		 Taksim (1991)

A member or the Turkish Kudsi Erguner Ensemble, Ney
CMP
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Recording:		 "Taksim: seven pieces for alto flute, piccolo, flute in c, bass flute, and piano" (1980)
Hany Fouad (1950 Egypt)
Jean-Louis Beaumadier, flutes, and Jacques Raynaut, piano
Calliope
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Recording:		 “Maqam Kurd”
Ali Jihad Racy (1943 Lebanon), buzuq, and Simon Shaheen (1955 Palestine), ud
Lyrichord
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PROGRAM THIRTY-FOUR:
"The Chinese New Wave"
First Broadcast: 11.10.06

Five generations of Chinese professional composers have undergone a long process of cognition and digestion of Western compositional approaches and techniques, a re-evaluation of Chinese musical heritage, and an integration of elements from both cultures in their compositions, although the approaches to the fusion of Western and Chinese musical components have been varied and conflicting in different political environments. In Program 34, we will focus on the so-called "5th generation" of Chinese composers -- "The New Wave," the generation we have come to know in the West. They come primarily from the same generation, have similar cultural and educational backgrounds, and, although they have had an important impact on Chinese culture and arts, have never dominated the Chinese musical scene because most of them came abroad for their graduate study in the mid 80s. Residing now in the US, Australia, and Europe, they continued to develop sophisticated ways of integrating elements of traditional Chinese music with those of contemporary Western techniques.

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“Invisible Landscapes" (1998)
Chen Xiaoyong (Beijing/Hamburg 1955)
Xu Fengxia, zheng, Chen Pi-Hsien, piano, and the German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen, under the direction of Tang Muhai
Radio Bremen
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Recording:		 "Transcendence"
Zhu Lin (China)
Huaxia Chiense Chamber Ensemble under the direction of Tsung Yeh
Delos
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"Shuang Que"
Tan Dun (1957 Hunan/NY)
Cao Dewei, erhu, Huaxia Ensemble under the direction of Tsung Yeh
Delos
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Recording:		 "Er quan yin yue" (Moon Reflected in Second Spring)
A Bing (Early 20th C), Hua Yanjun, arr.
Min Huifen, erhu, accompanied by the Chinese hammer dulcimer, yangqinn
New World Records
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Recording:		 "The Points" (1991)
Chen Yi (Guangzhou/Kansas1953)
Chen Yihan, pipa
Delos
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Recording:		 "Circuit" (1996)
Chen Xiaoyong (Beijing/Hamburg 1955)
Xu Fengxi, Zheng
Radio Bremen
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Recording:		 "Thinking" (1987)
Yang Liqing (China 1942)
Huaxia Ensemble under the direction of Tsung Yeh
Delos
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Recording:		 "Dreaming Song" from Autumn Sound song cycle (1997)
Bun-Ching Lam (Macao/NY/Paris 1954)
Chen Shi-Zhen, tenor, Wu Man, pipa
Tzadik

Translation of 12th century text by Li Ching-Chao:

Last night, scattered rain and abrupt winds
Deep sleep cannot abate the remaining wine.
Try to ask the person who rolls up the blinds
I'm told the begonia are as before
Don't you know? Don't you know?
The green should have grown fat and the red grown thin.
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Recording:		 "Shao I" (1998)
Gao Weijie, (1938 Sichuan)
Huaxia Ensemble under the direction of Tsung Yeh
Delos
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Recording:		 "Duet for Zheng and Violin" (1989)
Chen Xiaoyong (Beijing/Hamburg 1955)
Xu Fengxia, zheng, violinist fromthe German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen, under the direction of Tang Muhai
Radio Bremen
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Recording:		 San Xiao ("Three Laughs") (1996)
Chen Qigang (1951)
Zhao Chengwei, sanxian, Huaxia ensemble under the direction of Tsung Yeh
Delos
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PROGRAM THIRTY-FIVE:
"Pierrot in Sitka Sound"
First Broadcast: 11.24.06

This program introduces the music of the three composers who will be writing for CrossSound’s Summer '07 project in Sitka: Philip Munger of Palmer, Garrett Fisher of Seattle, and Owen Underhill of Vancouver BC.

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“Hinge" (1996)
Owen Underhill (Canada 1954)
Vancouver New Music Ensemble, Christopher Foley, solo pianoOwen Underhill, conductor
Artifact
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Recording:		 "Piano Sonata, Op. 33: Second Winter Tour" (1993)
Philip Munger (Alaska 1946)
Tim and Rumi Smith, pianos
live
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"Moon in the Bucket" (2000)
Garrett Fisher (1970 Seattle)
Anna Burdak, Kathy Hanson-Mack, Liz O'Donoghue, voices; Taina Karr, oboe; William Satake Blauvelt, percussion; Elizabeth Kalconer, koto; Garrett Fisher, percussion and harmonium
16 Visions
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Recording:		 “Love Songs" (1984)
Owen Underhill (Canada 1954)
Musica Intima
Artifact

With how sad steps, oh Moon, thou climb’st the skies,
How silently, and with how wan a face.
What, may it be, that even in heav’nly place
That busy archer his sharp arrows tries?
Sure, if that long with Love acquainted eyes
Can judge of Love, thou feel’st a lover’s case;
I read it in thy looks; thy languish’d grace
To me that feel the like, thy state descries.
Then ev’n of fellowship, oh Moon, tell me
Is constant love deem’d there but want of wit?
Are beauties there as proud as here thy be?
Do they above love to be lov’d, and yet
Those lovers scorn whom that Love doth possess?
Do they call virtue there ungratefulness?
—Philip Sydney, Astrophel and Stella (1591) XXXI

Ah, Dear heart, why do you rise!
The light that shines comes from thine eyes ;
The day breaks not, it is my heart,
Because that you and I must part.
Stay, or else my joys will die,
And perish in their infancy.
— attr. John Donne 1595

Lyke as a ship that through the Ocean wyde,
    by conduct of some star doth make her way,
    whenas a storme hath dimd her trusty guyde,
    out of her course doth wander far astray.
So I whose star, that wont with her bright ray
    me to direct, with cloudes is ouercast,
    doe wander now in darknesse and dismay,
    through hidden perils round about me plast.
Yet hope I well, that when this storme is past
    my Helice the lodestar of my lyfe
    will shine again, and looke on me at last,
    with louely light to cleare my cloudy grief.
Till then I wander carefull comfortlesse,
    in secret sorrow and sad pensiuenesse.
— Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and Epithalamion (1595) XXXIIII
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Recording:		 “At the Window" (1990)
Owen Underhill (Canada 1954)
Array Music
Artifact
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Recording:		 "The Skies are Weeping" (2005)
Philip Munger (Alaska 1946)
London Percussion Ensemble, Peter Crockford, dir.; Deborah Fink, soprano; Coro Cervantes Choir
live
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Recording:		 “Songs Without Words" (1999)
Owen Underhill (Canada 1954)
Richard Sacks, vibraphone, Owen Underhill, piano
Artifact
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PROGRAM THIRTY-SIX:
"The Magniloquent Counter Tenor"
First Broadcast: 12.22.06

This program delves into the sacred and secular Renaissance and baroque world of a modern counter tenor and several young composers inspired by its sounds and thoughts. The show focuses on a cross section of the repertoire of one singer, male soprano Randall Wong, who was in residence in Alaska in September 2006 as part of CrossSound’s “Extreme Altitudes” project. Composers Owen Underhill and Garratt Fisher, also feature in this program, will be in residence in Sitka, Alaska in 2007.
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“Der Herr Schauet vom Himmel,” or “The Lord Looks Down from Heaven” from Kleine geistliche Koncerte (Little Sacred Concerts) (1636, 1639)
Heinrich Schütz (Germany 17th century)
Randall Wong, soprano, and Leroy Krumm, baritone and continuo
Helicon
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Recording:		 “Canzone di Petra” (2004) based on Dante’s "rime petrose" (or “stone poems”) written about 1300 AD
Owen Underhill (Canada 1954)
Kruzen/McGhee Duo, flute and harp
Skylark Music

Heaven’s wheel (my scaffold) has brought me to that place
Where the horizon, when the sun declines,
Delivers up those Twins day kept in hold,
And the evening star, Love’s own, withdraws her grace
Westward behind an arm of light, which shines
So thwarting her, she takes a veil of gold;
And Saturn, that lord who urges on the cold
Exalts himself under the Crab’s long arch
To which the seven planets bring small shade:
Yet I cannot dissuade
One thought from Love, who rides me as I march
In my contracted heart, harder than rock
Though close adherence to a shape of rock.

All birds have taken flight now, al that long
For warmth, from Europe which has never seen
Its heaven clear of seven stars of ice,
And the rest have set a truce upon their song,
Untuned and mute until the year be green,
Except when grief has lashed them into cries;
And all those living things whose natures rise
In joy, have slipped the chain and snare of Love
For cold has numbed their spirits to the core
And Love loads mine the more,
For those sweet thoughts I bear will not remove,
Nor are they given, by season or by time:
She gave me them who’s hardly entered time.
My song, what will become of me, what then
In that my new season’s sweetness when he rains,
Love, the yong Love on earth from every heaven
When Love, despite the Seven,
In me alone, and nowhere else, remains?
I shall be such as is a man of marble