From the sexual conquests in the Catalogue Aria of Mozart’s Don Giovanni – so many in Italy, so many in France - to the Lost Objects detailed in the Bang on Can work of the same name; to every stop on the F train in the NYC subway system in a work by Michael Gordon, sung by the Young People’s Chorus of New York, or “The Talk” that many Black parents have with their kids in the Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. a mono-opera, The Grey Land, hear “list songs”. Hear Michael Gordon's Every Stop on the F Train, a setting of the names of every subway station along the F-train line, as sung by the Young People’s Chorus of New York, conducted by Francisco J. Núñez from their album Transient Glory III. Also, listen to music from the oratorio, “Lost Objects,” a collaborative work between the Bang on a Can composers and the writer Deborah Artman, featuring the Baroque ensemble Concerto Köln and DJ Spooky. The work is a meditation on the theme of loss, as it lists and makes connections between other lost things; objects as mundane as a sock or umbrella to things like one's memory, a species of animal, or the language of a people. Then, an excerpt from The Grey Land by Joseph C. Phillips Jr. and his ensemble Numinous – the work is a mono-opera about being Black in America. Hear “Don’t”, which is “The Talk” that many Black parents have to have with their teenage sons (“Don’t dress gangsta/Don’t put your hands in your pockets”). There’s also music by Gilroy Mere (aka Oliver Cherer), from his 2017 album, The Green Line, which lists of bus stops on a bygone route that would take Londoners to the countryside of Sussex and Kent. Then, listen to composer Paul Lansky’s work detailing the things in a woman’s handbag. Plus, music by Meredith Monk, and her “Memory Song”, along with work by Tangerine Dream from the 1980’s where an actress is chanting, in Russian, the names of the continents of the world and pleading to end the threat of "limited" nuclear war, (Wikipedia). - Caryn Havlik Program #4739, List Songs (First aired 4/12/23) ARTIST: Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass; Orchestra del Teatro di Torino; Gianandrea Noseda, conductorWORK: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni K. 527: Madamina, il catalogo e questo [1:20]RECORDING: History of Classical Music in 24 HoursSOURCE: Deutsche GrammophonINFO: deutschegrammophon.com ARTIST: Paul Lansky feat. Hannah MackayWORK: Paul Lansky: Things She Carried [5:59]RECORDING: Things She CarriedSOURCE: Bridge RecordsINFO: bridgerecords.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Concerto Köln, Bang on a Can Lost Objects Ensemble, DJ SpookyWORK: Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe: I lost a sock [8:03]RECORDING: Lost ObjectsSOURCE: Teldec 84107INFO: Available at Arkiv Music ARTIST: Meredith MonkWORK: Memory Song [6:43]RECORDING: Do You BeSOURCE: ECM #1336INFO: ecmrecords.com ARTIST: Rebecca L Hargrove, soprano; Joseph C. Phillips Jr. and NuminousWORK: Joseph C. Phillips Jr.: Don't [3:44]RECORDING: The Grey Land SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records INFO: numinous.bandcamp.com | newamrecords.com ARTIST: VangelisWORK: Albedo 0.39 [4:22]RECORDING: Albedo 0.39SOURCE: Windham Hill Records, Reissued BMGINFO: Available at Amazon.com or on Spotify ARTIST: Tangerine DreamWORK: Kiew Mission [4:47]RECORDING: ExitSOURCE: VirginINFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, YouTube, and Spotify ARTIST: Gilroy MereWORK: Dunroamin' [5:00]RECORDING: The Green LineSOURCE: Clay Pipe MusicINFO: gilroymere.bandcamp.com/album/the-green-line ARTIST: Young People's Chorus of New York, cond. Francisco NunezWORK: Michael Gordon: Every Stop on the F Train [7:24]RECORDING: Transient Glory IIISOURCE: Cantaloupe MusicINFO: cantaloupemusic.com
From the sexual conquests in the Catalogue Aria of Mozart’s Don Giovanni – so many in Italy, so many in France - to the Lost Objects detailed in the Bang on Can work of the same name; to every stop on the F train in the NYC subway system in a work by Michael Gordon, sung by the Young People’s Chorus of New York, or “The Talk” that many Black parents have with their kids in the Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. a mono-opera, The Grey Land, hear “list songs”.
Hear Michael Gordon's Every Stop on the F Train, a setting of the names of every subway station along the F-train line, as sung by the Young People’s Chorus of New York, conducted by Francisco J. Núñez from their album Transient Glory III. Also, listen to music from the oratorio, “Lost Objects,” a collaborative work between the Bang on a Can composers and the writer Deborah Artman, featuring the Baroque ensemble Concerto Köln and DJ Spooky. The work is a meditation on the theme of loss, as it lists and makes connections between other lost things; objects as mundane as a sock or umbrella to things like one's memory, a species of animal, or the language of a people.
Then, an excerpt from The Grey Land by Joseph C. Phillips Jr. and his ensemble Numinous – the work is a mono-opera about being Black in America. Hear “Don’t”, which is “The Talk” that many Black parents have to have with their teenage sons (“Don’t dress gangsta/Don’t put your hands in your pockets”).
There’s also music by Gilroy Mere (aka Oliver Cherer), from his 2017 album, The Green Line, which lists of bus stops on a bygone route that would take Londoners to the countryside of Sussex and Kent. Then, listen to composer Paul Lansky’s work detailing the things in a woman’s handbag. Plus, music by Meredith Monk, and her “Memory Song”, along with work by Tangerine Dream from the 1980’s where an actress is chanting, in Russian, the names of the continents of the world and pleading to end the threat of "limited" nuclear war, (Wikipedia). - Caryn Havlik
Program #4739, List Songs (First aired 4/12/23)
ARTIST: Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass; Orchestra del Teatro di Torino; Gianandrea Noseda, conductorWORK: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni K. 527: Madamina, il catalogo e questo [1:20]RECORDING: History of Classical Music in 24 HoursSOURCE: Deutsche GrammophonINFO: deutschegrammophon.com
ARTIST: Paul Lansky feat. Hannah MackayWORK: Paul Lansky: Things She Carried [5:59]RECORDING: Things She CarriedSOURCE: Bridge RecordsINFO: bridgerecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Concerto Köln, Bang on a Can Lost Objects Ensemble, DJ SpookyWORK: Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe: I lost a sock [8:03]RECORDING: Lost ObjectsSOURCE: Teldec 84107INFO: Available at Arkiv Music
ARTIST: Meredith MonkWORK: Memory Song [6:43]RECORDING: Do You BeSOURCE: ECM #1336INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Rebecca L Hargrove, soprano; Joseph C. Phillips Jr. and NuminousWORK: Joseph C. Phillips Jr.: Don't [3:44]RECORDING: The Grey Land SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records INFO: numinous.bandcamp.com | newamrecords.com
ARTIST: VangelisWORK: Albedo 0.39 [4:22]RECORDING: Albedo 0.39SOURCE: Windham Hill Records, Reissued BMGINFO: Available at Amazon.com or on Spotify
ARTIST: Tangerine DreamWORK: Kiew Mission [4:47]RECORDING: ExitSOURCE: VirginINFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, YouTube, and Spotify
ARTIST: Gilroy MereWORK: Dunroamin' [5:00]RECORDING: The Green LineSOURCE: Clay Pipe MusicINFO: gilroymere.bandcamp.com/album/the-green-line
ARTIST: Young People's Chorus of New York, cond. Francisco NunezWORK: Michael Gordon: Every Stop on the F Train [7:24]RECORDING: Transient Glory IIISOURCE: Cantaloupe MusicINFO: cantaloupemusic.com