Here's Feldman's Words and Music - a radio play with words by Samuel
Beckett. Played here by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. It
was recorded in May 2002 from BBC Radio 3. There's more details of the
performers in the intro.

You can download it as two files from Rapidshare by clicking these
links then you join it together with something like hsplit, then unzip
it with something like winzip then you should have 3 flac files which
if you wish you can convert to wav files. Quite a business but I'm
sure you'll find it's worth it.

http://rapidshare.com/files/176943658/Feldman_Words_and_Music.ZIP.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/176943661/Feldman_Words_and_Music.ZIP.002

Happy holidays
ben

Stephen Drummonds wrote:

I'd agree with the performers I heard on the radio some time ago, who
laughed as they described how the music barely changed between the happy
and the sad bits. I guess there's only so much emotion you can convey
with arpeggios.

Stephen Drummonds (in rec.music.classical.contemporary):

I don't care about operas but his music is nice and easy.

Joachim

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Two members of famed Russian Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra
attacked, (The Australian)
How crossover turned classics into a commodity, (Sydney Morning
Herald)
Pianos, Sopranos, Pixels and Puppets, (New York Times)
Carl Orff, the composer who lived a monstrous lie, (Times Online)
YouTube cyber-orchestra puts a new spin on traditional auditions,
(Christian Science Monitor)

2008-12-24

Turandot, Royal Opera House, London (Review, Edward Seckerson - The
Independent)
Philadelphia Orchestra: All in the Family (Article, PlaybillArts)
Performing arts charging more for premium seats (Article...

Stephen Drummonds wrote:

No, but I think you should spell the great physicist's name correctly.

Difficult Listening
9-11.00pm Sunday evenings
RTRFM 92.1, Perth, Western Australia
Presenters Bryce Moore and Rosalind Appleby.
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Re-stream: http://www.rtrfm.com.au/restream/4718

Alice Shields
Coyote (13'7")
CD: AGP 106 - US Electronic Music 1 (Avant Garde Project: AGP106)
http://www.avantgardeproject.org

Adam Trainer
Naoko by the Well (7'23")
CD: Asleep On Trains (hellosQuare Recordings)
http://www.myspace.com/hellosquarerecordings

Hannah Clemen
In My Hands, In My Bones (9'52")
CD: Demo

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Editor's Choice

The Met at theaters via satellite: a marriage of popcorn and opera,
(Seattle Times)
Performance of His Life: He Composed Himself, (New York Times)
Nagano takes final Berkeley bow, (San Francisco Chronicle)
Study reveals erosion in arts funding, (Globe And Mail)
OSM's 75th with Mehta & Messiaen a Celebration of Sound!, (La Scena
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2008-09-22

Psychedelic 'Pearl Fishers' (Review, T.L. Ponick - Washington Times)
Pizarro: Opera San Jose celebrates 25 years of history with elegant
gala (Article, Sal Pizarro - San Jose Mercury News)
Met Opera opening...

Bernard+Jerry wrote:

Looking at the blurb on the Manchester site, it implies it might be
staged. I'll write to them and try and find out more.

http://www.rncm.ac.uk/component/option,com_events/task,view_detail/agid,967/

mark s

Has the board heard this piece? The recording is supposed to be some
revolutionary encoding that captures the various levels and layers of
sound, which are a combination of live chamber orchestra, live sound
manipulation of vocals and solo instruments and some advanced
electronic textures. I can't say I fully understand the work from the
two times I've listened to it, but there's plenty to dig into beyond
the "flashy" use of electronics and sound manipulation. Certainly
these are attention grabbing, but the combination of these and the
live writing and vocals seem to be extremely well thought. Of course,
there are significant film projections that make up a large part of
the opera's impact, and it's not joining the Met's repertoire anytime
soon, so live performance is definitely the most complete...

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Editor's Choice

A Leader Begins His Final Lap, (New York Times)
Composer Mauricio Kagel dies in Germany at 76, (Associated Press)
Opera's music director refutes nepotism claim, (The Australian)
The Kaiser's legacy, (La Scena Musicale Online)
Whatever became of specialist conductors?, (La Scena Musicale Online)
Plus More...

2008-09-19

Take It Off, Brünnhilde: On Opera and Nudity (Article, Anthony
Tommasini - New York Times)
Minimalism at 50, Depending on How You Look at It (Review, Allan
Kozinn - New York Times)
On a Swaying Barge,...