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Liquid Music Playlist The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
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On Liquid Music Playlist host Steve Seel asks pioneering composers, performers and musicians about the music they make and the music they love. In these short-form monthly episodes Liquid Music artists contextualize their own music before sharing music that inspires them – all with the spirit of discovery and the celebration of the new that’s integral to the Liquid Music mission.
Liquid Music Playlist is presented by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music Series, produced by Don Lee and sponsored by McNally Smith College of Music.
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Vivid Artifacts Steven Mackey on the music of William Byrd
Composer and electric guitar virtuoso Steven Mackey is known for his innovative combinations of timbres, instruments, genres and forms from both Western classical and rock/pop traditions. In this episode, Liquid Music Playlist’s host Steve Seel asks Mackey about his latest work, Orpheus Unsung, a wordless opera for electric guitar and percussion which premiered in Minneapolis this summer. Mackey also brings in the music of the prolific Renaissance composer, William Byrd, praising Byrd’s serene vocal mass Agnus Dei as foresight in harmony and counterpoint.
PLAYLIST
1. Mackey: "Fusion Tune" from Banana Dump Truck — Mackey, guitar; Fred Sherry, cello
2. Mackey: "Physical Property" from String Theory — Mackey, guitar; Brentano String Quartet
3. Mackey: "My Ship" from Big Farm — Big Farm (Steven Mackey, Rinde Eckart, Mark Haanstra, Jason Treuting)
4. William Byrd: "Agnus Dei" from Mass for Four Voices — Tallis Scholars -
Nameless Music: Helado Negro on the music of Scott Walker
Last spring, Roberto Lange of Helado Negro took a break from working on Private Energy, out now on Asthmatic Kitty Records, to sit down with Liquid Music Playlist’s host, Steve Seel. In this episode, Roberto explains the difficulties of describing his own music which synthesizes a wide range of genres, cultures, languages and influences. Roberto also shares his fascination with the equally perplexing music of 1960’s balladier turned-avant pop experimenter, Scott Walker.
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Tactile Innovation: Turntablist/multimedia artist Kid Koala on the music of Emily Wells
Turntablist, performer, composer and self-proclaimed “purveyor of silliness” Kid Koala is known for legendary innovations in scratch turntable playing and his broad range of multimedia works including graphic novels, puppet shows, vaudeville acts and much more. In this episode of Liquid Music Playlist, Kid Koala discusses his fascination with the music of Emil Wells, a similarly diverse vocalist, instrumentalist, and producer based in New York.
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1. Kid Koala: "Drunk Trumpet" from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
2. Kid Koala: "Overture" from Nufonia Must Fall; Cecilia String Quartet
3. Emily Wells: "Los Angeles" from Promise
4. Emily Wells: "Passenger" from Mama
5. Emily Wells: Passanger" (Kid Koala remix) -
New Sonic Landscapes: composer Daniel Wohl on blending the real with the digital
Episode 8 of Liquid Music's Playlist podcast features composer and electronic musician Daniel Wohl. Daniel cites some of the sonic inspirations for his latest album Holographic (a Liquid Music commission) and reveals some of the technical processes involved with creating his electro-acoustic sound world. Daniel also brings in one of his favorite uses of electronics with orchestral instruments - Heiner Goebbels' Suite for Sampler and Orchestra from Surrogate Cities.
1. Wohl: "Holographic" from Holographic — Daniel Wohl
2. Wohl: "Replicate, Part 1" from Holographic
3. Wohl: "Shapes" from Holographic
4. Heiner Goebbels: "Sampler Suite for Orchestra: Allemand les Ruines" from Surrogate Cities — Young German Philharmonic/Peter Rundel
5. Heiner Goebbels: "Sampler Suite for Orchestra: Gavotte N-Touch Remix" from Surrogate Cities
6. Heiner Goebbels: "Sampler Suite for Orchestra: Menuett I'ingenieur" from Surrogate Cities -
Mind States: Pianist Vicky Chow on minimalism and the modules of Nik Bartsch
A fierce advocate of new music and particularly minimalism, pianist Vicky Chow has been described as “brilliant” (New York Times) and “a monster pianist” (Time Out New York). In Episode 7 of Liquid Music's Playlist podcast, Chow describes the emotional and physical experience of performing minimalist music — from Steve Reich’s Piano Counterpoint to Tristan Perich’s Surface Image, a recently commissioned work that was co-presented by Liquid Music with the Walker Art Center last March. Chow also recommends to us the music of Swiss pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch, whose extended techniques and ritualistic, pattern-heavy structures push our conception of the piano's possibilities and show us minimalism’s groove.
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Honest and Beautiful Song: Andre de Ridder on Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr.
Conductor of the Berlin-based chamber ensemble s t a r g a z e, Andre de Ridder, discusses the upcoming collaboration with Twin Cities synthpop band Poliça, and finding inspiration in Dinosaur Jr. - drawing connections to lo-fi, drone, and Schubert song cycles.
Check out the world premiere of the s t a r g a z e and Poliça collaboration, "Music for the Long Emergency", at the SPCO's Liquid Music Series- Friday, Nov. 18, 2016 - co-presented with The Current. Find tickets at liquidmusicseries.org
Playlist:
1. Max Richter: Movements 1-3 of Spring from The Four Seasons Recomposed—Berlin Konzerthaus Chamber Orchestra/de Ridder
2. Greg Saunier: O’Malley, Former Underdog from Deerhoof Chamber Variations (EP)--Stargaze
3. Greg Saunier: Data from Deerhoof Chamber Variations
4. Lou Barlow: Lose from You’re Living All Over Me—Dinosaur Jr.
5. Lou Barlow: Poledo from You’re Living All Over Me—Dinosaur Jr.
6. Lou Barlow: Moving from Brace the Wave—Lou Barlow