The Komodo Dragon Show returns to UMFM today. Tune in for musical icicles from Greenland, an electroacoustic portrait of January, as well as music by Denmark's foremost "classical" composer, Carl Nielsen. We compare two performances of his Sinfonia semplice, which is anything but.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Carl Nielsen: Incidental music from The Mother (1920)
Members of the Athena Ensemble: Richard McNicol - flute , unknown - viola, David Watkins - harp
Carl Nielsen: Music for Wind Instruments
Chandos Records, CHAN 8680
4'

2. Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet (1922)
Aeolian Winds: Fiona Wilkinson - flute, Ian Franklin - oboe, Peter Shackleton - clarinet, David Haward - bassoon, Derek Conrod - horn
The Devil's Dictionary
CBC Records, MVCD 1142
26:14

3. Carl Nielsen: Chaconne (1916)
9:23

4. Carl Nielsen: Suite "Den Luciferiske" (1919-20)
21:18

Tracks 3-4
Leif Ove Andsnes - piano
Nielsen: Piano Pieces
Virgin Classics, 7243 5 45129 2 6

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

(Three duel songs followed by three qivittoq-songs. Qivittoq is a homeless dead spirit. You become one if you have done something bad, like running a Ponzi scheme, and you can't always tell who might be one.)

5. Entertaining Song (rec. Tiniteqilaaq, East Greenland 1980)
Hendrik Singerdât - voice & drum
2:51

6. Duel-song (rec. Kuumiut, East Greenland 1961)
Lauritz Ningâvan - voice & drum
3:07

7. Uaajeerneq-song (rec. Kulusuk, East Greenland 1961)
Vilhelm Kûitse - voice & drum
3:19

8. Mournful Song (rec. Nanortalik, South Greenland 1980)
Karen Hansen - voice
1:01

9. Qivittoq-song (rec. Illorpaat, South Greenland 1963)
Juliane Mouritzen - voice
4:32

10. Mournful Song (rec. Illorpaat, South Greenland 1963)
Juliane Mouritzen - voice
2:21

Tracks 5-10
Inuit: Fifty-Five Historical Recordings
Le Coeur du Monde/Sub Rosa, SR115

10. Gunner Møller Pedersen: "January" from A Sound Year (1977-82)
Dacapo Records, 8.224174-79
30:12

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

11. Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia semplice" (1924-25)
Leopold Stokowski - conductor, New Philharmonia Orchestra
BBC, BBCL 4059-2
30:41

12. Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia semplice" (1924-25)
Adrian Leaper - conductor, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Naxos, 8.550826
34:24