This week's show recasts the epitaph on Christopher Wren's tomb in St. Paul's Cathedral: "Si monumentum requiris, circumaudi." [If you seek a monument, listen around you.]

Set #1 - 8:00am - 8:45am

1. Valentyn Silvestrov: Excerpts from Fleeting Melodies
Bohdana Pivenko - violin, Valeriy Matiukhin - piano
Rostok Records, n.n.
45'

Set #2 - 8:45am - 10:00am

2. Elodie Lauten: Waking in New York (1999)
Text by Allen Ginsburg
Mark Duer - baritone, Meredith Borden - soprano, Tyler Azelton - soprano, Sherrita Duran - soprano, Grigory Kalinovsky - violin, Jaram Kim - violin, Tania Askins - viola, Andrei Tchekmazov - cello, Rafael Agudelo - double bass, Ulla Suokkko - flute, Bill Ruyle - drums, Mustafa Ahmed - percussion, Elodie Lauten - synthesizer
4-Tay Records, CD 4023
66:32
(From the composer's website: "Waking in New York is about experiencing daily life in New York through the eyes of Ginsberg, pictured in the later part of his life.")

3. Sunny Skylar & Consuelo Velazques: Besame Mucho (rec. NYC Feb.-Mar. 1954)
Artie Shaw - clarinet, Hank Jones - piano, Tal Farlow - guitar, Tommy Porter - bass, Joe Roland - vibes, Irv Kluger - drums
Artie Shaw: The Last Recordings
Musicmasters, 01612-65071-2
4:05

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

4. John Burke: Remember Your Power (1998-2000)
Jane Hayes - piano, Laura Barron - flute, Tony Nickels - oboe, English horn & oboe d'amore, François Houle - clarinet, Sheila McDonald - violin, Peggy Lee - cello, Laurence Mollerop - double bass, John Celona - conductor
Remember Your Power: Music of John Burke
Centrediscs, CMCCD 10104
59:31

Science writer and ufological expert Chris Rutkowski (who hosts his own show Mysterious! on UMFM Thursdays at 9pm) joins me in the third hour to discuss music from UFO- and alien-themed movies. But first -- 90 minutes of Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman, Hollywood podiatrist and thereminist to the stars.

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

1. Dmitri Tiomkin: Thing (From Another World): Suite (1951)
Charles Gerhardt - conductor, Yvonne Loriod - ondes Martenot, National Philharmonic Orchestra
The Spectacular World of Classic Film Scores
RCA Victor, 2792-2-RG
10:33

2. Harry Revel: Lunar Rhapsody
3:01

3. Harry Revel: Moon Moods
2:54

4. Harry Revel: Lunette
2:52

Tracks 2-4 (rec. 1947)
Les Baxter - conductor, Samuel Hoffman - theremin
Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman & the Theremin Disc 1: Music out of the Moon
Basta, 30-9093-2

5. Bernard Herrmann: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Bernard Herrmann, Lionel Newman or Alfred Newman - conductor, Samuel Hoffman - theremin
The Day the Earth Stood Still Film Score
Fox Records, 07822-11010-2
36'

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

6. Bernard Herrmann: "Alternative Theremin Mixes" & "Studio Rehearsal & Outtakes" from The Day the Earth Stood Still (rec. Aug. 1951)
Bernard Herrmann, Lionel Newman or Alfred Newman - conductor, Samuel Hoffman - theremin
Downloaded from here
12:58

7. Peter Thomas: Chariots of the Gods (1970)
The Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra
Chariots of the Gods Original Soundtrack
Polydor, 2371 035
35'

8. Cy Coben: Alien
Leonard Nimoy - vocal
You Are Not Alone
MCA Special Products, MCAC-20409
1:58

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

9. Danny Elfman: "Main Titles" from Mars Attacks! (1996)
Artie Kane - conductor
Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Mars Attacks!
La-La Land Records, LLLCD 1096
2:24

10. Jerry Goldsmith: "Main Title" from Alien (1979)
4:12

11. Jerry Goldsmith: "Main Title (rescored)" from Alien (1979)
4:11

Tracks 10-11
Lionel Newman - conductor, National Philharmonic Orchestra
Alien: Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Intrada, B0010185-02

12. John Williams: "Wild Signals" from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
John Williams - conductor
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Collector's Edition Soundtrack
Arista, 07822-19004-2
4:12

13. Herman Stein: "Main Title", "Jet West" & "Color Blind" from This Island Earth (1955)
Masatoshi Mitsumoto - conductor, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Slovakia
This Island Earth (and Other Alien Invasion Films)
Monstrous Movie Music, MMM-1954
4'

14. Jerry Goldsmith: "Free Ride" from Explorers (1985)
Jerry Goldsmith - conductor
Explorers: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Varèse Sarabande, VSD-5261
3:33

A festival of circumscribed pitch sets.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:30am

1. Andrey Eshpay: Hungarian Tunes: A Rhapsody for Violin & Piano (1952-53)
9:16

2. Andrey Eshpay: Evening Shadows (1994)
8:25

Tracks 1-2
L. Dmiterko - violin, Andrey Eshpay - piano
Moscow Musical Publishers-Harmony, n.n.

3. Traditional: Russian Northern Wedding (rec. 1989)
Valentina Alimova - director, Leshukonsky Folk Choir
Melodiya, SUCD 11-00325
72'
(Incredible hard-edged singing. You should look up what Huxley says about the build-up of carbon dioxide in the bloodstream as an aid to visionary experience.)

Set #2 - 9:30am - 11:00am

4. Igor Stravinsky: Les noces (1923)
Robert Craft - conductor, Alison Wells - soprano, Susan Bickley - mezzo-soprano, Martyn Hill - tenor, Alan Ewing - basso-profundo, Simon Joly Chorale, International Piano Quartet, Tristan Fry Percussion Ensemble
Naxos, 8.557499
24:10

5. Bernard Herrmann: Sisters (1973)
Bernard Herrmann - conductor
Sisters: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Southern Cross, SCCD 903
42:37
(Brian De Palma's movie about family togetherness. Bernard Herrmann's athematic score.)

6. Bernard Herrmann: The Assassination of Leon Trotsky (1953-54)
Arranged by Antoine Bustros
Ensemble Ulysse: Antoine Bustros - conductor, Matthieu Bélanger - clarinet, Bernard Daigle - tenor sax, Serge Arsenault - trombone, Véronique Poulin - cello, Bernard Leblanc - double bass
Crime Music: Bernard Herrmann Revisited
XXI-21 Productions, XXI-CD 2 1644
4:07

Get your dose of Vitamin C.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 10:00am

1. Nelson Riddle: Orange
4:57

2. Elmer Bernstein: Silver
4:38

3. Jeff Alexander: Yellow
2:38

Tracks 1-3 (rec. 1956)
Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color
Capitol, CDP 7 99647 2

4. Sergei Prokofiev: Amour des trois oranges (1919)
Libretto by Sergei Prokofiev & Vera Janacopoulos
Based on the play L'amore delle tre melarance by Carlo Gozzi (1761)
Kent Nagano - conductor, Chorus & Orchestra of the Opéra of Lyon
Virgin Classics, 0946 3 58694 2 2
102'

Set #2 - 10:00am - 11:00am

5. Ken Nordine: Orange (rec. 1966)
Ken Nordine - narration, Richard Campbell - multi-instruments
Ken Nordine: Colors
Asphodel, ASP 0954
1:29

6. Frederick Delius: Florida Suite (1887)
David Lloyd-Jones - conductor, English Northern Philharmonia
Delius: Orchestral Works
Naxos, 8.553535
37'

7. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C major op.53 "Waldstein" (1804)
Friedrich Gulda - piano
Philips, 468 140-2
20'
(First movement adapted into Groucho Marx's signature tune Hooray for Captain Spaulding.)