You can be part of radio history. Tune in today for the world premiere broadcast of two spacey (in the sense of having a lot of space/silence between the phrases) songs by Morton Feldman and Barbara Monk Feldman. That's real minimalism for you! The songs will be played at the top of each hour, with the rest of the music unfolding from there.

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

1. Barbara Monk Feldman: The Gentlest Chord (1991)
Text by Rainer Maria Rilke, from Sonnets to Orpheus (1922)
Gwen Faasen - voice
3:01

2. Morton Feldman: Followe Thy Faire Sunne (1962)
Text by Thomas Campion (1601)
Brian Craig - voice, Glenn Freeman - chime
1:54

Tracks 1 & 2
Morton Feldman & Barbara Monk Feldman: Strings, Keyboard, Percussion, Voices, Horn
OgreOgress productions, 884502 407204

3. Jacob Druckman: Reflections on the Nature of Water (1986)
Daniel Druckman - marimba
Naxos, 8.559260
15:17

4. Chick Corea: Crystal Silence (rec. 1994)
Chick Corea - piano, Gary Burton - vibraphone
Music Forever & Beyond: The Selected Works of Chick Corea 1964-1996
GRP Records, GRD-5-9819
8:47

5. William Penn: Diversions for Alto Saxophone & Marimba (1992)
Michael N. Jacobson - alto saxophone, Todd Meehan - marimba
America's Millennium Tribute to Adolphe Sax Vol.X
Arizona University Recordings, AUR CD 3124
18'

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

6. Barbara Monk Feldman: The Gentlest Chord (1991)
3:01

7. Morton Feldman: Followe Thy Faire Sunne (1962)
1:54

8. Thomas Campion: The Cypress Curtain of the Night (1601)
Folger Consort: Rogers Covey-Crump - tenor, Christopher Kendall - lute
This England: Music from the Time of Shakespeare
Bard Records, n.n.
4:27

9. Anton Webern: Six Bagatelles for String Quartet op.9 (1913)
Lasalle Quartet: Walter Levin - 1st violin, Henry Meyer - 2nd violin, Peter Kamnitzer - viola, Jack Kirstein - cello
Neue Wiener Schule
Deutsche Grammophon, 419 994-2
4'

10. Anton Webern: Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Hildegard Jone op.25 (1934)
Text by Hildegard Jone
Christiane Oelze - soprano, Eric Schneider - piano
Anton Webern: Lieder
Deutsche Grammophon, 447 103-2
4:44

11. Charles Ives: From "Night of Frost in May" (1899)
1:11

12. Charles Ives: Weil' auf mir ("Eyes So Dark") (1902)
2:02

13. Charles Ives: Kären (1894)
1:08

14. Charles Ives: Feldeinsamkeit ("In Summer Fields") (1900)
2:28

15. Charles Ives: Rosamunde (1898)
1:51

16. Charles Ives: Omens & Oracles (c. 1900)
2:32

17. Charles Ives: Berceuse (1900)
1:25

Tracks 11-17
Arranged by Mathew Fuerst
Jasper Wood - violin, David Riley - piano
Ives: Works for Violin & Piano
Endeavour Classics, END 1012

18. Meredith Monk: Three Heavens & Hells (1992)
Text by Tennessee Reed
Allison Easter, Dina Emerson, Katie Geissinger & Meredith Monk - voices
Meredith Monk: Volcano Songs
ECM New Series, ECM 1589
21:15

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

19. Morton Feldman: Followe Thy Faire Sunne (1962)
1:54

20. Barbara Monk Feldman: The Gentlest Chord (1991)
3:01

21. Johannes Tinctoris: Missa trium vocum (c. 1500)
Roger Blanchard Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble, Roger Blanchard - director
Nonesuch Records, H-71048
45'