23 January 2013

I will be live-tweeting track titles @vonwichert. A special guest, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's Composer-in-Residence Vincent Ho, visits in hour three.

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

1. Live in London 1990 (rec. London 11 June 1990)
Sun Ra & His Year 2000 Myth Science Arkestra
Blast First, BFFP60CD
64'

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

2. Somewhere Else (rec. NYC 1988-89)
Sun Ra Arkestra
Rounder Records, CD 3036
62'

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

3. Sun Ra: Nuclear War (rec. NYC Sep. 1982)
Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra
Unheard Music Series, ALP222CD
7:48

4. Steve Reich: First movement: Fast from The Desert Music (1983)
Text by William Carlos Williams (1954-62)
Steve Reich & Musicians, Michael Tilson Thomas - conductor, Chorus & Members of Brooklyn Philharmonic
Nonesuch, 7559-79101-2
7:54

5. Vincent Ho: 3rd movement: Fire Dance from The Shaman: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra (2011)
Alexander Mickelthwaite - conductor, Evelyn Glennie - percussion, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
http://vinceho.com/work/the-shaman-concerto-for-percussion-and-orchestra/

16 January 2013

I will be live-tweeting track titles and interesting musical moments @vonwichert starting at 8am Central Time.

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

1. Discipline 27-II (rec. 1972)
Sun Ra Arkestra
El Saturn Research, ES 538
47'

Set #2 - 8:45am - 10:15am

2. The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums: Cymbals & Crystal Spears (rec. NYC 1973)
Sun Ra Arkestra
Evidence Music, ECD 22217-2
84'

Set #3 - 10:15am - 11:00am

3. Auroral Chorus II: Music of the Magnetosphere (rec. 1996-98)
Rec. by Stephen P. McGreevy
S. P. McGreevy Productions, n.n.
http://archive.org/details/auroral_chorus_2_cd
52'
(Stephen P. McGreevy's site about natural VLF radio phenomena is worth a visit: http://www.auroralchorus.com.)

09 January 2013

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

1. Space Is the Place (rec. Chicago 19-20 Oct. 1972)
Sun Ra & His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra
Impulse!, IMPD-249
43'

Set #2 - 8:45am - 9:45am

2. Outer Space Employment Agency (rec. Ann Arbor, MI 9 Sep. 1973)
Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Arkestra
Total Energy Records, NER3021
52'

Set #1 - 9:45am - 11:00am

3. Strange Celestial Road (rec. NYC 1979? 1980?)
Sun Ra Arkestra
Rounder Records, CD 3035
35'

And now for something completely different...

4. Bach in Havana (rec. Miami & NYC Dec. 2008)
Tiempo Libre
Sony Classical, 88697-44701-2
30'