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Nature out of balance

Extra Eclectic - Jan. 22, 2025

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As we mourn the continuing devastation of the fires in Los Angeles, we’ll hear music that acknowledges the precarious state of our environment on this episode of Extra Eclectic. Philip Glass’ monumental music for Koyaanisqatsi, Stephen Scott’s Afternoon of a Fire for bowed piano ensemble, a selection from Laurie Anderson’s Landfall, and Steven Stucky’s salute to Rachel Carson’s seminal book Silent Spring are among the works featured. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Playlist

A Pile of Dust
Johann Johannsson
Anthony Weeden, conductor
Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra
DG 25431

Afternoon of a Fire
Stephen Scott
The Bowed Piano Ensemble
Saraiya Ruano, Native American flute
Navona 5937

Landfall: Everything is Floating
Laurie Anderson
Kronos Quartet
Laurie Anderson, violin, vocals, keyboards, samples, percussion, filters
Nonesuch 564164

Three Passions for Our Tortured Planet: Winds
Brian Field
Kay Kyung Eun Kim, piano
Steinway & Sons 30230

Silent Spring
Steven Stucky
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Reference 747

Earthview
Nathaniel Heyder
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Azica 71349

Koyaanisqatsi (Life Out of Balance): Pruit Igoe
Philip Glass
Michael Riesman, conductor
Philip Glass Ensemble
Nonesuch 79506

A Native Hill: Topsoil
Gavin Bryars
Donald Nally, conductor
The Crossing
Navona 6347

Solstice: Garden of the Sun
Lou Harrison
Barry Jekowsky, conductor
California Symphony
Argo 455590

String Quartet No. 1 “Shades of Green”
Clint Needham
Poiesis Quartet
Bright Shiny Things 213

Dream
John Cage
Bruce Brubaker, piano

Tessellations
Gabriella Smith
yMusic
New Amsterdam 135

Everything Passes, Everything is Connected
Samantha Fernando
Donald Nally, conductor
The Crossing
New Focus 357

Sun Rings: One Earth, One People, One Love
Terry Riley
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 549523

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