I recently listened to “this interview”:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/the_interview.shtml on the BBC with Chinese ambassador Sha Xu Kang. If you were wondering what the Chinese diplomatic equivalent of the “Terry Gross/Gene Simmons”:http://erim.net/archives/gene-simmons-and-terry-gross-interview interview was, this is it. The first 19 minutes go by just fine, until the interviewer starts asking about Taiwan and it starts to ramp up…
Poluenc: Litanie a la Vierge Noire from Stabag Mater and Gloria (Virgin) Gorecki: Miserere from Miserere and Alleluia (Chandos) Pergolesi: Salve Regina in A Minor from Stabat Mater (Decca) Handel: Va Speme Infida from Arcadian Duets (Virgin) Handel: Armida Abbandonata from Cantates Romaines (Accord)
Mozart: Traurigkeit Ward Mir Zum Lose and Martern Alle Arten from Mozart Heroinces (Virgin) Mozart: Durch Zartlichkeit… from Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail (Erato) Rorem: A Childhood Miracle from A Childhood Miracle (Newport Classics) Tomkins: See, See the Shepherd’s Queen from English and Italian Renaissance Madrigals (Virgin) Arcadelt: Il Binaco E Dolce Eigno from English and [...]
John Dowland: Come Again and Flow My Tears from Fairest Isle (Decca) Britten: On This Island from On This Island (Hyperion) Purcell/Britten: Three Divine Hymns from Britten: Purcell Realizations (Hyperion) Purcell: Love Thou Canst Hear from Complete Solo Songs (I) (Hyperion) Purcell: Sound The Trumpets from Countertenor Duets (Hyperion) Purcell: ‘Tis Nature’s Voice and Soul [...]
RMMH 24 March Show aired Tuesday 24 March 2004 on WHPK 88.5 FM, the Pride of the South Side. John Adams: John’s Book of Alleged Dances from The John Adams Ear Box (Nonesuch) Peter Warlock: Songs for Tenor and String Quartet from The Curlew (Hyperion) Benjamin Britten: Realizations from Harmonia Sacra Realizations from The Red [...]
Show aired Febraury 13 March 2004 on WHPK 88.5 The Pride of the South Side. Rorem: Book of House from End of Summer (Naxos) Argento: Six Elizabethan Songs from Songs of Innocence (Albany) Weil: Green Up Time from Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weil (Sony) Adams: Day Chorus and Aria of the Falling Body from Death [...]
By now it’s an open secret that it is possible for humans to couple with Dragons. Indeed, we have known for years that the blood of our lizard overlords flows through the veins of the House of Windsor and many other royal families. When viewed in this light, is it any wonder that such eery [...]
I wanted to do 20th century secular choral music but ended up with two extra liturgical tracks. Kinda busy today, not too inspired. Show aired 23 January 2004 12-1:30 on WHPK 88.5 FM – the Pride of the South Side. Morton Lauridsen: O Nata Lux from Lux Aeterna (RCM) This one goes out to all [...]
The theme of this week’s show was ‘chant today’ – 20th century takes on plainchant. Originally, I had planned to play some chant, and then play the piece based on it. But it quickly became obvious that that would be boring ’cause you could figure out real simple what the chant was – the piece [...]
Today’s programming is not very interesting, frankly. I felt I ought to do a show with ‘normal music’ so that when things got really wierd a few weeks from now I’ll be able to say ‘hey I did a normal show once’. Also, I needed a lot of really long tracks so I could get [...]
Today’s show focused on pieces which were based on other earlier pieces which featured a peculiar twist. I’ve been told that this is something that rock and roll musicians call a ‘cover’. Unfortunately, I was tired and kinda hungry when I showed up and spent the first half of the show trying to remember how [...]
This hour had a general focus on music inspired by the edges and underseams of Europe – or just plain outside of Europe. Tracks are listed by composer, composition, and album and label. Show aired 15 December 2003 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. on 88.5 FM WHPK – the Pride of the South Side. Dawn [...]
After weeks of secret negotiations, I am now in a position to confirm that I will be hosting a radio show on the University of Chicago’s WHPK, The Pride Of The South Side. The show will be ‘alternative classical’ (keeping with WHPK’s indie/alterno/college rock status). In keeping with my interests the show will focus on [...]