On this New Sounds, there's new music for bass, both electric and upright, bowed, plucked, or slapped, some bottom-heavy and grounding, some emotive and noodley - like the moody suite for electric bass by Jeffrey Roden, called "Seeds of Happiness." There's also music about salt. Yes, salt and salt marshes.
Listen for texture-rich music for by Marie-Soleil Belanger and Normand Guilbeault which pairs violins or erhu (Chinese two-stringed fiddle) with double bass. Plus, Tom Johnson's "Failing – a very difficult piece for bass," music by Basso Bongo, Robert Black, and more.
PROGRAM #2680, New Music for Bass (First aired on Monday, 5/21/07)
ARTIST(S) | RECORDING | CUT(S) | SOURCE |
Edgar Meyers & Joshua Bell | Short Trip Home | Concert Duo, Mvt 2 [5:30] | Sony Classical #60864** www.sonyclassical.com * |
Jeffrey Roden | Seeds of Happiness | On Awakening [3:00] | New Albion #133 www.newalbion.com |
Marie-Soleil Belanger & Normand Guilbeault | Les Salines | Les Salines 1 [4:30] | Actuelle #160 |
Gavin Bryars | Farewell To Philosophy | By The Vaar, epilogue [3:00] | Point #454126 Out of print. Try auction sites or Amazon.com* More info at www.gavinbryars.com |
Jeffrey Roden | Seeds of Happiness | Rift [2:30] | See above. |
Bang on a Can | Live, Vol. 1 | Tom Johnson: Failing [8:00] | CRI #628, out of print, but available at www.bangonacan.org |
Robert Black | State of the Bass | Big And Cheap [7:00] | O.O. Discs #14 www.oodiscs.com |
Michael Manring | Soliloquy | Greetings Earthlings! [5:00] | Manthing #09470 www.manthing.com |
David Friesen | Departure | Sitka In The Woods [6:00] | Global Pacific #79338 Try Amazon.com* or auction sites |