Late Works: By Ear #6
The radio counterpart to live intermedia event series Late Works, hosted by founder Joseph Bradley Hill. Each month a selection of artists respond to the show on postcards and send them in as inspiration for the next. Running through the shows are a modular stem experiment in which musicians improvise live to original 15 minute compositions.
In this episode, more influences and loose association in response to postcards sent in by Plum Cloutman, Ines Gradot, Danny Leyland, Ella Squirrell & Tommy Brentnall, including pieces by Harry Partch, Orson Welles & Laurie Anderson.
Tracklist
Alice in Wonderland (1951) (Alice Meets the Caterpillar clip)
Harry Partch - O Frabjous Day (after Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky')
Pascola Music of the Yaqui Indians of Northern Mexico - Heragua Loquo
Miscellaneous Yaqui Singers - Deer Dance
Björk - Overture (Dancer in the Dark (2000))
Albert Schwartz - Dancing in the Dark (The Band Wagon) (clip)
Mia Farrow - I Don’t Want to Walk Without You (Radio Days) (clip)
Orson Welles - War of the Worlds (1938 Radio Broadcast) (clip)
Rubinoff & His Violin - Dark Eyes
Casablanca (1942) (Play it Once, Sam clip)
Dooley Wilson - As Time Goes By
James Reese Europe - Memphis Dance
Laurie Anderson - Songs for Anagrams and Muffled Words
Red Krayola and Art & Language - Gross and Conspicuous Error
Cornelius Cardew & The Scratch Orchestra - The Great Learning (Paragraph 1) (clip)
Sol LeWitt & Robert Dahinden - Pentas for Computer and 5 Loudspeakers (clip)