DADA

Here is the plalist for our programme on Dada music broadcast 11 April 2008, celebrating the exhibition of Picabia (pictured above), Duchamp and Man Ray at the Tate Modern:

1. Picabia: La nourrice américaine (fast)
Picabia: Dada Manifesto (recitation)
2. Arp: Dada Spruche
3. Satie: ‘Sur un Vaisseau’, Automatic Descriptions
4. Poulenc: Automation
5. Duchamp: Musical Erratum (La Mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même)
6. Schwitters: Ursonate
7. Ligeti: Aventures & Nouvelles Aventures
8. Germaine Albert-Birot: Dada 3
9. Duchamp: Bride Stripped Bare
10. Satie: Entr'acte
11. Milhaud: La rivière endormie
12. Satie: Vexations

Many thanks to Max Benezeth for the recitations, and Stuart Walton for his discussion on dada versus surrealism. We hope you enjoyed the show. Next week we'll be looking at composers in exile. Stay tuned...

ANIMALS

Here is the playlist for our programme of 4 April on Animals:

1. Mario Lanza: Donkey Serenade
2. Ligeti: The Big Turtle Fanfare From The South China Sea
3. Henze: Essay on Pigs
4. Satie: Chanson du Chat
5. Cage: Little Four Paws
6. Ravel: ‘Cat Duet’, from l’Enfant et les sortilèges
7. Scarlatti: The Cat Fugue
8. Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Mole in the Ground
9. Three Tobacco Tags: Yodelling Mule
10. Pete Seeger: Incy Wincy Spider
11. Mache: Kowar
12. Rautavarra: ‘Swans Migrating’, from Cantus Arcticus
13. Sciarrino: ‘Song of the Swan’, from Lohengrin
14. Wagner: ‘Song of the Swan’, from Lohengrin
15. Gibbons: O Silver Swan
16. Messiaen: Tawny Owl
17. Thought Gang and Badelementi: The Black Dog Runs at Night
18. Mussorgsky: Song of he Flea
19. Takemitsu: A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden

Thanks for listening. Next Friday 11 April we will be playing music associated with dada and surrealism, in celebration of the exhibition at the Tate Modern on Duchamp, Man Ray and Picabia. Stay tuned...

SCHNITTKE

The programme on Friday 28 March featured the work of Alfred Schnittke.

1. Symphony 1, opening
2. Quasi Una Sonata (excerpt)
3. Faust Cantata
4. String Quartet 3
5. Music for an Imaginary Play
6. Choir Concerto
7. Mozart a la Haydn
8. Symphony 1, last movement

All pieces by Schnittke. Next Friday, April 4, we'll be playing music for and about (and by?) animals. Stay tuned...

NEW RELEASES

Sorry for the tardiness. On Friday 14 March we played new releases and recent acquisitions, which included work by Mariani, Erik M, Ives, Donnacha Dennehy, Bach, Badalamenti (pictured), Dillon, and a mix by John Murray featuring John Carpenter and FM3. Get in touch for further details.