Music of the Days: 1/21/12 - 1/22/12

George Crumb (b. 1929)

• Mundus Canis, "A Dog's World" (1998, gtr. and perc.)
• Quest*** (1994, gtr., soprano sax., harp, double bass, and perc. [2 players])
• Federico's Little Songs for Children (1986, fl./picc./alto fl./bass fl., harp)
• Night Music I  (1963, rev. 1976; soprano, piano/celeste, and 2 perc.)

The original performance of Mundus Canis was by guitarist David Starobin with George Crumb himself playing percussion.  Each "humoresque" is named after one of the Crumb family dogs.  My favorite movement is probably the last, Yoda, in which Crumb called out "Yoda" throughout the piece.  It ended with the scolding, "Bad dog!"


David Liptak (b. 1949)

• Forlane (1998, gtr.)

Melinda Wagner (b. 1957)

• Arabesque (1998, gtr.)

Richard Wernick (b. 1934)

• Trochaic Trot (2000, gtr.)

Paul Lansky (b. 1944)

• Shameless Sarabande (1997, gtr.)

 
Elliot Carter (b. 1908)

• Luimen (1997)

Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)

• Nocturnal, Op. 70*** (1963, gtr.)

Gyorgy Ligeti (1923 - 2006)

• San Francisco Polyphony

Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938)

• Les Moutons de Panurge (1972, open instrumentation)

Giacinto Scelsi (1905 - 1988)

• Kho Lo (fl. and cl.)    

Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)

• Radiant Voices (orch.)
• Angels in the Architecture (wind ens.)
• Nitro (wind ens.)

 
Arvo Part (b. 1935)

• Magnificat (1989, chorus)