Sound Lounge for Tuesday 11 November 2014

7:00 Resound 2014

Eight programmes introduced by Kenneth Young

(2) YOUNG: Piano Concerto - Michael Houstoun (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Steven Smith (recorded 26 August 2004 by RNZ)

NORRIS: dans les debris du temps - 175 East (recorded 27 October 2002 by RNZ)

JAMESON: Heurism - Megan Glass, Kirsten Johnstone, Bridget Douglas (fls) (recorded 4 April 1999 by RNZ)

HIRINI MELBOURNE arr Dudley Benson, remixed by MATMOS: Pīpī Manu E (from the album Deforestation)
The Dawn Chorus (choir), Dudley Benson, Matmos (audio production)
Golden Retriever Records

Listen to a feature about the making of Dudley Benson's album, Deforestation
http://thewireless.co.nz/articles/the-art-of-remixing

Cover art for Dudley Benson's album, Deforestation. Courtesy of  http://www.dudleybenson.com/index.php

8:00 Composer of the Week

JOHN TAVENER (1944-2013)

The Veil of the Temple - Patricia Rozario (sop), Choir of the Temple Church, Holst Singers/Stephen Layton (Sony 82876 55154)

"I regard The Veil of the Temple as the supreme achievement of my life and the most important work that I have ever composed. By the act of writing The Veil I understood that no single religion could be exclusive. The Veil has become light - there is no longer any veil. This tearing away of the Veil shows that all religions are in the transcendent way inwardly united beneath their outward form."

John Tavener, Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Listen to Tim Dodd's illustrated talk on John Tavener here:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/concert/programmes/composeroftheweek

10:30

BARRY: String Quartet No 1
Xenia Ensemble
Black Box BBM 1011

Irish composer, Gerald Barry. Source: Wikimedia

BARRY: Lisbon
Thomas Adès (pno), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Contemporary Music Centre CMC CD 08

HIRINI MELBOURNE arr Dudley Benson, remixed by SHUTA HASANUMA: Ruru (from the album Deforestation)
The Dawn Chorus (choir), Dudley Benson, Shuta Hasunuma  (audio production)
Golden Retriever Records