Artemis orbits got you wishing on the moon? Us, too. Now, through the magic of radioland, we teleport you, dear listener, into the starry skies for a front row immersion into lunar-themed sounds by Bill Frisell, Renée Fleming, recorder virtuosa Michala Petri, koto master Elizabeth Falconer, and so much more. Prepare to launch!
S O U N D S B Y :
Col. Frank Erhardt & Cast ~ excerpt from Moon Crash (Adventures in Sound & Space, RCA Victor)
Paul Motian / Bill Frisell / Joe Lovano ~ Moonlight Becomes You (Paul Motian on Broadway, Vol. 2, JMT)
Estonian National Male Choir ~ Bonato: Genuit Puerpera (Singing into Space, Toccata Next)
B.J. Cole & David Sylvian ~ Silver Moon over Sleeping Steeples (Gone to Earth, Virgin)
Renée Fleming & Bill Frisell ~ The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Haunted Heart, Decca)
John Surman + strings ~ Moonlighter (The Spaces in Between, ECM)
Elizabeth Falconer ~ Moon at Uji (Deep Pool, Koto World)
entr’acte: Jon Hassell ~ Time and Place (Last Night the Moon Came Dropping its Clothes in the Street, ECM)
Michala Petri w/English Chamber Orchestra ~ Koppel: Moonchild’s Dream (Moonchild’s Dream, RCA Victor Red Seal)
Ben Webster + strings ~ Blue Moon (Music with Feeling, Verve)
Hear & watch an alternate arrangement of Moonchild’s Dream for recorder and pipe organ, played by the Doppler Duo at Church of Our Lady, Nyborg, Denmark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6YBRBBdaEw
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