Hot weather got you down? Tossing & turning through another torpid night in your un-air-conditioned atelier? Glow up, then, with a playlist attuned to your sweat-sheathed vibe. Solo piano works by John Cage and Sir Arnold Bax infuse a bit of Arctic chill into the airless hours, while harpists Brandee Younger and Alice Giles conjure cooling joy. Koto master Elizabeth Falconer turns 70 this month (!) and we honor her with “Summer Evening,” her solo piece that pulls back the curtain on mysteries of dusk. If you like it hot, sultry seasonings of Gershwin and Sondheim crackle with the heat of the night! Neil Molloy hosts…
S O U N D S B Y :
Herbert Henck ~ The Seasons: V1. Summer (John Cage: Early Piano Works, ECM New Series)
Alice Giles & Arnan Wiesel ~ Zagwijn: Of the Seasons: No. 1, Zomer (Harp and Piano, Aulos)
Brandee Younger ~ Surrender (Gadabout Season, Impulse!)
Elizabeth Falconer ~ Summer Evening (Deep Pool, Koto World)
Kahil El’Zabar ~ Gershwin: Summertime (A Time for Healing, Spiritmuse Records)
fill: Jon Hassell & Brian Eno ~ Delta Rain Dream (Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics, Editions EG)
Ashley Wass ~ Bax: Dream in Exile (Arnold Bax: Piano Works, Vol. 1, Naxos)
Ashley Wass ~ Bax: Piano Sonata No. 4, mvt ii: Allegro quasi Andante (Arnold Bax: Piano Works, Vol. 2, Naxos)
Lisa Vroman ~ The Girls of Summer (Simply Sondheim: A 75th Birthday Salute, Kritzerland)
Abbey Lincoln ~ Lonely House (Abbey is Blue, Riverside/Original Jazz Classics)
Virginia Astley (w/Ryuichi Sakamoto) ~ A Summer Long Since Passed (Hope in a Darkened Heart, Geffen)
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