Ep. 7 – Diction

SC’s second modern classical episode focuses on the dynamic between words, other mouth-made sounds and music. Talking, spoken word, speech as composition, speech in composition, lyrics sung as if meant to be spoken, poetry: It’s all here. Let the language (and lack thereof) wash over you in a wave of modernist beauty. Tracklist: Bang on a Can All-Stars, John Cage – An Open Cage, Philip Glass – Knee 5, Gavin Bryars – A Man in a Room, Gambling: #3, Christopher Tignor, John Ashberry – A Boy, David Lang, Anonymous 4 – Love Fail: Forbidden Subjects, David Byrne – Social Studies, John Cage – The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Pt. 8, Roberto Cacciapaglia – Sei Note in Logica: Part II, John Cale – Legs Larry at Television Centre, Max Richter – The Blue Notebooks, Laurie Anderson – World Without End, Robert Ashley – Perfect Lives: The Park (Privacy Rules), Dean Blunt – 8, Bang on a Can All-Stars – A Wonderful Day, Mutamassik – Not Having To Choose Between Killing And Being Killed (P.S.A.), Scott Johnson – John Somebody: Involuntary Song #3, Julia Wolfe – Flowers, Steve Reich – Different Trains: 3. After the War, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe – Shelter: I. Before I Enter, Frederic Rzewski, Group 180 – Attica, Meredith Monk – Last Song, Moondog – Two Quotations in Dialogue