Starting From Scratch

This week’s Relevant Tones focuses on composers who have tried to step outside the box, redefine their definitions of music, and start over without limitations. We’ll be examining the works of Alvin Lucier, Chris Preissing, James Tenney, Lou Harrison, and more. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Jesse McQuarters Alvin Lucier: I am sitting in a room (excerpt) James Tenney: Cellogram, William Jason Raynovich, Cello Lou Harrison: Cornish Lancaran, Musicians of the Gamelan Si Betty, Berkeley Chamber Singers Colin McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan, Toccata for Orchestra Eastman/Rochester Symphony Orchestra-Hanson Harry Partch: Delusion and the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion (excerpt) Christopher Preissing: Pales Angela DiOrio, ClarinetLive in WFMT Studio Steven Mackie: Indigenous instruments Eighth Blackbird