Radio Eclectus #64: The avant-garde in '70 & '20 (Oct. 1, 2020)

Radio Eclectus surveys the state of radical new music both today and on October 1, 1970. We sample the latest albums from Rebecca Saunders, Diamanda Galás, Ellen Fullman, James MacMillan, Masha Zoetrop and ~Nois, a loopy duo from Kyle Bruckmann & Timothy Daisy, a broadcast premiere from Robert Moran, and a first recording of an Henri Pousseur miniature. Alongside that, our "50 Years Ago in the Avant-Garde" feature offers up several auspicious anniversaries, featuring the likes of Ligeti, Lachenmann, Peter Maxwell Davies and Julius Eastman. We've also got some Beethoven for his semiquincentennial—but with three orchestras instead of one. And John Coltrane gets into the act too: the 60th anniversary of his Giant Steps album has seen a new reissue that includes previously unreleased outtakes, as well as a new recording of a homage piece by Sebastian Hilli.

Join us for an intriguing three-hour ride, “the perfect cure for the lockdown blues” (Right Brain Records).