Radio Eclectus #91: Rzewski/Andriessen requiem (July 8, 2021)

Radio Eclectus bids farewell to Frederic Rzewski and Louis Andriessen, devoting an hour each to these icons of the postmodern avant-garde. We trace the key waypoints in their careers with excerpts from their most influential works, and sample some rare and little-known recordings by and of them alongside a single, longer work that summarizes each composer’s oeuvre.

We also honor the 90th birthday of Louis Ballard with a newly-restored recording of an important percussion work for a battery of Western and Native American instruments. Plus, we hear a new string trio by Sally Beamish, and a new live electronic album by Ikue Mori and Tania Caroline Chen juxtaposed with a Stockhausen landmark of that genre that’s just turned 50. Radical new music from the Northwest and beyond with host Michael Schell.

Featuring Zeitgeist, Eblana String Trio, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Asterisk, Asko|Schönberg Ensemble, Bang on a Can and Igor Levit. Annotated playlist and photo credits in Comments.