Radio Eclectus #99: George Crumb and the Powers (Oct. 21, 2021)

Hear the latest music from George Crumb, dean of American composers, as Radio Eclectus unveils Book II of his lovely Metamorphoses: ten fantasy pieces for amplified piano after celebrated (modern) paintings. Premiered in December 2020, its first recording is due out on Bridge Records in November 2021. But we’ve got it now, and we can’t wait to share it with you.

Plus we've got the new recording of Tod Machover’s sci-fi opera Death and the Powers from Boston Modern Orchestra Project, a new East meets West project featuring Gamin Kang and Ned Rothenberg, new chamber music by Wolfgang Rihm, and new box sets by Matt Mitchell/Kate Gentile and French acousmatician Denis Dufour. Rounding out the playlist are a classic performance by La Monte Young & company that’s turning 50, plus an uncharacteristically angst-ridden postmodern oddity from the ordinarily jaunty Malcolm Arnold for his centenary. Radical new music with host Michael Schell.

Annotated playlist and photo credits with Comments.