Flotation Device 2023-03-12 - Cross-cultural music

Cross-cultural music takes the spotlight, driven by new albums from EunHo Chang, Lei Liang and Uwalmassa that draw on Korean, Chinese and Indonesian traditions. We also sample new albums from Sana Nagano, the Bucher/Countryman duo and the Perch Hen Brock & Rain quartet that articulate their own trans-oceanic perspectives, while Marcin Markowicz, Martin Smolka and Einar Torfi Einarsson offer their new slants on the bagatelle form.

Sarah Cahill premieres a late Pauline Oliveros composition, and we say our goodbyes to Friedrich Cerha—and with him, the last connection to the great Darmstadt generation of European avant-gardists that included Berio, whose more abstract side is revealed in a somber masterpiece celebrating its 50th anniversary. One last golden anniversary rounds out the playlist: an early Éliane Radigue electroacoustic epic that had just two people in the audience for its 1973 premiere. Creative and improvised music with host Michael Schell, originally aired March 12, 2023.