Flotation Device 2024-01-28 - Steven Mackey interviewed

Steven Mackey joins host Michael Schell to talk about his new theater piece Memoir, his journey from rock guitarist to modernist composer (and their eventual fusion), and how his late mother inspired works like Memoir and his violin concerto Beautiful Passing. Death plays a much darker role in the music of Luigi Nono, who gets a retrospective look for his centenary. We revisit the more conciliatory music of John Tavener for his 80th birthday. An Ursula Mamlok premiere recording, plus new improvised and fixed-media tracks by Mary Halvorson, Kate Gentile, Doug Haire, Philip Zoubek, International Contemporary Ensemble, The Late Unpleasantness, Mats Gustafsson and Tani Tabbal round out the high-impact playlist.

Creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, from KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Photo credits and annotated playlist with Comments.