Atop the playlist are longform works by the late Sofia Gubaidulina and Amelia Cuni, both in their premiere recordings. Gubaidulina is represented by her epic orchestral piece Zeitgestalten which explores the notion that musical time is not just linear but can be vertically expressed as well. As for Cuni, we hear her voice once more in a 2012 recording accompanied by prickly drones added posthumously by Werner Durand and the Tarozzi & Walker duo. We’ll compare it with her remarkable cross-cultural rendition of John Cage’s Solo for Voice 58 (18 Microtonal Ragas) from 2007. Also on the agenda are new albums by Tim Berne, Arlene Sierra, Marshall Allen and the Talk Show duo, while Montreal's Bozzini String Quartet performs works by their compatriot Owen Underhill, Northwesterner Blake DeGraw channels Nancarrow, and the Cuong Vu Trio (with guest Pat Metheny) and the French avant-techno duo Oasis Boom round out the playlist.
