WE'RE BACK!

Yes indeed, Dead and Alive returns to Resonance 104.4FM Friday February 2nd at the new time of 8.00pm - 9.30pm. We look forward to bringing you another season of music, banter and guests. As always, feel free to contact us at Harold Moores Records, details above.
- Josh and Tim

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FAREWELL 2006

That's it for Dead and Alive for 2006. Here is the playlist for our last show broadcast on September 29th 2006:

1. (D and A Theme)Barry: 'Overture', The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Markson / RTE National Symphony Orchestra, RTE
2. Satie: Sonnerie Pour Reveiller le Roi des Singes, Apex
3. Schnittke: Clowns und Kinder, Strobel / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Capriccio
4. Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March (transcribed for 2 organs), Albrecht, Oehms Classics
5. Live performance by Kim Sheehan
6. Barry: Hard D, Houlihan / Irish Chamber Orchestra, Marco Polo
7. Cage: Inner Landscape, Leng Tan, New Albion
8. Ligeti: Desordre, Cordes a Vide, Aimard, Sony
9. Plan B: Charmaine, Warners
10. Rocky Bill Ford, Beer Drinkin' Man, from Country Drinking Songs, budget compilation
11. Haas: 'Wild Night', String Quartet No. 2, Pavel Haas Quartet / Currie, Supraphon
12. Taylor Deupree: Forest / Opaque, Room 40
13. Strauss: 'At the Summit', Alpine Symphony, Mravinsky / Academic Symphony Orchestra of Leningrad, Melodiya

Apologies for the scant information. Many thanks to Kim Sheehan for her performance.

Thank you all of our listeners, we've thoroughly enjoyed presenting the show over the past 12 months. We should be back early next year, and you may hear us on a Clear Spot at some point. You know where to find us, so come and say hello at Harold Moores Records.

- Josh and Tim.

SERIALISM

Here is the tracklist for last week's show on serialism:

1. (D and A Theme)Barry: 'Overture', The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Markson / RTE National Symphony Orchestra, RTE
2. Webern: Variations for Orchestra, Boulez / LSO, DG
3. Eisler: 'Andante', Five Orchestral Pieces, Zimmer / Deutsches SO Berlin, Capriccio
4. Messiaen: 'Mode de valeurs et d'intensities', Quatre etudes de rhythme, Hill, Regis
5. Schoenberg: 'Gigue', Piano Suite, Gould, CBS
6. Stravinsky: 'Gigue', Sextet, CBS
7. Berg: Violin Concerto, Kogan / Rozhdestvensky.
8. Boulez: Structures I for Two Pianos, Kontarsky Brothers, Mace Records LP
9. Wolpe: Passaglia, Op. 23, Kalitzke / WDR SO Koln, Mode
10. Babbitt: Swan Song No.1 (excerpt), Cygnus Ensemble, Bridge

Thanks to Matt Groom at RSK. Next week is our final show for 2006! We have no agenda, but we'll be hearing Majella Byrne singing Cage, David McAlmont singing something, and special guests. Get in touch if you have anything to say, and don't miss us Friday!

MULTIPLE INSTRUMENTS

Here is the tracklist for last week's show on multiple instruments:

1. (D and A Theme)Barry: 'Overture', The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Markson / RTE National Symphony Orchestra, RTE
2. Adson, arr. Nicholson: 'Courtly Masquerading Ayres', The Concertina Record, Lea Nicholson, Jamring
3. Messiaen: Oraison, Ensemble de Ondes de Montreal, Ellipsis Arts
4. Rolf Harris: Two Little Boys, Vocal Edit 92, BMG LP
5. Eastman: Evil Nigger, Eastman / Ferko / Kattas / Martin, New World
6. Praetorius: Dances, 1612 (CD donated)
7. Praetorius: Bouree, 1612 (CD donated)
8. 'La Mort de Roland', French Hunting Music, Musique de Chasse, MDG
9. Mr. Sandman, Buckingham Banjos, Decca
10. Ten Holt: Horizon (excerpts) de Haas / Abe / Oldenburg / Krill, Composers' Voice
11. Xenakis: Akrata, Tamayo / Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Timpani

Thanks for listening, and thanks Andy for the CD. This Friday September 22nd we'll be looking at serialism, continuing on from our previous show on atonality, so expect some jagged sounds alongside our usual instructive commentary and banter. The following week, September 29th, will be our final show for the year, so if you want shout-outs or requests be sure to tune-in!

SPACE

Here is the playlist for the two-and-a-half-hour space marathon broadcast 08/09/06. Excuse the scanty track details, we'll get there:

1. (D and A Theme)Barry: 'Overture', The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Markson / RTE National Symphony Orchestra, RTE
2. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Koussevitsky / Boston SO, Biddulph
3. Holst: 'Jupiter', The Planets, Rattle, Berlin PO, EMI
4. Derbyshire / Grainer et. al.: Doctor Who (original theme), BBC
5. Leunig: Fantasy in Space
6. Dvorak: 'O Sivler Moon', Rusalka, Popp / Munich Radio Orchestra, Arts
7. Etta James: By the Light of the Silvery Moon, LP
8. Borisov: Stars in the Sky, Osipov Russian Folk Orchestra, Olympia
9. The Moon is Shining (trad.), Andreyev, IMLCD
10. Cage: Atlas Ellipticalis
11. Diana Burrell:
12. Montagu: Beyond the Milky Way, Mead, NMC
13. Tavener:
14. Rouders: Shooting Stars
15. Fireball, TV soundtrack, 7"
16. Zero Gravity, TV soundtrack b-side 7"
17. Barry, Bitter Tears (reprise)
18. Turnage: Ceres, Rattle / Berlin PO, EMI
19. Holst, 'Uranus', ibid.
20. Weill: 'Lost in the Stars', Ulysses Africanus, Huston / Young, Membran
21. Julee Cruise: 'The World Spins', Floating into the Night, Warner
22. Badalamenti: 'Nostalgia', The Straight Story, Warner
23. Mozart: Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter', Minkowski / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Archiv
24. Subotnik: Silver Apples of the Moon
25. Vierk:
26. Vaughan-Williams: Toward the Unkown Region, Howarth / Ainsley / Allen / Corydon Orchestra, Hyperion 27. Michael Hurley: 'O' My Stars', Sweetkorn, Trikont
28. Rechenzentrum: 'IBM', The Peel Sessions, Mille Plateaux

Thanks for hanging in there listeners. This Friday, 15/09/06, we'll be playing music made on multiple instruments.

SPACE ART SPECIAL

Late notice but I must inform you all that tonight's show (8th September 2006) as part of Resonance FM's Space Art special at the Roundhouse will be broadcast from 8.00 - 10.00pm UK time. We'll be playing lots of music about ...space.

NEW RELEASES 02/09/06

Here is the playlist for last Friday's program:

1. (D and A Theme)Barry: 'Overture', The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Markson / RTE National Symphony Orchestra, RTE
2. Golijov: 'Interludio de Balazos y Lamento por la Muerte de Frederico, Ainadamar, Upshaw / O'Connor / Spano / Atlanta SO, DG
3. Driftjuit: track 7.
4. Venturini: Concerto for 10 Instruments, Plantier / La Cetra, Zigzag Territories
5. Golijov: 'Quiero arrancarme los ojos', Ainadamar
6. Penderecki: Partita for Harpsichord, Blumental / Penderecki / Polish Radio SO, Brana
7. Martini: Plaisir d'amour, de los Angeles / de Burgos / Sinfonia of London, EMI
8. Weill: La Fiancee du Pirate, Dufresne / Nezet-Seguin, ATMA
9. Copland: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Allegretto giusto, Kitchen / Boriskin, Arabesque Recordings
10. Pan Sonic: Slovakian Rauta, Touch
11. Lucier: A Tribute to James Tenney, Part 4, Tieman, New World Records
12. Golijov: Desde mi Ventana, Ainadamar
13. Driftwood: track 6

Thanks for listening. This Friday, September 8th, we'll be participating in Resonance FM's 'Space Soon: Art and Human Spaceflight' special, with music concerned with... space. How we'll be contributing is yet to be decided, but you'll certianly hear from us, possibly live from the Roundhouse where activitied will be taking place, or possibly from the studio. Normal programming will re-commence September 15th, with a show on works for multiple instuments. Stay tuned...

DUTCH MUSIC

Below is the playlist for last week's program on (or rather, mash-up of) music from The Netherlands. Apologies to regular listeners who were hoping to hear complete works but I hope you found something to enjoy there.

1. (D and A Theme)Barry: 'Overture', The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Markson / RTE National Symphony Orchestra, RTE
2. Frans Van Schaik: 'Ketelbinkie', Cafe Rotterdam, Intermusic
3. Clemens Non Papa: Si Mores Dissolvit, Cancion Francesca, Capilla Flamenca / La Caccia, Etcetera
4. Vermeulen: Cello Sonata No.1, 2nd movement, Bijlsma / de Leeuw, Composers' Voice LP
5. Wagemans: Muziek II, Sudwestfunk Orchestra / Bour, Donemus
6. de Leeuw: Music for Piano I, Krochmalska, Gaudeamus Foundation LP
7. Staalplaat 3"CD sampler, track 2
8. Loevendie: Six Turkish Tone Poems, Dorow / de Leeuw
9. Staalplaat, track 6
10. Schat: The Fall, Netherlands Chamber Choir / van dan Hombergh, Composers' Voice LP
11. Heppner: Nachklange, Netherlands Chamber Choir / Muller, Composers' Voice LP
12. Staalplaat, track 7
13. Kilima Hawaiians: 'Ola Bapa Dja', Cafe Rotterdam, Intermusic
14. Wagemans: Rosebud, Hague Philharmonic Choir / van Steen, Donemus
15. van Noordt: Psaume 119, Bailleux, Stil Discoteque LP
16. Andriessen: Worker's Union, Bang On A Can, Canteloupe
17. van Noordt: Psaume 24.
18. Staalplaat, track 4.
19. Ten-Holt: Lemniskaat, Dijkhuizen / Brink / van Groningen à Stuling / Wieringa, Composers' Voice
20. Beequeen: limited edition 3"
21. Jaap Blonk, Staalplaat 3" CD
23. de Vries: Areas (played backwards), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Zinman, Composers' Voice
24. Kirkegaard: 'Church', Four Rooms, Touch

Apologies also to Driftwood, the folk duo I saw perform all over Vlieland and whose music I had hoped to play - we'll be playing them this Friday, September 1st, on a show focusing on new and recent releases. Hope you can tune in...

WALTZES

Here is the playlist for the show on waltzes, broadcast Friday 18th August:

1. (D and A Theme)Barry: 'Overture', The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Markson / RTE National Symphony Orchestra, RTE
2. Burl Ives: 'There was an Old Lady' (mistakenly played), from The Best of Burl Ives, Half Moon
3. Burl Ives: 'There's a Hole in my Bucket', as above.
4. Ravel: La Valse, CBSO / Rattle, EMI
5. Various: 'Four Waltzes', from The Waltz: Ecstasy and Mysticism, Concerto Koln / Sarband, DG
6. Anton Karas, 'Cafe Mozart Waltz', The Very Best of Anton Karas, Disconform
7. Tom Waits: 'Good Old World', from Night on Earth OST, Island
8. Hank Williams: 'How Can You Refuse Him Now?', from The Gospel According to Hank Williams, Country Stars
9. Dohnanyi: Waltzes Op. 3, Duo Egri abd Pertis, Hungaraton
10. Satie: Poudre d'or, Queffelec, Virgin
11. Gershwin, arr. Finnissy: They're Writing Songs of Love But not for Me, Ian Pace, Metier
12. Schnittke: Piano Quintet, second Movement, Borodin String Quartet / Ludmilla Berlinsky, Virgin
13. Elfman: 'Waltz to the Death', Batman OST, Warner Brothers
14. Tchaikovsky, arr. Kunzel: 'Waltz', The Neverending Waltz, Kunzel and the Cincinatti Pops, Telarc
15. Chopin, Waltz No.5, Lipatti, EMI
16. Strauss, arr. Schoenberg: Kaiserwaltz, Arditti String Quartet and Friends, Montaigne

Thanks for listening. (Tim)

I'm back from a trip around the Netherlands and as it was so sublime I'm paying homage, like previous shows on France and the Czech Republic, by devoting (most of) this Friday's program to music from that glorious land, along with a few new releases. Tim will be away watching David McAlmont's final DJ spot, but I will be joined by occasional collaborator Max Benezeth of Les Sept Mondes for a messy alternative to our regular show. Hope you can join us. (Josh)

Chamber Music

Here is the playlist for our show on recent chamber releases broadcast Friday 4th August:

1. (D and A Theme)Barry: 'Overture', The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Markson / RTE National Symphony Orchestra, RTE
2. Castello: Sonata XII, Dolci / Musica Fiorita, Tactus
3. Bacewicz: Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano, Kupiec / Plawner, Hanssler
4. Wolpe: 'Held In', from Enactments for Three Pianos, Christof / Kobler / Roelcke, HatArt
5. Sodeika: Tone Ontolgy No.2, white label
6. Nancarrow: String Quartet No. 3, Arditti Quartet, Wigmore Hall Live
7. Nico: 'New York, New York', from the album Death and the Maiden, no label LP
8. Niblock: Early Winter (excerpt), Steiger / Blum / Soldier Sting Quartet, XI
9. Castello: Sonata XVII, Dolci / Musica Fioritta, Tactus
10. McAlmont and Butler: 'Speed', 7" single, Rough Trade

We must thank our guests soprano Majella Byrne and engineers Victoria Holford and Youssouf Kouyate. Thanks for listening. I will be off for the next two weeks while I holiday in the Netherlands. Majella Byrne will join Tim next week, Friday 11th August, where they'll look at early and contemporary music, and how the former has informed the latter. Stay tuned!

1975

Below is a playlist for our show on July 21st, featuring music of 1975:

1. (D and A Theme)Barry: 'Overture', The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Markson / RTE National Symphony Orchestra, RTE
2. Patti Smith: 'Gloria', Horses, Arista
3. Lutoslawski: 'Les Espaces du Sommeil', Shirley-Quirk / Salonen / LAPO, Sony
4. King Tubby and Augustus Pablo: 'Tubby's Dub Song', King Tubby's In Fine Style, Trojan
5. Takemitsu: 'Les Fils des Etoiles', Gallois / Sollscher / Pierre / Xuereb, DG
6. Tammy Wynette: 'Stand By Your Man', live recording
7. Penderecki: 'Passacaglia (Deposuit Potentes)', from Magnificat, Penderecki / Polish Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of Krakow, EMI
8. Britten: 'A Death', from Sacred and Profane, Layton / Polyphony, Hyperion
9. Schnittke: 'Canon in Memoriam D. Shostakovich', Kremer, Melodiya
10. David Bowie: 'Win', Young Americans, RCA
11. Bay City Rollers: 'Give a Little Love', Various Collection
12. Rihm: 'Klavierstuck 7', Wambach, Kairos
13. Bob Dylan: 'Tangled up in Blue', Blood on the Tracks, Sony

Thanks for listening. As mentioned, this Friday August 4th we'll be playing new and recent chamber releases.

No Program Tonight

Tonight, Friday July 28th, there will be no Dead and Alive program broadcast. Instead, Resonance FM are broadcasting live from the Serpentine Gallery, with a 24 hour discussion / debate with leading Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and other urban theorists. We'll be back next week with a look at new chamber music releases.
A playlist for last week's show should be up by this afternoon, depending on Soho's power cuts.

New Release Program

Here is the playlist for our program on new and recent releases, broadcast Friday, July 14th:

1. Coates: Sleepy Lagoon, Wordsworth / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Warner Classics
2. Tchaikovsky: Adagio Molto for string quartet and harp, Shostakovich Quartet / Moskvitina, Regis
3. Gershwin: Rhapsody No. 2, Bank / Kakhidze / State Symphony Orchestra, Melodiya
4. Wolpe: Concerto for Nine Instruments, Herbers / Ensemble Recherche, Wergo
5. Byrd: Agnus Dei, Cantores Missae, CM
6. Jeck: Tilting, from the album Surf, Touch
7. Zolotajov: Contemplating the Dionysian Fresques of St. Theraponts monastery, Weulander, Map
8. Turnage: From the Wreckage, Hardenberger / Eotvos / Gothenberg SO, DG
9. Ravel: Tzigane (excerpt), Bismuth / Gaels, Zigzag
10. McAlmont and Butler: Speed, Rough Trade, 7" and download forthcoming

Thanks to all who tuned in. Next week, Friday July 21st, is my birthday, so at Tim's suggestion we'll be playing music composed, released, or somehow related to the year of my birth, 1975. Any assistance is most welcome. Please pardon the indulgence.

Basic Facts

Tim just mentioned that I should state who our mascots, pictured below on our first entry, are: Erik Satie and Gerald Barry. Also, our theme tune - played at the beginning of each show - is the introduction to Gerald Barry's 'The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant', available from us.

News

This Friday July 14th we'll be playing a selection of new and recent releases, including a Russian recording of Gershwin, Phillip Jeck, and some light classics.

Also, we must regretfully inform you that our repeat programs usually broadcast on Saturday mornings are no longer to be aired. Special apologies must be made to our listeners in different time zones, in particular my parents. I'll endeavor to keep you supplied with CDs of past shows. Incidentally, if anyone is after details from a past show please get in touch.

Lastly, you will notice a space for website links to the right, which we are planning to fill with interesting destinations. As soon as I can work out how that's done I shall do it!

Above: Schoenberg with Fritz Kreisler in the late 1800s
Below is a playlist for our show on atonality broadcast Friday July 7th 2006:

1. Beethoven: Symphony 5, last movement, Kleiber / Wiener Philharmonic, DG.
2. Webern: 6 Pieces for Large Orchestra, Boulez / LSO, Sony
3. Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, overture, Bohm, DG
4. Liszt: For the Grave of Richard Wagner, Jean-Luc Fafchamps, Sub Rosa
5. Schoenberg: String Quartet 2, last movement, New Vienna String Quartet / Evelyn Lear, Philips
6. Berg: 5 Orchestral Songs, Abbado / LSO / Price, DG
7. Stravinsky: Petrushka (last movement), Pollini, DG
8. Webern: 5 Pieces for String Quartet, La Salle Quartet, DG
9. Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Boulez / Ensemble Intercontemporain / Schafer, DG

Thanks for listening. In a future show we shall continue from where this show left off, looking at the development of serialism.

Early Atonality and Serialism

This Friday, July 7th, we shall look at the breakdown of tradional tonality and the move into atonality and the development of early serialism. Expect to hear some Schoenberg. We'll put a playlist up early next week.

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