Sound Contours

Our second modern classical episode focuses on the dynamic between words, other mouth-made sounds and music. Talking, spoken word, speech as composition, speech in composition, lyrics sung as if meant to be spoken, poetry: It's all here. Tracklist: Bang on a Can All-Stars, John Cage - An Open Cage, Philip Glass - Knee 5, Gavin Bryars - A Man in a Room, Gambling: #3, Christopher Tignor, John Ashberry - A Boy, David Lang, Anonymous 4 - Love Fail: Forbidden Subjects, David Byrne - Social Studies, John Cage - The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Pt. 8, Roberto Cacciapaglia - Sei Note in Logica: Part II, John Cale - Legs Larry at Television Centre, Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks, Laurie Anderson - World Without End, Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives: The Park (Privacy Rules), Dean Blunt - 8, Bang on a Can All-Stars - A Wonderful Day, Mutamassik - Not Having To Choose Between Killing And Being Killed (P.S.A.), Scott Johnson - John Somebody: Involuntary Song #3, Julia Wolfe - Flowers, Steve Reich - Different Trains: 3. After