Modern Piano
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Most pianos have 88 keys, but the notes that they produce are just the beginning of the sonic possibilities available to the keyboardist. This week we\\u2019ll listen to how boundary-shattering composers from John Cage to Conlon Nancarrow unlocked and exploited keyboard instruments\\u2019 aural potential.
\\nHosted by Seth Boustead
\\nProduced by Jesse McQuarters
Playlist
\\n \\u25e6 Cage: The Perilous Night; Marcus Hinterhauser, p.
\\n \\u25e6 Satie: La Pi\\xe8ge de Medusa (excerpt); Alexandre Tharaud, p.
\\n \\u25e6 Cowell: Aeolian Harp & The Banshee; Henry Cowell, p.
\\n \\u25e6 Nancarrow: Study No. 40a for Player Piano
\\n \\u25e6 Zappa: Jazz From Hell; Zappa, syncalvier
\\n \\u25e6 Zappa: Ruth is Sleeping; Ensemble Modern
\\n \\u25e6 Reich: It\\u2019s Gonna Rain (excerpt); Brother Walter, nar.
\\n \\u25e6 Reich: Piano Phase (excerpt); Josef Christof, Steffen Schleiermacher, pnos.
\\n \\u25e6 Glass: Metamorphosis 1; Bruce Brubaker, p.
\\n \\u25e6 Crumb: Night Spell & Dream Images fr. Makrokosmos; Margaret Leng Tan, p.
\\n \\u25e6 Choi: To Unformed; Choi, piano