Starting From Scratch

Published: Aug. 19, 2012, 4 p.m.

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This week\\u2019s Relevant Tones focuses on composers who have tried to  step outside the box, redefine their definitions of music, and start  over without limitations. We\\u2019ll be examining the works of Alvin Lucier,  Chris Preissing, James Tenney, Lou Harrison, and more.

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Hosted by Seth Boustead
\\nProduced by Jesse McQuarters

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Alvin Lucier: I am sitting in a room (excerpt)
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\\nJames Tenney: Cellogram, William Jason Raynovich, Cello
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\\nLou Harrison: Cornish Lancaran, Musicians of the Gamelan Si Betty, Berkeley Chamber Singers
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\\nColin McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan, Toccata for Orchestra
\\nEastman/Rochester Symphony Orchestra-Hanson
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\\nHarry Partch: Delusion and the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion (excerpt)
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\\nChristopher Preissing: Pales
\\nAngela DiOrio, ClarinetLive in WFMT Studio
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\\nSteven Mackie: Indigenous instruments
\\nEighth Blackbird

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