Modern Piano

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’ll listen to how
boundary-shattering composers from John  Cage to Conlon
Nancarrow unlocked and exploited keyboard instruments’
 aural potential.


Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters


Playlist
      Cage: The Perilous Night; Marcus
Hinterhauser, p.
      Satie: La Piège de Medusa
(excerpt); Alexandre Tharaud, p.
      Cowell: Aeolian Harp & The
Banshee; Henry Cowell, p.
      Nancarrow: Study No. 40a for
Player Piano
      Zappa: Jazz From Hell; Zappa,
syncalvier
      Zappa: Ruth is Sleeping; Ensemble
Modern
      Reich: It’s Gonna Rain (excerpt);
Brother Walter, nar.
      Reich: Piano Phase (excerpt);
Josef Christof, Steffen Schleiermacher, pnos.
      Glass: Metamorphosis 1; Bruce
Brubaker, p.
      Crumb: Night Spell & Dream
Images fr. Makrokosmos; Margaret Leng Tan, p.
      Choi: To Unformed; Choi, piano