Contemporary Classics March 13, 2018 Twelve Tone and Interview with Raphael Crystal
This episode of Contemporary Classics featured an interview with composer Raphael Crystal which can be heard by clicking on the player below. This features a discussion and performance of his work "Fits and Starts".
In addition we featured other 12 tone works.
Ernst Krenek: Suite for Cello. Ernst Krenek - was a prolific but little heard 20th century Austrian, later American, composer of Czech origin. Adopted 12-tone approach in the early 1920s and also experimented with electronic music. Suite for cello solo, Op. 84 composed in 1939 is in 5 movements. Arnold Schoenberg Suite for Piano Op 25. Of course it was Schoenberg who developed the 12-tone system. The Suite for Piano was composed in 1925 and is in 4 movements. Milton Babbitt: All Set. All Set is a 1957 composition for jazz ensemble. It combines a twelve-tone pitch structure with an combinatorial set pitch array so substitutes references to the array, rather than to a single, referential twelve-tone row. We also included two arias from Alban Berg's Wozzeck, both from Act II. "Wohin so eilig, gehertester, Herr Sargnagel?" and " Ich hab' ein Hemdlein an. These were from a new live recording of Wozzeck that received a couple of Grammys this year. We ended with T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune) by Bill Evans from his album The Bill Evans Album which is a jazz piece written in a 12-tone style. And after all the second movement of Fits and Starts was structured around a straight ahead jazz style.
- 7:00pm Default User by Live
- 7:03pm Krenek: Suite for Cello, Op. 84: I. Andante affettuoso by Lucas Fels on Krenek: Chamber Music for Strings (CPO)
- 7:05pm Krenek: Suite for Cello, Op. 84: II. Adagio by Lucas Fels on Krenek: Chamber Music for Strings (CPO)
- 7:09pm Krenek: Suite for Cello, Op. 84: III. Allegretto by Lucas Fels on Krenek: Chamber Music for Strings (CPO)
- 7:10pm Krenek: Suite for Cello, Op. 84: IV. Andantino scherzando by Lucas Fels on Krenek: Chamber Music for Strings (CPO)
- 7:12pm nst Krenek: Suite for Cello, Op. 84: V. Allegro Multo Libermente. by Lucas Fels on Krenek: Chamber Music for Strings (CPO)
- 7:17pm Composer Conversations with Raphael Crystal by Raphael Crystal on Contemporary Classics (No label)
- 8:03pm Schoenberg: Suite for Piano, Op. 25: I. Präludium. Rasch 0 by Glenn Gould on Schoenberg: Piano Music, Piano Concerto, Fantasy for Violin, Pierrot Lunaire (Sony Classical)
- 8:04pm Schoenberg: Suite for Piano, Op. 25: II. Gavotte Etwas Langsam Nicht Hastig - Musette. Rascher - Gavotte Da Capo by Glenn Gould on Schoenberg: Piano Music, Piano Concerto, Fantasy for Violin, Pierrot Lunaire (Sony Classical)
- 8:12pm Schoenberg: Suite for Piano, Op. 25: III. Intermezzo by Glenn Gould on Schoenberg: Piano Music, Piano Concerto, Fantasy for Violin, Pierrot Lunaire (Sony Classical)
- 8:14pm Schoenberg: Suite for Piano, Op. 25: IV. Menuett. Moderato - Trio - Menuett Da Capo by Glenn Gould on Schoenberg: Piano Music, Piano Concerto, Fantasy for Violin, Pierrot Lunaire (Sony Classical)
- 8:18pm Schoenberg: Suite for Piano, Op. 25: V. Gigue. Rasch by Glenn Gould on Schoenberg: Piano Music, Piano Concerto, Fantasy for Violin, Pierrot Lunaire (Sony Classical)
- 8:33pm Milton Babbitt: All Set by Boston Modern Orchestra Project on Milton Babbitt: All Set (BMOP/sound)
- 8:34pm Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7, Act II: Wohin so eilig, gehertester, Herr Sargnagel? (Live) by Marc Molomot, Nathan Berg, Roman Trekel, Houston Symphony & Hans Graf on Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7 (Live) (Naxos)
- 8:44pm Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7, Act II: Ich hab' ein Hemdlein an (Live) by Calvin Griffin, Samuel Schultz, Roman Trekel, Anne Schwanewilms, Gordon Gietz, Robert McPherson, Brenton Ryan, Rice University Shepherd School of Music Students and Alumni Chorus, Houston Symphony & Hans Graf on Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7 (Live) (Naxos)
- 8:56pm T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune) by Bill Evans on The Bill Evans Album (Columbia)