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150 Days List Day count down Date Weekday Piece title Performer Composer link One Pitch: Birds for Distortion and Mouth 1 4/8 Saturday Synthesizers Sofia Jernberg Sofia Jernberg https://vimeo.com/189819615 2 4/9 Sunday Anthem Kate Soper, Wet Ink George Lewis https://youtu.be/IplVN4o0QI0 3 4/10 Monday Smoke and Distance Sharon Harms, Katherine Dowling Tonia Ko https://soundcloud.com/sharon-harms/smoke-distance-ko 4 4/11 Tuesday Hvolf Alice Teyssier Anna Thorvaldsdottir https://vimeo.com/189667691 5 4/12 Wednesday Non sta, si svolge e gira VOCALLAB Giuliano Bracci https://soundcloud.com/giulianobracci/non-sta-si-svolge-e-gira 6 4/13 Thursday Un lieu verdoyant Sophia Burgos, Casey Grev Philippe Leroux https://vimeo.com/188074962 7 4/14 Friday Ampelos Jeffrey Gavett Martin Iddon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nYGw2wLYf4 Olivia Boen, Derek Zinky, William Overcash, and Yuri 8 4/15 Saturday What Though That Light Popowycz Peter Kramer https://youtu.be/xTKanZvq6Ps 9 4/16 Sunday Jabberwocky (from Wonderglass) Susan Botti Susan Botti https://youtu.be/fjpTP5qQC2Q 10 4/17 Monday If only after you then me Duo Cortona: Rachel Calloway and Ari Streisfeld Amadeus Regucera https://vimeo.com/145721646 11 4/18 Tuesday D-Musik Anna Korsun Sergey Khismatov https://soundcloud.com/khismatov/d-musik-2015-fur-sopran-in-der-dusche-anna-korsun-sopran 12 4/19 Wednesday Akrostichon-Wortspiel Jessica Petrus and Cantata Profana Unsuk Chin https://youtu.be/sprtTBIUjQ0 13 4/20 Thursday Trajectories ThingNY: Gelsey Bell and Paul Pinto Erin Rogers https://youtu.be/tP_FXoKPqkc 14 4/21 Friday Dithyramb Tony Arnold Jason Eckardt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozGVeMAnUKE 15 4/22 Saturday Brick J, from Angel's Bone Du Yun, band Du Yun https://soundcloud.com/resonantbodies/brick-j-from-angels-bone-du-yun 16 4/23 Sunday Words to sleep by ICE: Alice Teyssier, Ryan Muncy, Rebekah Heller Natacha Diels https://youtu.be/FKGwAKKKFyA 17 4/24 Monday Sequenza III Sarah Maria Sun Luciano Berio https://youtu.be/aFb0Nz8cVq4 18 4/25 Tuesday moyioomni SWR Vokalensemble Anna Korsun https://soundcloud.com/annakorsun/moyioomni 19 4/26 Wednesday ...und ich bin Dein Spiegel Nani Füting and the Mivos String Quartet Reiko Füting https://soundcloud.com/new-focus-recordings/und-ich-bin-dein-spiegel-by-reiko-futing Trace Ensemble: Peyee Chen (soprano), Alba Bru (flute), 20 4/27 Thursday Monotype #2 Diego Castro Magas (e-guitar). Pedro Alvarez https://youtu.be/nJYz5Pj3vMw 21 4/28 Friday Vidi l'angelo nel marmo/Katherine Balch Nina Guo and Eddie Kass (Departure Duo) Katherine Balch https://soundcloud.com/katherinebalch/vidi-langelo-nel-marmo 22 4/29 Saturday Hocket, from Facing North Meredith Monk and Theo Bleckmann Meredith Monk https://youtu.be/enbHYaF8Vas 23 4/30 Sunday Fragment on Fragments/Scott Wollschleger Mary Bonhag, Lembit Beecher, Evan Premo Scott Wollschleger https://soundcloud.com/scott-wollschleger/fragment-on-fragments 24 5/1 Monday Grafter Jessica Aszodi and Jenna Lyle Jenna Lyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy0YBR1DXuQ 25 5/2 Tuesday Houseworks A Problem Get Rid Of The House Carolyn Connors Carolyn Connors https://soundcloud.com/carolyn-connors/housework-a-problem-get-rid-of-the-house 26 5/3 Wednesday A Solo Voice Odeya Nini Odeya Nini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AWcNOveS0M 27 5/4 Thursday Invocation VI Jane Sheldon and Roberta Michel Beat Furrer https://soundcloud.com/resonantbodies/jane-sheldon-invocation-vi-beat-furrer 28 5/5 Friday Eight Songs for a Mad King Julius Eastman Peter Maxwell Davies https://youtu.be/v8mod9wAtMM 29 5/6 Saturday Shame Wu Man Eve Beglarian https://evbvd.com/bookofdays/texts/0217/ 30 5/7 Sunday The Albertine Workout, Part 4 Charlotte Mundy/TAK Ensemble Erin Gee https://vimeo.com/188082602 31 5/8 Monday Since 1500 Bard College Graduate Vocal Arts Program 2011 Matthew Schickele https://youtu.be/rkunWkjai4c Christine Schadeberg, soprano and Christopher Oldfather, 32 5/9 Tuesday Northeast Reservation Lines piano Hayes Biggs https://soundcloud.com/hayes-biggs/01-northeast-reservation-lines 33 5/10 Wednesday She is asleep Julia Bullock, Milena Gligic John Cage https://vimeo.com/197827329 34 5/11 Thursday Like a Halo Wet Ink Katherine Young https://soundcloud.com/katherineyoung/like-a-halo 35 5/12 Friday Lúa descolorida Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish Osvaldo Golijov https://youtu.be/fyzVQO1fi2g 36 5/13 Saturday Squarepushers Quince Amanda Feery https://soundcloud.com/vanessaparody/squarepushers 37 5/14 Sunday True Fire Davóne Tines, L'Orchestre national de France Kaija Saariaho http://concert.arte.tv/fr/lorchestre-national-de-france-interprete-kaija-saariaho-au-festival-presences start at 25' in 38 5/15 Monday Rapana Tony Arnold, Claire Chase Maria Stankova https://vimeo.com/75143410 39 5/16 Tuesday Metalogicalities, for acting soprano Felicita Brusoni Federico Favalli https://youtu.be/TKQ0UhchWUA Only the words themselves mean what they 40 5/17 Wednesday say/Kate Soper Wet Ink: Kate Soper, Erin Lesser Kate Soper https://vimeo.com/empac/wetink 41 5/18 Thursday La Musique Lucy Shelton Elliott Carter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcBKDYZxP0g 42 5/19 Friday The Raven Abby Fischer Toshio Hosokawa https://youtu.be/fGpTfal8qao?t=15m22s 43 5/20 Saturday America: A Prophecy Susan Bickley, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Thomas Ades https://youtu.be/ftPtOGkJ8_k 44 5/21 Sunday Void (2013) Marie Marquis, for soprano, viola, and piano Nina Young https://soundcloud.com/nina-c-young/void 45 5/22 Monday Endless Shrimp Radical 2: Dennis Sullivan and Levy Lorenzo Jessie Marino https://youtu.be/pYmFPJ88TKQ 46 5/23 Tuesday Nicole Paris Beatboxing Nicole Paris Nicole Paris https://youtu.be/ky-ThCr2xaY?t=22s 47 5/24 Wednesday Motorman Sextet Ekmeles Taylor Brook https://youtu.be/0CLIjkZiVc4 Carrie Henneman-Shaw - soprano, Mabel Kwan - piano/ 48 5/25 Thursday Impossibility Song electric piano, Jesse Langen - guitar/tenor banjo Philip Schuessler https://soundcloud.com/wheelitzo/impossiblity-song 49 5/26 Friday Glossolalia/Sky Macklay Sharon Harms, Mila Henry Sky Macklay https://soundcloud.com/skymacklay/glossolalia 50 5/27 Saturday Waterlines/Chris Trapani Lucy Dhegrae, Talea Ensemble Christopher Trapani https://soundcloud.com/christophertrapani/1-cant-feel-at-home?in=christophertrapani/sets/waterlines 51 5/28 Sunday Bubbles Brooklyn Youth Chorus Aleksandra Vrebalov https://soundcloud.com/bychorus/bubbles 52 5/29 Monday Seven Armenian Songs Tony Arnold, Movses Pogossian, K Kato Gabriela Lena Frank https://youtu.be/eRoDMpuiK-M?t=12s 53 5/30 Tuesday Her Disappearance Kayleigh Butcher Bethany Younge https://youtu.be/kPiB9KGBnNA Ryan Muncy - Tenor sax Lucy Goddard - mezzo-soprano Simon Whiteley - bass 54 5/31 Wednesday Mantiké James Weeks - conductor Silvia Pepe https://soundcloud.com/silviapepe/mantike 55 6/1 Thursday Stripsody Cathy Berberian Cathy Berberian https://youtu.be/0dNLAhL46xM Tony Arnold, soprano; Barry Crawford, flute; Ben Fingland, clarinet; Jeffrey Missal, trumpet; Mike Lormand, trombone; Matthew Gold, percussion; Steven Beck, piano; Yuri 56 6/2 Friday Language of Flowers Namkung, violin; Liuh-Wen Ting, viola; Joshua Gordon, cello Mischa Salkind-Pearl https://soundcloud.com/mischa-salkind-pearl/language-of-flowers 57 6/3 Saturday Tandem Christie Finn and Felix Behringer Christopher Fisher-Lochheadhttps://soundcloud.com/cfisherlochhead/tandem 58 6/4 Sunday Your Fox is a Dirty Gold Frauke Aulbert Alexander Schubert https://youtu.be/CPU8j2zIH_s Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Lilia Gaysina (soprano), Philipp Chizhevskiy (cond.), Nikolay Khrust https://soundcloud.com/nikolay-khrust/microsonetto-lilia-gaysina-mcme-philipp-chizhevsky-cond-nikolay-khrust- 59 6/5 Monday Microsonetto (electronics) Nikolay Khruset electronics Musicians at the Australian National Academy of Music with 60 6/6 Tuesday Tightrope Justine Anderson (soprano), conducted by Peter Neville Annie Hui-Sien Hsieh https://soundcloud.com/annie-hui-hsin-hsieh/tightrope-2012-for-soprano-and-mixed-quintet 61 6/7 Wednesday Mono (Autotune Study) Sebastian Berweck Simon Steen-Andersen https://youtu.be/FzBPP58UGXg 62 6/8 Thursday Messa di voce Jaap Blonk Jaap Blonk https://youtu.be/GfoqiyB1ndE 63 6/9 Friday Corporal Carlota Cáceres Vinko Globokar https://youtu.be/_-zSvAaiSd8?t=59s 64 6/10 Saturday Die Wahrnehmung eines wortes for soprano, trumpet, clarinet, and percussion Wen Liu https://soundcloud.com/gillianwee/die-wahrnehmung-eines-wortes 65 6/11 Sunday Grisey: Quatre Chants pour Franchir le Seuil. MEC ensemble and Alice Teyssier Gérard Grisey https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ69BApIozg 66 6/12 Monday Los Niños Sharon Harms and Kenneth Meyer, guitar Jesse Jones https://soundcloud.com/resonantbodies/sharon-harms-los-ninos-jesse-jones 67 6/13 Tuesday Lotófagos Tony Arnold, Randy Zigler Beat Furrer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9otzYQWGGAY 68 6/14 Wednesday Poems of Sheer Nothingness Susan Narucki Aaron Helgeson https://soundcloud.com/aaron-helgeson-1/poems-of-sheer-nothingness-selections 69 6/15 Thursday BREATHING Pamela Z Pamela Z https://youtu.be/j7AZsQoD630 70 6/16 Friday Sarabande from Partita Roomful of Teeth Caroline Shaw https://youtu.be/NDVMtnaB28E?t=5m56s 71 6/17 Saturday Prayer for Nil Jessica Aszodi Anthony Pateras https://soundcloud.com/hospitalhill/jessica-aszodi-prayer-for-nil-pateras 72 6/18 Sunday Mirabai Songs Dawn Upshaw John Harbison https://youtu.be/2KZQXyL-mwo 73 6/19 Monday Murmurations for Chibok Young People's Chorus of NYC Joan La Barbara https://youtu.be/kUCTfwudIIc 74 6/20 Tuesday Robin Redbreast Corey Dargel (voice) and Margaret Lancaster (piccolo) Eve Beglarian https://youtu.be/ETEW2FoMx2M
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