Tonight on Contemporary Classics I have back on the program from last week’s episode composer David Lang and two members of he musical ensemble Eighth Blackbird violinist Maiani da Silva and ensemble co-director and percussionist Matthew Duvall. We will be continuing our conversation about their new album Composition as Explanation which was released now a week ago this past Friday on July 12th on Cedille Records.
- 8:00pm Contemporary Classics Introduction by Kirsten Volness: Nocturne on Pre-recorded (Pre-recorded)
- 8:00pm Contemporary Classics July 23, 2024 David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall Episode 2 Part 1 by David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall on Contemporary Classics
- 8:02pm Conversation with David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall by David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:07pm David Lang: Composition as Explanation 5. it is understood by this time by Eighth Blackbird on Composition as Explanation (Cedille Records)
- 8:10pm Conversation with David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall by David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:20pm David Lang: Composition as Explanation 6. and now to begin as if to begin by Eighth Blackbird on Composition as Explanation (Cedille Records)
- 8:25pm Contemporary Classics by Mid Hour break on pre-recorded (pre-recorded)
- 8:28pm Conversation with David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall by David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:32pm David Lang: Composition as Explanation 7. and after that what changes by Eighth Blackbird on Composition as Explanation (Cedille Records)
- 8:36pm Conversation with David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall by David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:38pm David Lang: Composition as Explanation 8. intertext by Eighth Blackbird on Composition as Explanation (Cedille Records)
- 8:43pm Conversation with David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall by David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:53pm David Lang: Composition as Explanation 9. the problem from this time on by Eighth Blackbird on Composition as Explanation (Cedille Records)
- 9:00pm David Lang: Composition as Explanation 9. the problem from this time on by Eighth Blackbird on Composition as Explanation (Cedille Records)
- 9:00pm Contemporary Classics July 23, 2024 David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall Episode 2 Part 2 by David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall on Contemporary Classics
- 9:02pm Conversation with David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall by David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:05pm David Lang: Composition as Explanation 10. this then by Eighth Blackbird on Composition as Explanation (Cedille Records)
- 9:08pm Conversation with David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall by David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:19pm David Lang: Composition as Explanation 11. the time in the composition by Eighth Blackbird on Composition as Explanation (Cedille Records)
- 9:26pm Conversation with David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall by David Lang, Maiani da Silva and Matthew Duvall with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:29pm Contemporary Classics by Mid Hour break on pre-recorded (pre-recorded)
- 9:32pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:35pm David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing (excerpt) by Bang on a Can All-stars on Bang on a Can Classics (Cantaloupe Music)
- 9:36pm David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing (excerpt) by Eighth Blackbird on Round Nut Tool (Not on a Label)
- 9:37pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:37pm David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing by Bang on a Can All-stars on Bang on a Can Classics (Cantaloupe Music)
- 9:47pm Commentary on the Music by Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:48pm David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing by Eighth Blackbird on Round Nut Tool (Not on a Label)
- 9:59pm Commentary on the Music and Closing by Dave Lake on live (live)
