To hear on Sunday 5 and 12 September 2010, 2 pm - 9 pm:
Idle Chatter Junior (1997)
by Paul Lansky
Paul Lansky über Idle Chatter Junior:
Idle Chatter Junior is the fourth in a series of pieces that use fragmented speech to create textures in which listeners are encouraged to try to make sense out of nonsense, even though they will ultimately fail. At the end of the day all they are left with is the music of speech, which should be enough. This work is on a CD called Ride (Bridge 9103). The other chatter pieces are on More Than Idle Chatter (Bridge 9050).
Paul Lansky (b. 1944) is one of the pioneers in the use of computers to create music. He began work in this area in the mid 1960's. His electronic works are available on Bridge Records. (An early computer piece, mild und leise 1973 was sampled by the English rock band Radiohead in their song Idioteque.) In recent years he has been writing instrumental music and in 2009-10 was composer in residence with the Alabama Symphony. He is Professor of Music at Princeton University.
Paul Lansky