Program #7, June 15 2000: Speculative fiction/experimental music series, part I: Karl-Birger Blomdahl's opera Aniara.

We listened to Aniara in its entirety. It was preceded by some commentary and musical framing, designed to suggest a bit about Blomdahl's source material and musical influences, and key musical trends in the air around the time (and reflected in the way) Aniara was written.

Hour Artist Title Date Performers Album Label Number
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12m Anton von Webern Six Bagatelles 1913 Kronos Quartet Winter Was Hard Elektra Nonesuch 79181-2
Alban Berg Thema Scherzoso con Variazioni from Kammerkonzert 1925 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (cond. B. Haitink) Bernard Haitink: Live/The Radio Recordings Radio Netherlands 97014
Herbert Eimert and Robert Beyer Klang im unbegrenzten Raum 1952   Cologne - WDR: Early Electronic Music BVHAAST CD 9106
Duke Ellington Ko-Ko 1940   The Duke At His Best Prism Leisure PLATCD 501
Karl-Birger Blomdahl Symphony No. 3, 'Facetter' 1950 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (cond. L. Segerstam) Blomdahl: The Three Symphonies BIS BIS-CD-611
1a Karl-Birger Blomdahl Aniara 1959 Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester (cond. S. Westerberg), et al. Aniara Caprice 22016
2a (Blomdahl, continuation)
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