WFMU: A440 / Stochastic Hit Parade with Bethany Ryker: Playlist from September 29, 2020

Listener comments!
	8:01pm bLeubomber: Bonjour Mlle Bethany.
	8:02pm Adam-12: 'Stochastic hit parade' anagrams to 'This acid catastrophe.'
	8:02pm TDK60: Hi Bethany. Yikes, 8.23 hrs eh?
	8:02pm bunyan: Well, howdy, ma'am! Say BIG enough fer ya?
	8:02pm spodiodi: aloha, Bethany
	8:03pm TGinNJ: Never get to listen to A440 live, this is awesome! Thank You Bethany for all you do!
	8:03pm bunyan: *sky
	8:04pm Deborah: Yes! So apt for grading essays that go on way longer than 8:23.
	8:04pm slugluv1313: greetings, Bethany and Skeleton Crew and Everyone! Big Sky -- cool!
	♥ 8:05pm Ignatatus666: I listen on the archives mostly because I’m off Tuesday nights and mentally pre occupied unlike now No that’s not true I got lucky and am tuned in
	♥ 8:08pm West Trenton Vinnie: Just had a moment - been a WEEK since last show!? Feels like I never left! Greetings from Lyons, CO
	8:10pm spodiodi: had a great time at a wedding in Estes Park a few years ago
	8:10pm spodiodi: i love that Pipi track, and bookmarked a relevant search to hear more of it
	8:10pm TGinNJ: A440 on tour!?
	♥ 8:17pm Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever): Came for the blips, stayed for the bloops
	♥ 8:17pm WR: Tips ushers, slide into a seat at the back.
	♥ 8:26pm Scott Williams: Hi Bethany! Happy to be here listening & skeletoning
	8:27pm spodiodi: yay, Scott Williams! yay, Kenzo! thanks, guys!
	8:27pm Banoonu: big up scott and kenzo
	♥ 8:27pm mariano: Yaaay Scott and Kenzo! And hi Bethany, Scott, folks :)
	8:30pm lazy rider: From the vast American Wilderness that is Liberty Park, QUEENS, USandA, HELLO!!
	8:33pm Banoonu: "The piece was premiered in Paris on June 6, 1925, conducted by its dedicatee Serge Koussevitzky, and was not well received. After the premiere, Prokofiev commented that neither he nor the audience understood the piece. In a letter to Nikolai Myaskovsky, Prokofiev wrote: I have made the music so complex to such an extent that when I listen to it myself I do not fathom its essence, so what can I ask of others? Prokofiev later said that this symphony led him to have doubts about his ability as a composer for the first time in his life." poor guy, sounds great to me
	8:34pm Listener Robert: As Peter Schickele quoted Basie, "If it sounds good, it is good."
	8:34pm Bethany Ryker: I'm with you @Banoonu! Good thing that the 2nd Symphony didn't stop him, and he gave us five more!
	8:35pm slugluv1313: @Banoonu -- agreed, this is GORGEOUS!
	8:35pm Listener Robert: Besides, by 1925 audiences would've been used to this sort of thing -- well before that, in fact.
	8:37pm spodiodi: Scott & Kenzo, i forgot to welcome you both back, last i sawr you both. Welcome back! (Kenzo, i made a small discovery 2 nights ago, during Kellen303's show that may lead to an equally small solution worth your time. will get it together and email ya.)
	♥ 8:40pm Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever): I will delight at your email, spodiodi
	8:40pm spodiodi: \m/
	♥ 8:40pm John from NP: #Tanglewood (Koussevitzky)
	8:42pm jeffg: Did the pledge counter just reset? Could've sworn it said 7% a minute ago.
	8:42pm Listener Robert: OK, maybe I misjudged by "survivor effect" how acceptable such pieces were.
	8:49pm bunyan: Prokofiev wrote that just about when Copland wrote his Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, which also didn't sit well with reviewers. I wonder if there may also have been an issue with the performance. Many of these works that we've gotten comfortable with were serious challenges for orchestras of the '20s and '30s.
	8:52pm Bethany Ryker: Interesting thought, @bunyan, I agree that the technical demands on orchestra players have definitely increased in the past century for sure
	8:55pm bLeubomber: That was absolutely beautiful.
	8:56pm bunyan: I was thinking of a discussion I heard recently of Copland's "Short" Symphony (1932) which was apparently somewhat beyond the capacity of contemporary performers. It was into the '60s when Copland was surprised that that anyone was taking it on then, recalling that it had been so difficult.
	8:58pm spodiodi: thank you, Bethany! nice pieces tonight, as always
	8:58pm TDK60: Thanks Bethany, Scott.
	♥ 8:58pm listener 126464: Thanks Bethany, thanks Scott.
	♥ 8:58pm mariano: Thanks Bethany and Scott, bye everyone!
	8:58pm TGinNJ: Thank You Bethany, enjoy the rest of your tour, grazie to the skeleton crew! (this show needs to be at least another hour longer, 1 hour is not enough. )
	8:58pm Dean: Thank you for the Sorabji. Sorry I missed it. Been meaning to acquire that Powell.
	8:59pm Banoonu: thank you so much for the music!
	8:59pm Listener Robert: Yay!
	9:00pm Zetti: Thank you
	9:00pm bLeubomber: Mlle Bethany. Beautiful musical evening in Big Sky country stay safe & healthy
	9:00pm bunyan: Thank you to all involved once again for the "difficult listening (and performing)"...
	9:02pm slugluv1313: beautiful show, Bethany -- thanks so much!

A440 / Stochastic Hit Parade with Bethany Ryker: Playlist from September 29, 2020

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September 29, 2020: A440, Op. 7, No. 3 Big Sky Edition - broadcasting from Bozeman, MT

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji	Sequentia cyclica super "Dies irae" ex Missa pro defunctis, KSS 71: XX. Spiccato, leggiero (1949)		Jonathan Powell, piano - a recording of 8 hours 23 minutes. The score: 335 pages	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Paul Whetstone	Pippi Goes Béla-Cycling, Suite 5 & 8		performed by Elaine Funaro, harpsichord	0:03:26 (Pop-up)
Györgi Ligeti	Artikulation (1958)			0:12:12 (Pop-up)
Erik Lund	Dalla linea dell'arco che esse formano: I. Articulato e preciso (1999)	By the Line of Arc That They Form	Arditti Quartet	0:15:25 (Pop-up)
Sergei Prokofiev	Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, I. Allegro ben articolato (1925)		Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra	0:30:28 (Pop-up)
Sebastian Currier	FLEX, IV. Echoes, Canons and a Minuet, VI. Group Dynamics (2015)		From the composer: "I called the piece FLEX in appreciation of the superhuman control and virtuosity of the modern instrumental player and the superhuman coordination of 70 plus individuals, with a conductor at the helm, coming together to form what we call an 'orchestra.' ”	0:44:20 (Pop-up)
Benedict Mason	String Quartet No. 2: Quiet Heterophony - Col Legno - Vertical Spiccato (1993)			0:56:17 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	8:01pm bLeubomber: Bonjour Mlle Bethany.
	8:02pm Adam-12: 'Stochastic hit parade' anagrams to 'This acid catastrophe.'
	8:02pm TDK60: Hi Bethany. Yikes, 8.23 hrs eh?
	8:02pm bunyan: Well, howdy, ma'am! Say BIG enough fer ya?
	8:02pm spodiodi: aloha, Bethany
	8:03pm TGinNJ: Never get to listen to A440 live, this is awesome! Thank You Bethany for all you do!
	8:03pm bunyan: *sky
	8:04pm Deborah: Yes! So apt for grading essays that go on way longer than 8:23.
	8:04pm slugluv1313: greetings, Bethany and Skeleton Crew and Everyone! Big Sky -- cool!
	♥ 8:05pm Ignatatus666: I listen on the archives mostly because I’m off Tuesday nights and mentally pre occupied unlike now No that’s not true I got lucky and am tuned in
	♥ 8:08pm West Trenton Vinnie: Just had a moment - been a WEEK since last show!? Feels like I never left! Greetings from Lyons, CO
	8:10pm spodiodi: had a great time at a wedding in Estes Park a few years ago
	8:10pm spodiodi: i love that Pipi track, and bookmarked a relevant search to hear more of it
	8:10pm TGinNJ: A440 on tour!?
	♥ 8:17pm Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever): Came for the blips, stayed for the bloops
	♥ 8:17pm WR: Tips ushers, slide into a seat at the back.
	♥ 8:26pm Scott Williams: Hi Bethany! Happy to be here listening & skeletoning
	8:27pm spodiodi: yay, Scott Williams! yay, Kenzo! thanks, guys!
	8:27pm Banoonu: big up scott and kenzo
	♥ 8:27pm mariano: Yaaay Scott and Kenzo! And hi Bethany, Scott, folks :)
	8:30pm lazy rider: From the vast American Wilderness that is Liberty Park, QUEENS, USandA, HELLO!!
	8:33pm Banoonu: "The piece was premiered in Paris on June 6, 1925, conducted by its dedicatee Serge Koussevitzky, and was not well received. After the premiere, Prokofiev commented that neither he nor the audience understood the piece. In a letter to Nikolai Myaskovsky, Prokofiev wrote: I have made the music so complex to such an extent that when I listen to it myself I do not fathom its essence, so what can I ask of others? Prokofiev later said that this symphony led him to have doubts about his ability as a composer for the first time in his life." poor guy, sounds great to me
	8:34pm Listener Robert: As Peter Schickele quoted Basie, "If it sounds good, it is good."
	8:34pm Bethany Ryker: I'm with you @Banoonu! Good thing that the 2nd Symphony didn't stop him, and he gave us five more!
	8:35pm slugluv1313: @Banoonu -- agreed, this is GORGEOUS!
	8:35pm Listener Robert: Besides, by 1925 audiences would've been used to this sort of thing -- well before that, in fact.
	8:37pm spodiodi: Scott & Kenzo, i forgot to welcome you both back, last i sawr you both. Welcome back! (Kenzo, i made a small discovery 2 nights ago, during Kellen303's show that may lead to an equally small solution worth your time. will get it together and email ya.)
	♥ 8:40pm Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever): I will delight at your email, spodiodi
	8:40pm spodiodi: \m/
	♥ 8:40pm John from NP: #Tanglewood (Koussevitzky)
	8:42pm jeffg: Did the pledge counter just reset? Could've sworn it said 7% a minute ago.
	8:42pm Listener Robert: OK, maybe I misjudged by "survivor effect" how acceptable such pieces were.
	8:49pm bunyan: Prokofiev wrote that just about when Copland wrote his Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, which also didn't sit well with reviewers. I wonder if there may also have been an issue with the performance. Many of these works that we've gotten comfortable with were serious challenges for orchestras of the '20s and '30s.
	8:52pm Bethany Ryker: Interesting thought, @bunyan, I agree that the technical demands on orchestra players have definitely increased in the past century for sure
	8:55pm bLeubomber: That was absolutely beautiful.
	8:56pm bunyan: I was thinking of a discussion I heard recently of Copland's "Short" Symphony (1932) which was apparently somewhat beyond the capacity of contemporary performers. It was into the '60s when Copland was surprised that that anyone was taking it on then, recalling that it had been so difficult.
	8:58pm spodiodi: thank you, Bethany! nice pieces tonight, as always
	8:58pm TDK60: Thanks Bethany, Scott.
	♥ 8:58pm listener 126464: Thanks Bethany, thanks Scott.
	♥ 8:58pm mariano: Thanks Bethany and Scott, bye everyone!
	8:58pm TGinNJ: Thank You Bethany, enjoy the rest of your tour, grazie to the skeleton crew! (this show needs to be at least another hour longer, 1 hour is not enough. )
	8:58pm Dean: Thank you for the Sorabji. Sorry I missed it. Been meaning to acquire that Powell.
	8:59pm Banoonu: thank you so much for the music!
	8:59pm Listener Robert: Yay!
	9:00pm Zetti: Thank you
	9:00pm bLeubomber: Mlle Bethany. Beautiful musical evening in Big Sky country stay safe & healthy
	9:00pm bunyan: Thank you to all involved once again for the "difficult listening (and performing)"...
	9:02pm slugluv1313: beautiful show, Bethany -- thanks so much!

A440 / Stochastic Hit Parade with Bethany Ryker: Playlist from September 29, 2020

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