This week's Loose Canon Listening Club is a very special one. I'm excited to share with you my first radio interview: Paola Prestini, composer, violinist, and artistic director and co-founder of National Sawdust. I am grateful for her time and thoughtfulness. Check out her organization's online BODY / SOUL 2021 Season, which begins this week, and explore previous digital performances and masterclasses from the past year. All of the concerts and talks are available to stream for free.
The episode features music from Paula's recent release Con Alma, as well as by winners of her organization's Hildegard Competition – inti figgis-vizueta and Niloufar Nourbakhsh – and from the new record by Italian-American composer Paolo Marchettini.
Playlist
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Featured Prestini: Alma Muerta by Ensemble Sjaella, Magos Herrera on Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera: Con Alma (National Sawdust Tracks) -
Featured Prestini: Thrush Song by Sxip Shirey, Young People's Chorus of New York City, Magos Herrera on Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera: Con Alma (National Sawdust Tracks) -
Featured Prestini: Tree of 40 Fruit by Marisa Michelson on Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera: Con Alma (National Sawdust Tracks) -
inti figgis-vizueta: Openwork, Knotted object // Trellis in bloom // lightning ache by National Sawdust Ensemble on Hildegard Competition Winners Vol.1 (National Sawdust Tracks) -
Niloufar Nourbakhsh: Aid For Sex by National Sawdust Ensemble on Hildegard Competition Winners Vol.1 (National Sawdust Tracks) -
Zhalanash by Galya Bisengalieva on Aralkum (One Little Independent) -
Your Apocalypse Was Fab by Emily Wells on This World Is Too _____ for You (self released) -
Featured Prestini: Fratres by Ensemble Sjaella and Magos Herrera on Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera: Con Alma (National Sawdust Tracks) -
Woodworkers by Hauschka on A Different Forest (Sony Classical) -
In Light by Julianna Barwick (ft. Jónsi) on Healing Is A Miracle (Ninja Tune) -
Mercy by Orchestra della Toscana, Francesco Lanzillotta (conductor) on Paolo Marchettini: The Months have ends (New Focus) New -
Section 9 by Tristan Perich on Drift Multiply for 50 violins and 50-channel 1-bit electronics (Nonesuch/New Amsterdam)