Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94a - IV. Allegro con brio

... a garden never spurns those who enter it ...

For the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, gardens provided both a source of inspiration and a metaphor for his music ... "I can imagine a garden superimposed over the image of an orchestra. A garden is composed of various different elements and sophisticated details that converge to form a harmonious whole. Each element does not exert its individuality, but achieves a state of anonymity - and that is the kind of music that I would like to create."

This portrait of the great Japanese composer combines the words of friends, family and admirers - including his daughter Maki, the conductors Oliver Knussen and Marin Alsop, the composers Dai Fujikura and Joji Yuasa, the pop musician David Sylvian, the film director Masahiro Shinoda and the Tokyo gardener Ryutaro Takahara - with sounds from Takemitsu's favourite Kyoto gardens and examples from his concert music, film scores and a specially recorded performance of his arrangement of Yesterday by the guitarist Daisuke Suzuki. 

"What emerged from Alan Hall's hypnotically calm radio portrait of the composer was a short life lived along dizzingly intellectual principles but also studded with fun." - The Guardian

"Takemitsu's music was interwoven with the voices of his daughter and friends and sounds from nature, creating a beautiful composition - a radio garden." - The Independent 

First broadcast on 22nd April 2007 BBC Radio 3
Produced by Alan Hall

Enter The Garden: A Portrait of Toru Takemitsu

First single off my new project which will be out soon I promise <3 

OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsE3H14lHOc

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Artwork by Aimee Green 
Recorded & Mixed by Lee Prebble 
Produced by C-Sick 
Mastered by Pritesh Panchal 

KWOE 16'

Nice Guys Finish Thirst (Prod. C-Sick)

Ibrahim Parlak came to the U.S. in 1991 as Kurdish refugee; his friends and neighbors see him as the ideal American immigrant. But the U.S. government considers him "the complete terrorist package" and has been trying to deport him for over a decade. We try to figure out why they see him so differently.

Credits

Undone is hosted by Pat Walters. This episode was reported by Alex Kotlowitz, and produced by Julia DeWitt and Emanuele Berry. Our senior producer is Larissa Anderson.

Editing by Alan Burdick and Catlin Kenney. Production assistance by Isabella Kulkarni.

Undone is mixed and scored by Bobby Lord. Our fact-checker is Michelle Harris.

Special thanks to Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister of Long Haul Productions, who provided editorial guidance, production assistance, and excerpts from some of the interviews you heard in this episode. Dan and Elizabeth continue to follow Ibrahim’s story … you can hear more from their ongoing project at longhaulpro.org. Thanks also to Robert Carpenter.

Undone was conceived in collaboration with our friends at Retro Report, the documentary film series that connects iconic news events of the past to today. You can find them here.

Undone

Ibrahim

Four Tone Madison writers discuss their favorite Madison music of 2016, and the challenges of narrowing it down for our year-end best-of coverage.

Podcast: Sifting through the best Madison music of 2016

Dan Savage’s family tree is full of people who speak truth to power. People caught up in crime, corruption, and a sex scandal in the closets of the White House.

Twice Removed

#1: Dan Savage

A Presence for solo improvised piano and recorded sound 
Fromm Players at Harvard University, Creative Music Convergences curated by Vijay Iyer. 
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. 
Friday, April 8, 2016

Courtney Bryan - A Presence

Max Bruch: uit 'Acht Stücke, opus 83'
- Nr. 2 in b klein. Allegro con moto (January 2018)
Vintage Trío
Satoko Hayami - Piano
Ariel García - Viola
Jose Garcia Taborda - Clarinet

Max Bruch: uit 'Acht Stücke, opus 83'-Nr.2

"Uchi-Soto" (which literally translates to "inside-outside") refers to the differentiation between 'in-groups' and 'out-groups'; a concept that permeates Japanese society and language. Varying levels of politeness and respect are embedded in the language, reflecting the complex and changing layers of personal relationships between 'uchi (内)': typically family members and close friends, and 'soto (外)': strangers, customers, and also foreigners (外人). In reflecting on my own relationship with this concept (particularly in my identity as both Japanese and 'foreigner'), I became interested in finding a musical language in the layers 'in-between'; the subtle gradations of a single instrument's physical 'uchi' and 'soto'.

– Salina Fisher (https://soundcloud.com/salinafisher, https://www.salinafisher.com/)

Thomas Feng, piano
Recorded May 2019
Manhattan School of Music