The
Ballad of Frankie Silver/AwakeningRECORDINGS
The
Ballad of Frankie Silver/AwakeningFrankie Silver was the first woman in North Carolina to be executed. The story is told in her own words: the ballad she wrote in prison and delivered on the scaffold before she was hanged. It is a chamber work for mezzo-soprano, guitar, percussion, piano, prepared piano, violin, viola, and contrabass. Awakening is a chamber work for soprano, tenor, flute, clarinets, cello, percussion, and piano, with live performance electronics. (Scores are available below.)
With Deep Listening Band:
Deep
ListeningDeep Listening Band members Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and Panaiotis have captured the fantastic acoustics of the Fort Worden Cistern, a cavernous underground watertank which possesses an amazing 45 second reverberation time producing pure, smooth reverberation which overlaps the original sound. The recording employs composer Pauline Oliveros' accordion and voice; Dempster's trombone, voice, didjeridu, conch shell and garden hose; and composer/designer Panaiotis' voice, whistling, pipes and metal pieces. (1989)
"The sound is breathtaking: mysterious, pure, eerie wrap-around sound that sometimes imitates a heavenly chorus and sometimes a distant jet engine...a listening experience like no other."
Melinda Bargreen, The Seattle Times
The Free-Reed Review
The
Ready Made BoomerangA stunning second release from the Deep Listening Band's foray into the Fort Warden Cistern in 1988. Band members are Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and Panaiotis. Guests include Thomasa Eckert, vocals, and William O. Smith, clarinet. John Cage wrote a mesostic called The Ready Made Boomerang in reaction to his first encounter with the Deep Listening CD. Consequently, the following appears in the liner notes to the Boomerang CD: "It is with continuing admiration and deep thanks that this recording is dedicated to John Cage for his loving inspiration and wholehearted support." (1991)
Troglodyte's
Delight The Deep Listening
Band (Pauline Oliveros, Stuart
Dempster, Panaiotis) with guests Fritz Hauser
and Julie Lyon Balliette explore the sound properties of the Tarpaper Cave in
Rosendale, New York, in a special underground series of sessions which followed
a concert in the cave. Pieces include Quarry Query, Cannery Row, After Dinner
With The Trogs, among others. "Alongside awe, a common thread that
links this band of intrepid sound pioneers is that of respect - for each other's
musicals minds - and...for their environment...a respect for the sacred aspect
of space." Peter Blum (1990)
We just received some copies of this item. Please note that, while the CDs
themselves are new, we do not have the original barrel fold covers. The CDs
come unsealed, with a color cover and we will include a copy of the notes.
Item number DLB-C-2; Cassette tape $10.00
SCORES
Chamber duet for coloratura and baritone with violin, cello, marimba, vibraphone, and piano. Text by Michele Spiro, commissioned by Maverick Music Concerts to celebrate their 75th anniversary. (ca. 10 minutes)
A duet for contrabass and flute. Text compiled by Susan Imhoff from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The text is presented by the musicians. (ca 17 minutes)
Commissioned by the American Dance Festival in 1991. Chamber work for soprano, tenor, flute, clarinets, cello, percussion, and piano, with live performance electronics. (22 minutes)
Frankie Silver was the first woman in North Carolina to be executed. Chamber work for mezzo-soprano, guitar, percussion, piano, prepared piano, violin, viola, and contrabass. Premiered by the Tanz-Ensemble and Cathy Sharp in Basel, Switzerland, June, 1992. (32 minutes)
For Solo intermediate level piano. Five short movements: Winter Pond, Playing In the Snow, Down the Road a Bit, A Round, and Distant Bells . (1986)
Item number P-S-5; Score OUT OF STOCK
Panaiotis (pronounced PAH-NAY-YO-TEES) has taught at the University of California at San Diego, where he earned his Ph.D. in music, and at the Theaterschool for New Dance Development in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He continues his pedagogical inclinations by conducting workshops at elementary schools and at colleges and universities. A classically trained singer, Panaiotis incorporates pan-cultural vocal techniques and styles in his own singing and compositions. He has composed numerous works for dance and theater and has worked with the San Diego Public Theater, the San Francisco Repertory Theatre, and the Hans-Otto Theater in Potsdam, East Germany. Panaiotis was awarded a writing grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for his opera, The Traveling Companion.
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