Glass Orchestra 1982: Verrillon, by The Glass Orchestra (1982)

Glass Orchestra 1982: Verrillon

by The Glass Orchestra (1982)

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1.	WQXR 02:57	buy track
2.	Concert excerpt 1 05:30	buy track
3.	Workshop excerpt 1 02:14	buy track
4.	Workshop excerpt 2 02:15	buy track
5.	Workshop excerpt 3 01:43	buy track
6.	Concert excerpt 2 10:39	buy track
7.	Siliphonie XI 28:05	buy track

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A cassette release originally compiled and edited by Miguel Frasconi in 1982, remastered by Miguel Frasconi in 2013.

All track recorded live.
Tracks 1-6 recorded December, 1981, in the NYC area.
Track 1, in the WQXR studios, NYC, during a live broadcast hosted by Bob Sherman.
Tracks 2-6, while in residence at the Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, NY.
Track 7 recorded in concert in Toronto, March 27, 1982.

The Glass Orchestra is a new music ensemble featuring all glass instruments. Although two of the musicians presented here left the ensemble in the mid 1980s, The GO continues to perform in the Toronto area.
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released June 8, 2013

In 1981 and 1982, The Glass Orchestra (Toronto) was
Eric Cadesky, Miguel Frasconi, Marvin Green, Paul Hodge.
All were original members of the group founded in 1977.

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Miguel Frasconi is a composer and improviser whose instrumentarium includes glass objects, electronics and instruments of his own design. His glass objects are struck, blown, stroked, smashed and otherwise coaxed into vibration. Miguel has works closely with John Cage, Morton Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, James Tenney, and Jon Hassell. His music has been released on New Albion, Porter, and Clang. ... more

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