Playlist (The Heat and the Steam of the City).

Writing, then and now. By Steve Smith.

June 7, 2021

Playlist (The Heat and the Steam of the City).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Roger Sessions– When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd – Esther Hinds, Florence Quivar, Dominic Cossa, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa (New World; 1977)

Ralph Vaughan Williams – Pastoral Symphony (No. 3); Symphony No. 4 in F minor; Sarabande "Helen" – Elizabeth Watts, David Butt Philip; BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion; 2020)

Michael Tippett – A Child of Our Time – Indra Thomas, Mihoko Fujimura, Steve Davislim, Matthew Rose, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis (LSO Live; 2008)

Memoriam – To the End (Reaper Entertainment; 2021)

King Crimson – Meltdown: Live in Mexico (DGM; 2018)

Genesis – Coliseum, Oakland, California, February 20, 1984 (ROIO; 1984)

Melt All the Guns by feat. Ralph Alessi & Angelica Sanchez

Devin Gray – Melt All the Guns (Rataplan; 2021)

Viktor Orri Árnasson – Eilífur (Pentatone; due June 18, 2021)

Houston 2012 by Ewen / Rowe / Smith + Gooseberry Marmalade

Sandy Ewen/Keith Rowe/Damon Smith + Gooseberry Marmalade – Houston 2012 (Balance Point Acoustics; 2021)

Cantares de la Frontera by Composed by Peter Garland and Deirdre McKay. Performed by Cliona Doris

Clíona Doris – Cantares de la Frontera (Louth Contemporary Music Society; 2021)

Peter Garland – Cantares de la frontera; Deirdre McKay – handwoven

Lenguas de Fuego by Kevin Volans

Kevin Volans – Lenguas de Fuego – Mia Cooper, Anna Cashel, Joachim Roewer, William Butt, Silvija Scerbaviciute, Brian Dungan, Andrew Synnott (Louth Contemporary Music Society; 2021)

Robert Fripp – Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England, June 2, 1997 (DGMLive; 2021)

Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders by Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders

Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders – Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders (Arrowhawk; due Aug. 6, 2021)

Genesis – San Siro Stadium, Milan, Italy, May 19, 1987 (ROIO; 1987)

Legends of American Theatre by Vanessa Rossetto

Vanessa Rossetto – Legends of American Theatre (Regional Bears; 2021)

Tom Johnson: Counting to Seven by Dedalus

Tom Johnson – Counting to Seven – Dedalus (New World; 2021)

12 Comp (ZIM) 2017 by Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton – 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017 (Firehouse 12; 2021)

Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio Pappano (LSO Live; 2021)

King Crimson – Live in Vienna (DGM; 2018)