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This episode of 'Extra Eclectic' features music by composer Eunike Tanzil.
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Extra Eclectic

Sounds from Southeast Asia and Oceania

Extra Eclectic - May 21, 2025

Composers from Southeast Asia (and those influenced by its music) are the focus on this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic. Steve Seel plays Indonesian composer Eunike Tanzil’s Serenade and Malaysian composer Su Lian Tan‘s Legend of Kintamani, as well as works by Lou Harrison and Colin McPhee, who explored the sound of the Balinese gamelan in their music. In the second hour it’s composers from down under, as Steve features works by Australians Peter Sculthorpe, John Antill, and Kate Moore, and New Zealanders Bruce Paine, Gareth Farr and Gillain Whitehead. Listen now!


Playlist

Balinese Ceremonial Music: Taboeh Teloe
Colin McPhee
Nico Muhly, piano
Nonesuch 567405

Serenade
Eunike Tanzil
Cristian Macelaru, conductor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Ray Chen, violin
DG 4870417

Suite for Violin and American Gamelan: Air
Lou Harrison
John Bergamo, conductor
American Gamelan
David Abel, violin
New Albion 15

Legends of Kintamani
Su Lian Tan
Timothy Weiss, conductor
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble
Darrell Adkins, cello
Oberlin 17

Keeping Time
Vivian Fung
Mary Kathleen Ernst, piano
Innova 868

Petroglyph
Andy Akiho
Ankush Kumar Bahl, conductor
Omaha Symphony
Andy Akiho, percussion
Aki Rhythm Productions 4

The Lord of the Rings: Twilight and Shadow
Howard Shore
Howard Shore, conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Renee Fleming, soprano
Reprise 48521

Waterfalls: 2nd movement
Gareth Farr
Duo Venandi
SELF PROD 439

Cello Dreaming
Peter Sculthorpe
Richard Tognetti, conductor
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Emma-Jane Murphy, cello
Chandos 10063

Torua
Gillian Whitehead
Hilary Hahn, violin
DG 19103

Corroboree: Dance to the Evening Star
John Antill
James Judd, conductor
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 570241

Canon
Kate Moore
Saskia Lankhoorn, piano
ECM 2344

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