In honor of the amazing display of northern lights seen around the world this week, Steve Seel brings us a collection of color-themed works in the first hour of this episode of Extra Eclectic — with a special focus on works inspired by the paintings of Mark Rothko, including Anna Clyne’s Color Field and a selection from Morton Feldman’s classic Rothko Chapel. In the second hour, it’s a tapestry of works referencing Persia and the Far East, including Reza Vali’s Calligraphy No. 16, (Isfahan) and Mark Winges’ Canticles of Rumi. Listen now!
Playlist
Black
Composer: Marc Mellits
Orchestra/Ensemble: Donald Sinta Quartet
Bright Shiny Things 133
Leonardo da Vinci: Optics, Light and Shadow
Composer: Caroline Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Attacca Quartet
Nonesuch 78984
Color Field
Composer: Anna Clyne
Conductor: Marin Alsop
Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 574620
In Color Suite
Composer: Jessie Montgomery
Orchestra/Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion
Cedille 236
Rothko Chapel 5
Composer: Morton Feldman
Conductor: Philip Brett
Orchestra/Ensemble: University of California-Berkeley Chamber Chorus
Soloists: David Abel, viola
New Albion 39
Finding Rothko
Composer: Adam Schoenberg
Conductor: Michael Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kansas City Symphony
Reference 139
Dance: When you’re broken open
Composer: Anna Clyne
Conductor: Marin Alsop
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists: Inbal Segev, cello
Avie 2419
Beloved, do not let me be discouraged
Composer: Colin Jacobsen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Brooklyn Rider
Soloists: Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh
World Village 468078
Calligraphy No. 16 “Isfahan”
Composer: Reza Vali
Conductor: Fawzi Haimor
Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen
Naxos 579150
Canticles of Rumi
Composer: Mark Winges
Conductor: Robert Geary
Orchestra/Ensemble: Volti
Innova 964
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