November 25: The music of James Falzone in preview of his concert at Woodland Pattern on December 2nd.
November 18: Watershed, recorded live at Woodland Pattern last Sunday, along with more music by the ensemble’s leader, Denis Fournier.
November 11: Jason hosts the show as Watershed performs at Woodland Pattern.
November 4: The music of Nicole Mitchell in preview of her concert at Woodland Pattern in the quintet Watershed on November 11.
October 28: By request, for the WMSE membership drive this week, Alternating Currents surveys the music of Thelonius Monk.
October 21: The music of Robert Ashley who will be in Milwaukee on Friday, November 16, peforming in Woodland Pattern Book Center’s 32nd Anniversary Gala. Our broadcast will include his complete opera Now Eleanor’s Idea.
October 15: The cello/double bass duo of Diedre Murray and Fred Hopkins (Firestorm on Victo) along with music by Mauricio Kagel and double bassist Barre Phillips.
October 7: On October 2, 1992 Alternating Currents debuted with Space Flight, a dynamic little string quartet miniature by Ornette Coleman. We open our 20th anniversary program with Space Flight and feature Ornette Coleman’s intriging work with strings, woodwinds, and brass throughout the show and, in celebration, conclude the program with his grand symphony The Skies of America.
September 30: Jason hosts the show.
September 23: At 6pm, piano music by Sam Rivers, Simon Nabatov (playing Herbie Nichols), Pat Thomas, and more. At 7pm, music by Kristoff K. Roll (Jean-Christophe Camps and Carole Rieussec). At 8pm, Joelle Leandre with Kevin Norton and John Tilbury.
September 16: The music of Wadada Leo Smith.
September 9: New music from Kristoff K. Roll (Jean-Christophe Camps and Carole Rieussec), Chris Burns, and Annie Gosfield, along with classics from Karlheinz Stockhausen (Carré, Gruppen, and Punkte).
September 4: Sonic Diet: Get to Know Your WMSE DJ.
September 2: New releases from Evan Parker, Chris Burns, Frank Rosaly and others.
August 26: New releases.
August 19: Jason hosts the show.
August 12: Recent releases from Joe McPhee, Evan Parker, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgil, and others.
August 5: Selections from Dortmund Variations, a new recording by Evan Parker and Georg Graewe (Nuscope) along with earlier works by both and some music by Annie Gosfield.
July 29: The art of the solo, the long and the short of it, featuring Misha Mengelberg, Lol Coxhill, Joe McPhee, Andrew Hill, and many others.
July 22: By request, a bit more musique concrète and a few ensembles with a strong electronic flavor.
July 15: The music of saxophonist Lol Coxhill (1932-2012). Here’s a link to a fairly recent interview and another link to this wonderful Helen Petts video.
July 8: By request, musique concrète.
July 1: The music of Henry Threadgill including the most recent recording by his ensemble Zooid, Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp. (Pi Recordings).
June 24: The music of composer/pianist Misha Mengelberg.
June 17: Piano music by John Tilbury and electronic music by Francis White and Bernard Parmegiani.
June 10: More music by John Cage in honor of his 100th birthday celebration this year. We’ll hear some widely diverse realizations of compositions like Ryoanji, Variations I and II, and the Freeman Etudes.
June 3: Our broadcast of Jason Stein’s solo concert at Woodland Pattern last Sunday night … along with some piano music by Howard Riley (including his duo with Jaki Byard), some ensemble music by Wrack and some solo music by Wadada Leo Smith.
May 27: Jason hosts the show.
May 20: The music of Jason Stein (bass clarinet) who will perform for Alternating Currents Live at Woodland Pattern Book Center on May 27 at 7 p.m.
May 13: Music by Frances White (electronic and chamber works), Howard Riley (solo piano), Jason Stein (solo bass clarinet), Barry Guy (solo double bass), and Jean Schwartz (electronic music).
May 6: The music of Cecil Taylor in honor of Cecil Taylor: A Celebration of the Maestro at the Issue Project Room in New York.
