# Easley Blackwood

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Wind Soloists

  This week’s show features 4 great wind soloists, all of whom have or had prominent positions in the Chicago Symphony or Grant Park Orchestras (full playlist below).   EASLEY BLACKWOOD (b. 1933) Sonatina in F major for Piccolo Clarinet, Op. 38 I. Allegro con brio (3:17) From Clarinet Sonata…

Music and Poetry

This program features works inspired by verses of Carl Sandburg, François Villon, Wallace Stevens, Nikolaus Lenau, and Billy Collins. Playlist LEO SOWERBY (1895–1968) Prairie – Poem for Orchestra after Carl Sandburg (16:41) From Prairie: Tone Poems by Leo Sowerby Cedille Records CDR 90000 03…

Orchestras

  This week’s program features the four Chicago orchestras that have multiple recordings on the Cedille label (full playlist below). EASLEY BLACKWOOD (b. 1933) Symphony No. 5, Op. 34 III. Allegro vivo (7:01) From Easley Blackwood: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 Cedille Records 90000 016 (Track 3) Chic…

076 - Matthew Sheeran

Today's episode celebrates the culmination of a years-long project with Matthew Sheeran, widely celebrated composer, orchestrator, and arranger. The album we've been working on is called "Acoustic Microtonal," and it is a recording of Easley Blackwood's Twelve Microtonal Etudes using acoustic instr…

Matthew Sheeran: The Quest for Microtonal Music

Matthew Sheeran is a UK-based composer, violinist and arranger. His new album, arranging music by the American microtonal composer Easley Blackwood, has just been released and can be found at the link below. This interview was filmed on December 18, 2023.SUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxSAMUEL AN…

This Moment In Time from May 15, 2025

Destroy All Monsters - "There Is No End" - Days of Diamonds EP Easley Blackwood - "Op.28, 14 Notes (Allegramente)" - Microtonal Compositions Maggi Payne - "Gamelan" - Ahh Ahh (Music For Ed Tannenbaum's Technological Feets 1984-1987) Thomas Buckner & Tom Hamilton - "Segment 1" - Jump the Circle, Jum…

This Moment In Time from May 15, 2025

Destroy All Monsters - "There Is No End" - Days of Diamonds EP Easley Blackwood - "Op.28, 14 Notes (Allegramente)" - Microtonal Compositions Maggi Payne - "Gamelan" - Ahh Ahh (Music For Ed Tannenbaum's Technological Feets 1984-1987) Thomas Buckner & Tom Hamilton - "Segment 1" - Jump the Circle, Jum…

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone XXXL version

Twelve Microtonal Etudes for Electronic Music Media: musician-academic-composer Richard Duckworth joins Colm Tóibín and Luke Clancy for an extended encounter with US composer, Easley Blackwood's electro masterpiece. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Culture File Presents: The Comfort Zone

Twelve Microtonal Etudes for Electronic Music Media: musician-academic-composer, Richard Duckworth joins Colm Tóibín and Luke Clancy for an encounter with US composer, Easley Blackwood's electro masterpiece. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

096 - XENTAR (microtonal guitar app)

"April WEATHER… ahem… I mean… April XEN-ther, rain and sunshine all together!" Here we have XENTAR, right after we had XENPILLED! Xentar is a free online tool where you can interact with microtonal guitar tablature, connecting a host of features many had long since given up on. You can create your …