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David Dalle
Thursday March 15th, 2018 with David Dalle
A farewell to Stephen Hawking with music for the Cosmos

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As a farewell to physicist Stephen Hawking, today we will hear music for the Cosmos, with Symphony no. 48 'Vision of Andromeda' by Alan Hovhaness. This symphony dating from 1982 was very close to the heart of Hovhaness, expressing his wonder and awe at the universe and astronomy, a lifelong interest for Alan Hovhaness. I believe this work full of grandeur and awe makes an appropriate farewell to Stephen Hawking. We will also hear some of Hawking's favourite music, including music of Wagner.
Die Walkure Act I: Prelude
Richard Wagner/The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine - Die Walkure - Deutsche Grammophon
Mantra/Organics
Michael Stearns - Baraka - Milan
The Host of Seraphim
Dead Can Dance - Baraka - Milan
View from Pluto
Constantine Caravassilis/Christina Petrowska Quilico - Visions - Centredisques Canadian
Dark Companion
Lustmord - The Place Where the Black Stars Hang - Side Effects
Die Walkure Act I: Scene Three
Richard Wagner/Gary Lakes, Jessye Norman, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine - Die Walkure - Deutsche Grammophon
Symphony No. 48 'Vision of Andromeda', Op. 355
Alan Hovhaness/Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz - Symphony No. 48 'Vision of Andromeda' - Naxos
A very different Cosmic musical view from the Western classical and electronic music we have heard so far with the Afrofuturism of Sun Ra. Ottawa's own Sun Ra descendent Rakestar Arkestra will be performing this Sunday evening at Black Squirrel Books near Bank and Sunnyside.
https://www.blacksquirrelbooks.ca/calendar
The Cosmos
Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra - Cosmic Equation - Magic Music
Of Heavenly Things
Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra - Cosmic Equation - Magic Music
Interactive CKCU
PeterB
Thanks for the tribute today David. Certainly one of the great minds of our time. Lots of spacey sounds...

2:33 PM, March 15th, 2018
PeterB
Rah rah RA! Coming up. Another of the great minds of our time. A very appropriate stop-over. Thanks again. (And yeah, Rakestar is quite a thing live.)

3:42 PM, March 15th, 2018
David Dalle (host)
Fits in quite well, the percussion from Sun Ra in Cosmos is not that many parsecs away from the Gamelan-inspired percussion in the Hovhaness symphony.

3:48 PM, March 15th, 2018
PeterB
.... which makes me wonder whether Stephen Hawking would have been into Sun Ra. It would not surprise me one sub-atomic bit. Perhaps they are chatting on the Astral Plane as we type ...

3:52 PM, March 15th, 2018