This Island Earth
Sunday March 26th, 2023 with Rob Bitschofsky
An all-piano (well, a little bit of other keyboards as well) edition of the show, with a full play of the new Erik Hall interpretation of Simeon Ten Holt's Canto Ostinato, a few other minimalists and a spotlight on Lubomyr Melnyk.

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The Jordan River Song
Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou - Éthiopiques, Vol. 21: Piano Solo

Opening
The Philip Glass Ensemble & Michael Riesman - Glassworks

China Gates
John Adams - Road Movies

Glass Houses No. 11 (composed by Ann Southam)
Christina Petrowska-Quilico - Glass Houses, Vol. 2

Lisbon Concert
15/16 - Lisbon Concert

Ides Of March
John Cale & Terry Riley - Church Of Anthrax

Reading of Sacred Books
Keith Jarrett - G.I. Gurdjieff - Sacred Hymns

Sections 1–16
Erik Hall - Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato

Sections 17–30
Erik Hall - Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato

Sections 31–40
Erik Hall - Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato

Sections 41–55
Erik Hall - Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato

Sections 56–73
Erik Hall - Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato

Sections 74–87
Erik Hall - Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato

Sections 88–90
Erik Hall - Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato

Sections 91–94
Erik Hall - Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato

Sections 95–106
Erik Hall - Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato

Rio, Pt. 15
Keith Jarrett - Rio

Parasol
Lubomyr Melnyk - Rivers and Streams

Sunshimmers
Lubomyr Melnyk - Rivers and Streams

The Amazon: The Highlands
Lubomyr Melnyk - Rivers and Streams

Cloud No. 81
Lubomyr Melnyk - Illirion

Butterfly
Lubomyr Melnyk - Evertina EP

Interactive CKCU

David Dalle (host)
All piano? OMG SO LAME RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE. :P

1:16 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Greetings, Earthlings! Rob here, broadcasting live again on a chilly grey afternoon with an all-piano edition. Chat's open, so if you have anything you'd like to unload upon me, fire away!

1:17 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hoooooo boy; D. Dalle beat me to it with his ragey complaint! It's all your fault, David. The exposure to Lubomyr Melnyk set me on this path!

1:19 PM, March 26th, 2023

PeterB
Piano will never catch on. Well, except maybe for that Dalle weirdo and just a few others. Same goes for Minimalism. Sitar. Throat singing, Afrobeat... All hard rock of the 70-'80s, all the time i say! Mullets Unite! ..... Oh there are commercial channels for that. That totally suck!! I cannot join live today for long. Peace all!

1:29 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
yeah, PeterB: piano's just a passing fad, I'm sure. No worries if you can't stick out the show, but make sure to come back on demand to catch the Erik Hall record. It's a doozy.

1:33 PM, March 26th, 2023

gentlegypsie
Keys of Life ... Ides of March do rule spot life on the unknowable weather? Sidereal Jupiter in Water sign 'til change Wild Bells ... Rob is a knock-out! Sacred, deep Mystical. Miigwech

2:12 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Thanks, gentlegypsie!

2:16 PM, March 26th, 2023

David Dalle (host)
Those Dutch. You should look into pianist Jeroen van Veen. I have three box sets totally 28 cds the "Minimal Piano Collection" which includes Ten Holt's the Canto Ostinato, other Dutch composers, and tons of other composers ranging from Glass, Part, Rzewski, Eastman, La Monte Young, and a lot of other more obscure names.

2:33 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
I have an In C by van Veen that almost made it into today's playlist, DD. Maybe I'll do a part two later in the year. I'll have to check out more by him.

2:38 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
...but this Erik Hall version of Canto Ostinato is just knocking me out. I haven't spent much time listening to other recordings of it yet. Any that stick out to you?

2:39 PM, March 26th, 2023

John K
This is an awesome playlist, thank you Rob!

2:58 PM, March 26th, 2023

John K
Reminds me of Steve Reich, so I'm looking up when this was recorded, and how. Like, single performer that overdubbed the three instruments (nice intro, Rob)? I doubt this piece used looping, am I right?

2:59 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hi John K, glad you're enjoying it! You're dead right on the facts: single performer, Erik Hall, overdubbing four parts on three keyboards: a 1962 Hammond M-101 organ, a 1978 Rhodes Mark I electric piano, and his family-heirloom 1910 Steinway grand piano.

3:07 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
...and yeah, very reminiscent of some of Steve Reich's work, and in fact, Hall's previous album is a take on Reich's Music for 18 Musicians that again had him playing all the parts on his own.

3:08 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
...oh, and the recording is brand new, but the piece, Canto Ostinato, is from the late 70s.

3:09 PM, March 26th, 2023

David Dalle (host)
My farewell to my father: https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/105/59714.html I greatly appreciate anyone who listens to it.

3:10 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
I highly recommend David's show, linked above. And thanks again, David, for turning me on to Lubomyr Melnyk's work, which we're hearing now. Just amazing stuff.

3:12 PM, March 26th, 2023

Regis
Great episode!

3:31 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Glad you're enjoying it, Regis!

3:32 PM, March 26th, 2023

enbee-yow
Making batch of sauce A perfect accomplishment Thanks for the music

3:33 PM, March 26th, 2023

Grace
Great show today!

3:34 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Thanks for listening, enbee-yow! This will most certainly enhance the sauce.

3:35 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Thank you, Grace! It was a pleasure to put it together, and also a pleasure to listen to nice and loud here in the studio.

3:36 PM, March 26th, 2023

Manmohan
Cool show. Missed a chunk of it live so will tune in on-demand. I did not know Melnyk is Canadian.

4:04 PM, March 26th, 2023

Andrew
Thanks for a great show, somehow perfectly in synch with the minutes of this Sunday afternoon. And c'mon -catching the genius of Lubomyr Melnick on CKCU twice in one month? Magic.

4:08 PM, March 26th, 2023

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Manmohan, LM is maybe not so specifically Canadian: he was born in Ukraine, but his family moved to Winnipeg when he was young, and he went to university there. Good enough for a little maple leaf, I thought. Andrew, glad you enjoyed the show. Expect more Lubomyr on future editions. I'm planning on joining David Dalle as an active proponent of his work.

6:54 PM, March 26th, 2023

ctm_grover@hotmail.com
Sublime!! Rod Grover, Prague

2:57 PM, April 2nd, 2023

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