Michael Fiday Same Rivers Different New Classical,    Innova 716    CD   15
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	Composers Performers Related Links Jack Kerouac Bart Feller Michael's home Matsuo Basho Brianna Goldberg Liner Notes Michael Fiday Carla Kihlstedt Sample and buy from iTunes Peter Gizzi Christopher Froh     Graeme Jennings     James Culley     James Tocco     Laura Sabo     Linda Mark     Mantra Percussion Quartet     Matthias Bossi     Nicholas Naegle     Russell Burge     Shiau-uen Ding     Soon Cho

Title	Composer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
9 Haiku	Michael Fiday Matsuo Basho	Bart Feller Linda Mark	14:29
Hands On!	Michael Fiday	Mantra Percussion Quartet	8:29
Dharma Pops	Michael Fiday Jack Kerouac	Carla Kihlstedt Graeme Jennings Matthias Bossi	9:11
Same Rivers Different	Michael Fiday	Christopher Froh	8:30
Protest Song	Michael Fiday Peter Gizzi	Soon Cho Nicholas Naegle Brianna Goldberg Laura Sabo Shiau-uen Ding	4:41
Automotive Passacaglia	Michael Fiday	James Tocco Russell Burge James Culley	15:37
As the music on his debut CD shows, Michael Fiday is a composer who refuses to accept the oft-held notion that taking risks and appealing to the listener are at odds with one another - in his imaginative sonic universe they are one and the same. This collection of engaging chamber music features such works as 9 Haiku, in which a Japanese rice-planting song is set into motion by a pianist playing the body of the instrument like a drum; and Dharma Pops, in which two violinists strum, scrape, scrub and screech on detuned instruments in order to conjure the memory of a long-forgotten vaudeville entertainer. Far from mere novelty act, the inhabitants of Mr. Fiday's sound world are filtered through a highly sensitive and imaginative music that critics have called "clearly structured, colorful and unflaggingly compelling work" (Philadelphia Inquirer). Featured on this disc are a first-rate lineup of performers as diverse as the music they play, ranging from acclaimed classical pianist James Tocco, to violinist and contemporary music exponent Graeme Jennings (late of Arditti Quartet), to rock/jazz/experimental violinist Carla Kihlstedt (2-foot yard, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) - all of whom turn in stellar performances of rhythmically-charged works informed by classical tradition, non-western sources, vernacular music, and minimalist style - without being strictly adherent to any of them in particular.
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