[microsound-announce] [framework radio] #606: 2017.07.09

Mon Jul 10 12:43:55 EDT 2017

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#606: 2017.07.09
listen to this edition here: 
http://www.frameworkradio.net/2017/07/606-2017-07-09/

it was with great sadness that we learned this past week of the passing 
of pierre henry, pioneer of musique concrète, found sound, and 
experimental composition, at the age of 89. henry has of course played a 
huge role in the history and development of all electronic, 
experimental, and acousmatic music, and we in the field recording 
community owe him a special debt. we wouldn't be here without him. he 
has had a huge influence personally on my work and my ears, and i count 
myself very lucky to have arrived in france during my formative years 
and to have had the chance to discover and explore his work, and count 
myself even luckier to have been able to witness his live performances 
on more than one occasion. i was even able to meet him once, very 
briefly, a very memorable moment for me, and undoubtedly instantly 
forgettable for him. the 20 years for which i have been listening to his 
music feels shamefully short against the almost 70 years for which he 
was making it. we here at framework felt we had no alternative but to 
make the tiniest of possible gestures in dedicating an edition of our 
show to him and his immense body of immense work, a tip of the 'phones, 
if you will, to a great artist. rest in peace, pierre, and thanks.

a note about the image accompanying this edition: on hearing of henry's 
death, and resolving to make this tribute edition of framework, i 
approached long-time regular contributor sebastiane hegarty to ask him 
is he would be ready and able to produce a special framework 
introduction for the occasion on short notice - his reply made it very 
apparent that i had approached the right person: "serendipitously i 
recorded a squeaky door at work yesterday!" his intro, in my view, is 
very much about tribute and memory; it makes use of the aforementioned 
squeaky door in direct tribute to henry's 1963 'variations pour une 
porte et un soupir', and also the voice of his mother, originally 
recorded for a framework introduction back in 2007(!). the rest of the 
piece is very literally the introduction text made audible - as seen in 
the image, sebastiane printed the text, diced it up into its individual 
letters, and then "dropp[ed] the framework intro on a cheap guitar," as 
he puts it himself. i am very grateful for his contribution, and for his 
wonderful photo.

information about pierre henry and his work is easy to find online, but 
i did mention in the program that i would provide some links, so here 
are a few basic places where you can learn more about the man and his 
body of work:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Henry
http://www.discogs.com/artist/7209-Pierre-Henry
http://brahms.ircam.fr/composers/composer/1611/
http://www.pytheasmusic.org/henry_pierre.html (and many further links on 
this page)

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[time  /  artist  /  title  /  from the work  /  year of composition]

00:00 - 03:47  /  sebastiane hegarty  /  framework introduction, tribute 
to pierre henry, recorded in the uk

02:13 - 04:55  /  pierre henry  /  dimanche noir I /  le microphone bien 
tempéré  /  1951

04:34 - 09:42  /  pierre henry  /  souffle 2  /  le voyage (d'après le 
livre des morts tibétain  /  1962

07:05 - 15:07  /  pierre henry  /  la noire à soixante  /  -  /  1961

10:15 - 21:44  /  pierre henry  /  sommeil-gestes-comptine-fièvre 
1-bâillement-chant 3  /  variations pour une porte et un soupir  /  1963

12:06 - 18:46  /  pierre henry  /  communion  /  messe de liverpool  /  1967

20:00 - 24:52  /  pierre henry  /  cinquième temps, le jugement: 
cataclysmes IV  /  apocalypse de jean  /  1968

22:00 - 27:22  /  pierre henry  /  la religion  /  fragments pour artaud 
  /  1970

23:57 - 28:09  /  pierre henry  /  danse des fausses bouteilles  / 
machine dance  /  1973

24:59 - 32:41  /  pierre henry  /  préliminaire  /  futuristie  /  1975

29:09 - 34:16  /  pierre henry  /  affirmation  /  le livre des morts 
egyptien  /  1986-88

31:46 - 35:15  /  pierre henry  /  pendules  /  la ville. die stadt  /  1984

34:22 - 44:16  /  pierre henry  /  hugosymphonie / gouttes d'eau  /  - / 
  1985

36:07 - 38:23  /  pierre henry  /  chiens  /  la ville. die stadt  /  1984

36:29 - 43:29  /  pierre henry  /  sport - gymnastique  /  l'homme à la 
caméra  /  1993

39:58 - 43:53  /  pierre henry  /  automne  /  intérieur/extérieur  /  1996

41:50 - 46:03  /  pierre henry  /  respiration des chauves-souris  / 
antagonismes IV  /  1996

43:38 - 47:18  /  pierre henry  /  poule  /  pulsations  /  2007

45:05 - 50:23  /  pierre henry  /  un effet de serre  /  histoire 
naturelle ou les roues de la terre  /  1997

45:33 - 51:46  /  pierre henry  /  elevation:ascension  /  une tour de 
babel 1999

48:48 - 55:32  /  pierre henry  /  dualité  /  voyage initiatique  /  2005

51:46 - 59:00  /  pierre henry  /  enfoncement  /  labyrinthe!  /  2003

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