Beethoven in SoHo and other works

"Peter Gena."

Availability
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CD 26835 Text
Library has: disc; insert
Available On-site use
Author, etc.:
Gena, Peter, composer Author info »
Format:
Musical Recording
Published:
Albany, NY : New World Records, [2023]
Copyright date:
℗2023
Publisher number:
80841-2
Subject:
Piano music.
Piano music (Pianos (2))
Synthesizer music.
Chamber music > 21st century.
DNA > Songs and music.
DNA.
Experimental music.
Chamber music.
Description:
1 audio disc (65:55) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Other contributor:
De Mare, Anthony, instrumentalist
Kubera, Joseph, instrumentalist
Chudzik, Greg, instrumentalist
Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc., sponsoring body
Table of contents:
  • Chopin's Catarrh cf2: canon mensurabilis (Cystic Fibrosis CFTR 508delF mutation) (2023) 8:14
  • John Henry (1986) (12:28)
  • Dihydrotestosterone: digitally synthesized DNA sequence (2000) (7:55)
  • Beethoven in SoHo (1980) (9:52)
  • For Morton Feldman (1988) (10:37)
  • Red blood cells: digitally synthesized DNA sequences (1995) (10:08)
  • Vaccinum: Covid-19 spike protein (SARS-coronavirus 2 vaccine) (2021) (6:42).
Instrumentation:
For piano (2). Total performers: 2
For piano. Total performers: 1
For synthesizer
For piano (2); bass guitar. Total performers: 3
Notes:
Title from disc label.
"Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc."
Anthony de Mare, Joseph Kubera, piano ; Gregory Chudzik, bass guitar.
Beethoven in SoHo, John Henry, For Morton Feldman, and Vaccinum: Covid-19 spike protein were recorded April 21 & 22, 2023 at Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, NY.
Program notes (15 pages) inserted in container.
"Four of the works here - Chopin's Catarrh, Dihydrotestosterone, Red Blood Cells, and Vaccinum - are based on DNA chains, fed into formulas (through the object-code language MAX/MSP) which convert the genetic material into long melodies." -- Publisher.