Episode 6: The Whispering Wind

On this month’s episode of A Curious Ear, we explore the sounds of winter’s stillness, “the whispering air” as Walt Whitman puts it. We’ll hear field recordings from frozen tennis courts and Northern Icelandic towns, as well as purely instrumental works that explore the depths of winter. Music by Kory Reeder, Carol Robinson, Lia Kohl, and Kate Carr.

The episode is available here.

Show notes:

Tennis Court Light, Snow - Lia Kohl
from Normal Sounds (2024) Moon Glyph Records
https://liakohl.bandcamp.com/album/normal-sounds

Snow - Kory Reeder
Marijn Meijer, violin; Colin Stokes, cello; Benjamin Damann, percussion; Kory Reeder, piano
from Snow (2024) Sawyer Editions
https://sawyereditions.bandcamp.com/album/kory-reeder-snow

Snow Storm - Kate Carr
from Songs from a Cold Place (2013) Flaming Pines
https://flamingpines.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-a-cold-place

Les si doux redoux - Carol Robinson
from The Weather Pieces (2023) Mode Records
https://moderecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-weather-pieces-mode-333

Theme music comes from Proof of Concept for a Floating Child, Mvt. I - Performer: Byrne:Kozar:Duo, Composer: Jeffrey Gavett
from It Floats Away from You (2023) New Focus Recordings
https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/it-floats-away-from-you
(Provided courtesy of the composer)