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Eastman: sexuality, race and repetition

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week, Gillian explores the powerful and delicate musical worlds of Julius Eastman.

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore present 成人快手 Radio 3's series exploring the pivotal 'modern' musical works of the 20th century, the groundbreaking composers who created them, and the radical cultural and artistic movements which gave rise to them. In this episode, Gillian explores the controversial and visionary musical world of Julius Eastman, leading to full performance of his work Evil N****r from 1979. Along the way, we visit a mad English king via the Manchester School and dive headlong into the hedonistic New York scene of the late 1970s, when queer identity and Black culture were finding their voices, disco was queen and hip hop emerging, and minimalism represented a scandalous new art form.

Produced by Sam Phillips
A Reduced Listening production for 成人快手 Radio 3

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Jun 2025 21:00
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Julius Eastman

    Evil N****r

    Performer: Janet Kattas. Performer: Julius Eastman. Performer: Patricia Martin. Performer: Frank Ferko.
    • Unjust Malaise.
    • New World.

  • Sex Pistols

    New York

    • Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols.
    • Virgin.

  • Julius Eastman

    Gay Guerilla

    Performer: Janet Kattas. Performer: Julius Eastman. Performer: Patricia Martin. Performer: Frank Ferko.
    • Unjust Malaise.
    • New World.

  • Julius Eastman

    Julius Eastman's Spoken Introduction To The Northwestern University Concert

    Performer: Julius Eastman.
    • Unjust Malaise.
    • New World.

  • Julius Eastman

    Stay On It

    Performer: Joe Ford. Performer: Doug Gaston. Performer: Amrom Chodos. Performer: Dennis Kahle. Performer: Benjamin Hudson. Performer: Georgia Mitoff. Performer: Jan Williams. Performer: Petr Kotik.
    • Unjust Malaise.
    • New World.

  • Terry Jennings

    Piano Piece

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Winter Sun.

  • Frederic Rzewski

    Coming Together F-G-H

    Performer: Markus Radke. Performer: Ruben Kamlah. Performer: Christoph Lindner. Performer: Vito Sack. Performer: Sofia Iordanskaya. Performer: Johannes Hartmuth. Performer: Nina Stehlin. Performer: Wolfgang Loos. Performer: Jona Schibilsky. Performer: Marc Doffey. Performer: Aaron Seitz. Performer: Vinh Tran. Performer: Hannah Schmeisser. Performer: Jonas Holupirek. Performer: Malaika Maria M枚ller.
    • for the end of.
    • Betont.

  • John Cage

    Song Books, Volumes I: Solo for Voice 22 (Two Voices and Electronics)

    Performer: Terry Riley. Ensemble: Theatre of Voices. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Litany For The Whale.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Eight Songs for a Mad King (extract)

    Performer: Julius Eastman. Ensemble: The Fires of London.
    • Miss Donnithorne's Maggot / Eight Songs For A Mad King.
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.

  • Ornette Coleman

    Midnight Sunrise

    Performer: Ornette Coleman.
    • Dancing In Your Head.
    • A&M Records.

  • Meredith Monk

    Dolmen Music

    Performer: Meredith Monk.
    • Dolmen Music.
    • ECM Records.

  • Julius Eastman

    Julius Eastman's Spoken Introduction To The Northwestern University Concert

    Performer: Julius Eastman.
    • Unjust Malaise.
    • New World.

  • Julius Eastman

    Evil N****r

    Performer: Janet Kattas. Performer: Julius Eastman. Performer: Patricia Martin. Performer: Frank Ferko.
    • Unjust Malaise.
    • New World.

  • Loraine James

    Black Excellence (Stay On It)

    • Building Something Beautiful For Me.
    • Phantom Limb.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Jun 2025 21:00
    成人快手 Radio 3