Bonk Festival CDs
Bonk XI (BFM-102)
Works from the 2002 festival performed by the USF Percussion Ensemble, violinist Conrad Harris and violist Laura Wilcox.
1. | Drain | for percussion ensemble and computer-generated recording – by Drew Krause | 14:02 |
2. | Sextuple Entendre | computer music – by Christopher Penrose | 12:47 |
3. | Nocturne | for solo violin – by Eric Lyon | 7:34 |
4. | Red | computer music – by James Hegarty | 5:53 |
5. | Viola Desnuda | for solo viola – by Sergio Barroso | 13:26 |
6. | Mix-Up | computer music – by Jens Hedman | 11:23 |
7. | Civilizaciones | for percussion ensemble – by Ricardo Dal Farra | 13:22 |
Total Playing Time : 79:20 |
Bonk Festival of New Music (BFM-091)
Solo performances by pianist Corey Jane Holt and Margaret Lancaster, ensemble performances by the USF Percussion Ensemble and various Bonk artists.
1. | Just Give Us Czechoslovakia and We’ll Die Happy Men | for percussion ensemble with trumpets and tubas – by Eric Lyon | 10:44 |
2. | LetsTaboo.com | computer music – by Christopher Penrose | 8:07 |
3. | Banjo Suicide | for chamber ensemble – by Drew Krause | 8:25 |
4. | Monolog.3 | for solo piano – by Gregory Boardman | 7:37 |
5. | cette obscure claret qui tombe des etoiles | for flute and recording – by Paul Steenhuisen | 3:41 |
6. | The Mechanics of Ignorance | computer music – by Robert Constable | 13:12 |
7. | aROUND tHE cORNER | for percussion ensemble – by Hideko Kawamoto | 6:33 |
Total Playing Time : 59:02 |
10th Anniversary Bonk (BFM-080)
Music from the 2000 festival, released in 2001 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first Bonk concert.
1. | Ding | for percussion ensemble and piano – by Drew Krause | 9:15 |
2. | Prelude to Chump | 1:39 | |
3. | Chump | computer music – by Christopher Penrose | 11:33 |
4. | Florida Suite | for solo piano – by David Rogers | 6:37 |
5. | An American Fantasy | for chamber ensemble – by Eric Lyon | 11:38 |
6. | Night Ascends from the Ear like a Butterfly | computer music – by Hideko Kawamoto | 8:18 |
7. | Im Gleichgewicht | for four pianos – by Robert Constable | 10:17 |
Total Playing Time : 60:04 |
millennium pygam meam (BFM-079)
Bonk celebrates the new millennium with music for the last days…
1. | wonder | for symphony orchestra and electronics – by Paul Steenhuisen | 15:29 |
2. | Recursion No. 1 | for solo piano – by Robert C. Constable, Jr | 4:05 |
3. | Pretty Baby | for violin and tape – by Paul Reller | 10:34 |
4. | BLARGH | for two contrabassoons – by David Rogers | 7:12 |
5. | Red Dwarfs from Outer Space | computer music – by Eric Lyon | 10:43 |
6. | asdf | for snare drum and piano – by Drew Krause | 6:32 |
7. | Big Daddy | computer-mediated recording – by Christopher Penrose | 9:12 |
Total Playing Time : 63:56 |
Bonk Thy Neighbor (BFM-069)
Performances by Bonk core artists Corey Holt (piano), Conrad Harris (violin), David Rogers (horn). Robert McCormick and the USF Percussion Ensemble perform works written for them to premiere at the 1998 festival.
1. | Corey Jane’s Polka Madness | for piano and percussion ensemble – by Paul H. Reller | 8:31 |
2. | My Tube | for processed horn and computer-generated tape – by David W. Rogers | 6:10 |
3. | Recursion No. 5 | for solo piano – by Robert C. Constable | 5:25 |
4. | First of July | for percussion ensemble – by Drew Krause | 5:31 |
5. | Sonata No. 2 for violin and tape | for violin and tape – by Eric Lyon | 7:53 |
6. | American Jingo | for computer-generated tape – by Christopher Penrose | 19:19 |
7. | Mel18 | for virtual piano – by Ricardo Dal Farra | 8:41 |
Total Playing Time : 61:34 | |||
This CD was reviewed in The American Record Guide, July/August 2000 |
Music From the Bonk Festival (BFM-047)
Our first compact disc compilation features live performances from 1996 festival concerts and some studio recordings of works that were given world premieres at Bonk.
1. | Vectors V: Intuitions (1996) | for flute, violin, cello, horn, piano and drumset – by Eric Lyon | 6:35 |
2. | Some Good Old-Fashioned Electronic Music (1995) | a tape composition – by Paul H. Reller | 12:07 |
3. | Recursion No. 6 (1995) | for solo piano – by Robert C. Constable | 5:51 |
4. | Phoenix Aeolis: Re-Variations (1995) | for percussion ensemble and computer-generated tape – by David W. Rogers | 20:38 |
5. | PRODUCT (1994) | for percussion ensemble and computer-generated tape – by Paul Marquardt | 5:32 |
6. | Panic (1994) | for violin and computer-generated tape – by Drew Stafford Krause | 8:57 |
7. | Variation XVI (1993) from the song cycle “Variations on Estrangement” | for mezzo-soprano and computer-generated tape – by Robert C. Constable | 3:42 |
Total Playing Time : 63:28 | |||
This CD was reviewed in The American Record Guide, July/August 1998 |