Ecstatic Lamentations

This fourth episode featured passages from the Lamentations of Jeremiah taken from the Commuters Audio Bible played simultaneouly with works by modern Canadian composers John Jacob Weinzweig, François Morel, Harry Freedman, and Marcelle Deschênes. The ecstatic part was supplied mainly by John Coltrane's late 1965 Sextet on the Meditations LP and a couple of tracks from Captain Beefheart's 1969 masterpiece Trout Mask Replica. Aired December 3/08

Part I

1. Intro -- Quarks (from 15 Pieces for Harp) - John Jacob Weinzweig -- Lamentations Ch.4
2. Frownland - Captain Beefheart
3. Naval Aviation in Art? – Frank Zappa
4. Lisa Run – Bob Wiseman
5. Étude de sonorité for piano No 2 - François Morel -- Lamentations Ch 3
6. China Pig – Captain Beefheart
7. Compassion – John Coltrane
8. The Dust Blows Forward 'N the Dust Blows Back – Captain Beefheart

Part II

1. Dachau Blues – Captain Beefheart
2. Big Bang II for Tape & Mulitimedia Installation - Marcelle Deschênes -- Lamentations Ch.1
3. Row the Boat – Bob Wiseman
4. Toccata for Flute & Soprano - Harry Freedman
5. The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost – John Coltrane -- Lamentations Ch.2
6. Outro -- Quarks - John Jacob Weinzweig (brief reprisal)