2. Wendy Carlos

Classical Queeros

Shahid (who can’t ride a bike) spends this episode educating Alice (who can ride a bike) on the wondrous career of Wendy Carlos - photographer, artist, trans woman, cat mom, dog mom, bisexual queen, mapmaker, etc. Not only is she an icon, but she’s currently alive! Check out her website at http://www.wendycarlos.com/

Works Discussed (all by Wendy Carlos):

Trio for Clarinet, Accordion, and Piano

Dialogues for Piano and Two Loudspeakers

Variations for Flute and Electronic Sounds

Episodes for Piano and Tape

Pomposities for Narrator and Tape

Noah

Switched on Bach (album)

The Well-Tempered Synthesizer (album)

A Clockwork Orange (film score)

Landmarks

Sonic Seasonings (album)

Switched on Bach 2 (album)

By Request (album)

Brandenburg Concertos (album)

Tron (film score)

Digital Moonscapes (album)

Beauty in the Beast (album)

Secrets of Synthesis (album)

Peter and the Wolf (album with Weird Al??)

Switched on Bach 2000 (album)

Tales of Heaven and Hell (album)

Rediscovering Lost Scores, Vol. I and II (album)

Background Music: Funeral of Queen Mary (from A Clockwork Orange)

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