(see Discography and List of Works for more performance details)

Piano

E poi... (2007, 2:35)
First Piano Piece (1966, Richard Trythall, 1:40)
For Cornelius 1990, excerpt 1 (1982-1994; Yvar Mikhashoff Plays Alvin Curran CD, 1:41) excerpt 2 (2:15) excerpt 3 (1:40)

For Cornelius 1999, excerpt 1 (1982-1999; Eve Egoyan, The Things in Between CD, 1:40) excerpt 2 (2:22)
From Eleanor Rigby (1990; Aki Takahashi, Hyper Beatles CD, 2:16)
from Fiori Chiari Fiori Oscuri (1976; Alvin Curran Light Flowers Dark Flowers LP, 2:32)
Hope St. Tunnel Blues part II (1983; Yvar Mikhashoff, 2:14), part III (1983; Bruce Brubaker, 0:38)
Inner Cities 1 (1993; Daan Vandewalle, Inner Cities CD set, 1:21)

Inner Cities 2 (1994; Daan Vandewalle, Inner Cities CD set, 2:28)
Inner Cities 3, for toy piano (1994; Daan Vandewalle, Inner Cities CD set, 3:12)
Inner Cities 4 (1999; Daan Vandewalle, Inner Cities CD set, 2:16)
Inner Cities 5 (1994; Daan Vandewalle, Inner Cities CD set, 2:08)
Inner Cities 6-7 (1994; Daan Vandewalle, Inner Cities CD set, 2:38)
Inner Cities 7.5 (1994; Daan Vandewalle, Inner Cities CD set, 1:26)
Inner Cities 8 (2000; Daan Vandewalle, Inner Cities CD set, 2:04)
Inner Cities 9 (1994; Daan Vandewalle, Inner Cities CD set, 2:58)

Inner Cities 10 (2003, Daan Vandewalle, Inner Cities CD set, 1:07)
Inner Cities 11 (2003; Daan Vandewalle, Inner Cities CD set, 2:04)
Inner Cities 12 (2005, Daan Vandewalle, 2:36)
Last Acts of Julian Beck, excerpt 1 (1985; Yvar Mikhashoff Plays Alvin Curran CD, 0:50) excerpt 2 (1:15)
Octograms (2008, film excerpt, 0:30)
Schtetl Variations, excerpt 1 (1987; Yvar Mikhashoff Plays Alvin Curran CD, 2:20) excerpt 2 (1:33)

Tango no. 1 (1983; Aki Takahashi, Hesitation-Tango CD, 1:20)
When I'm Sixty-Four (1990; Aki Takahashi, Hyper Beatles CD, 0:30)

Small ensembles

Electric Rags II, excerpt 1:  Scusami (sax quartet, electronics, 1989; ROVA, Electric Rags II CD, 1:33) excerpt 2:  Other Brothers (1:21)
Edible Weeds (piano, violin cello, flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion, 1988; Group 180, 1:15)
Fault (musique concrete with percussion, 1996; William Winant, 2:08)

First Octave (clarinet and live electronics, 1991; David Keberle, Il Clarinetto CD, 1:55)

Footprints of War (tape, string quartet, bass, banjo, 1997; Robert Black, Mark Stewart, quartet, 2:29)

La Lista del Giorno (saxophone, piano, electronics, tape, speaking voice, cooking stove, 1967; Music Elettronica Viva, 2:37)
La Traversa (violin, trombone, accordian, 2003; 2:01)

Madonna and Child (female voice and tape of same singer, 1968; Beth Griffith, 1:57)

May I Now, excerpt 1:  Era Ora (percussion, 2001; William Winant; 2:31) excerpt 2:  Hoedown (cello; Joan Jeanrenaud; 1:37) excerpt 3:  Walkin Base (cello, electric bass, percussion; Joan Jeanrenaud, Fred Frith, William Winant; 1:03) excerpt 4: Folk U (cello; Joan Jeanrenaud, 1:42) excerpt 5: Choral Reefs (cello, guitar, percussion; Joan Jeanrenaud, Fred Frith, William Winant; 3:04)
Pittura Fresca excerpt 1 (violin solo, chamber group, 1997; David Abel, Paul Dresher Ensemble, 1:58) excerpt 2 (1:42)

Playing House or Six Tall Stories, excerpt 1 (voice and chamber ensemble, 2004; Maarten Altena Ensemble, 1:05) excerpt 2 (1:48) excerpt 3 (1:20)

Rose of Beans, excerpt 1 (accordion, tuba, violin, piano, viola, percussion, 1997; The San Francisco Chamber Players, 1:41) excerpt 2 (1:23)

Schtyx, excerpt 1 (piano, violin, percussion, 1992; Julie Steinberg, David Abel, William Winant, Schtyx CD, 1:10) excerpt 2 (1:34) excerpt 3 (1:42)
Schtyx, video "trailer" (9:46):

Schtyx, excerpts: Maya Dunietz, Rebecca Huber, Elyssa Shalla. Video by Susan Levenstein (9:46)

Seven Articles (violin, piano, percussion, cello, bassoon, saxophone, clarinet, voice, 1989; Relache Ensemble, 1:52)
Shofar (rams' horns, computer live electronics, accordion, soprano clarinet, 1990; 1:30)
Strum City (five electric guitars, 1999; Seth Josel, 2:12)
Theme Park, excerpt 1 (percussion quartet, 1995; William Winant, Theme Park CD, 1:18) excerpt 2 (1:17) excerpt 3 (2:14) excerpt 4 (2:11)
VSTO, excerpt 1 (string quartet, 1989; Sharon Wood, Meg Tichener, David Abel, Dina Weinschelbaum, Schtyx CD, 2:20) excerpt 2 (2:24)

Large ensembles

Away Alone (chorus SATB, 1983; 3:13)
Boletus Edulis (brass band and chorus at Riola, 2008, 2:32)

Boletus Edulis: bands at Riola. Video by Susan Levenstein (3:53)

Crystal Psalms, part 1 (simultaneous 6-country radio concert, 1988; Crystal Psalms CD, 2:52) part 2 (2:34)
For Julian (Julian Beck's voice, sax, chorus, taped shiphorns, 1987; Musik für Radio CD, 2:06)
In Hora Mortis (chamber orchestra, 1996; Stuttgart Southern Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lost Marbles CD, 3:05)
Just This As If It Had No What (chorus SATB, 1992; SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, 0:57)
Maritime Rites, Kiel ("The Docks"; 25 shiphorns on their ships, 1985, 2:53)
Music is not Music (chorus SATB, 1990; Choral Academy of the Pacific, 3:14)
Nineteen Eighty-Five:  A Piece For Peace (simultaneous 3-country radio concert, 1985, 3:00 on the web)
Oh Brass On The Grass Alas, excerpt 1 (opening) (350 brass band musicians, 2006; 3:01) excerpt 2 (long tones) (2:45) excerpt 3 (bees and car horns) (2:21) excerpt 4 (unisons) (3:07) excerpt 5 (trills-march) (3:30)

Oh Brass On the Grass Alas, as performed at the Donaueschingen Musiktage festival in October 2006: excerpts. Video by Claudia von Alemann (9:56)

Pozzulana (30 improvising musicians, 2005, 3:01)
Triadic Limbo (3 or more instruments, 2007; composers' orchestra, Royal Conservatory of Music, The Hague, 2:11)

Solo performances (AC)

Animal Behavior (keyboard/sampler, 1992; Animal Behavior CD, 2:17)

Canti Illuminati (voice, synthesizer, tape, 1977; Canti Illuminati CD, 2:10)
Electric Rags III (live keyboard electronics, 1994; The Hub: Wreckin' Ball CD, 1:42)

Endangered Species (diskklavier, sampler, synthesizers, 1990; Lost Marbles CD, 2:14)

For MG (piano and tape, 1992; 3:26)

Maritime Rites Wasserkorso (live shiphorns on shore, 1987; Lost Marbles CD; 1:21)

Songs And Views From The Magnetic Garden 1: From a Room on the Piazza (voice. kalimba, flugelhorn, synthesizer, taped sounds, 1973; Songs And Views From The Magnetic Garden CD: 2:25) 2: Crystal Aires (1:53) 3: On My Satin Harp (2:28)
Shofar 2 (shofar and electronics, 2006; recorded live in Tel Aviv, 2:42)
Someone To Watch Over What (live electronics, 2003; our ur CD, 1:18)
Songs on one, two, three, four or more notes (piano, voice, synthesizer, 1981; Het Apollohuis CD, 1:50)

Spare Ribs and Short Circuits (live keyboard, sampler, powerbook, 2001; Oasis CD, 1:20)

Toto Angelica (sampling keyboard, 2001; Toto Angelica CD, 1:30)
TransDadaExpress concert performance (shofar and sampling keyboard; The Hague 2007; 9:46):

Curran concert in The Hague, excerpts; video by Susan Levenstein (9:46)

TransDadaExpress 2 Extraordinary Renderings (sampling keyboard, Tempo Reale Festival 2008, Florence, video 3:10)
Weft Warp And Purl (sampler, 2000; recorded live at the Knitting Factory, 2:08)
The Works (voice, piano, tape, 1978 LP, 4:21)

Non-solo performances

Acts of Providence (sampling keyboard, to poetry by and read by Clark Coolidge, 2005; 8:52 on the web)
Alvin Curran Filharmonia (voice, cello, guitar, percussion, power-book, piano and keyboards, with Joan Jeanrenaud, Shelley Hirsch, Domenico Sciajno, Fred Frith, William Winant, 2002; "Return to Sender" on Lost Marbles CD; 1:17)
apogee studio recording (Musica Elettronica Viva and AMM, 2004, apogee CD; 3:38)
Concert with eRikm dedicated to Luc Ferrari; National Library Bern, November 2005 (60:00 on the web)
Conway Hall, London concert (Musica Elettronica Viva, 2004 apogee CD; 4:05)
Ferrara concert (Musica Elettronica Viva, 2002, MEV40 CD set; 1:00)
Kunstmuseum concert , Bern (Musica Elettronica Viva, 1990, MEV40 CD set; 1:00)
Maritime Rites (conch shell, shofar, ship's trimmings; with Cenk Ergün on the Artship in Oakland, 2002; 3:10)
Mass Pike (Musica Elettronica Viva, 2007, MEV40 CD set; 2:15)
Mousetrapbaseballbat (with Cenk Ergün, 2007; The Art of the Fluke CD; 0:31)
New Music America Festival concert (Musica Elettronica Viva, 1989, MEV40 CD set; 1:00)
Shofar III (with William Winant at the San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum, 2009; video, 2:19)
Spacecraft (Musica Elettronica Viva, 1967; Spacecraft/Unified Patchwork Theory CD; 5:00)
Stedelijk Museum concert, Amsterdam (Musica Elettronica Viva, 1982, MEV40 CD set; 1:00) excerpt 1 excerpt 2
Stop the War (Musica Elettronica Viva, 1972, MEV40 CD set; 1:00)
That's a Plenty (with the Brunotes, 1958; 2:42)

The Sound Pool (Musica Elettronica Viva and audience, 1969; The Sound Pool CD; 2:08)
Tufo Muto (tape, four percussion, rock group, two wind ensembles, 1990; 1:25)
Waterworks Linz (shiphorns, brass orchestra, tape, fireworks, with Pierre-Alain Hubert, 1987; 6:15)

Tape pieces, installations

A Beginner's Guide to Attracting Birds (tape, 1995; entire piece, 27:30, on the web)
A Day In The Country, excerpt 1 (natural sounds, 1968; 2:24) excerpt 2 (2:23)
Cartoline Romane (musique concrete, for radio, 1987; 2:35)
Effetto Puglia (film with original Curran soundtrack)
Erat Verbum Alpha (natural sounds and live electronics, for radio, 1988; Riverrun CD, 2:14)
Erat Verbum Charlie (natural sounds and live electronics, for radio, 1992; 4:08)
Erat Verbum Delta (natural sounds and live electronics, 1993; with The Hub, 1:48)
Erat Verbum John (natural sounds and live electronics, for radio, 2000; State of the Union CD, 1:37)
Gardening with John 1.1 (natural sounds, installation, 2006; 4:00)
Genetically Altered Radio (two interactive computers and radio, 2002; P-ART CD; 1:26)
I Dreamt John Cage Yodeling in the Zurich Hauptbahnhof (musique concrete, for radio, 2005; 4:53)
Magic Carpet (sound installation, 1970, 1:19)
Maritime Rites (sounds of the East Coast of the USA with AC soloist, for radio, 1984; Maritime Rites CD set; 2:18)
Maritime Rites: Coastline (...with Steve Lacy soloist; 1:59)
Maritime Rites Tate - Video coverage by Radio Suisse Romande;YouTube videos 4-minute clip 3-minute clip 45-second clip
On the Roads, excerpt 1 (natural sounds with electronics, for radio, 2007; 3:01) excerpt 2 (2:37) excerpt 3 (2:58)
Notes From Underground (collage of voices, installation, 1987; 1:49)
Ritratto ABO (voice of Achille Bonito Oliva and natural sounds, installation, 2004; 1:29)
Romulus And Remus Make A Ruckus (natural sounds, installation, 2003; Lost Marbles CD; 1:05)
Shin Far Shofar, excerpt 1 (natural sounds with electronics, installation, 2008; 2:12) excerpt 2 (2:24)

The Twentieth Century (Diskklavier, installation, 2004; 2:54)

Totodonaueschingen (live electronics, 1999, 5:00)
TransDada Express: Extraordinary Renderings, excerpt 1 (musique concrete, for radio, 2006, 1:46) excerpt 2 (1:49)
Un Altro Ferragosto, excerpt 1 (musique concrete, for radio, 2002; 3:26) excerpt 2 (2:03) excerpt 3 (1:06)
Vindobona Blues (sound portrait of the contemporary art/music scene in Vienna, for radio, 2005; 40:00 on the web)

Interviews

Interview by Charles Amirkhanian for KPFA's "Speaking of Music," 1989 (124 minutes, with emphasis on and excerpts from "Maritime Rites," "Waterworks," "Crystal Psalms," and "Electric Rags II")
Interview by Charles Amirkhanian for KPFA's "Ode to Gravity," 1972 (81 minutes, with emphasis on Musica Elettronica Viva, MEV2, and "Music for Every Occasion," featuring "Under the Fig Tree")
Podcast of Daan Vandewalle introducing the Inner Cities cycle, 2007. (You'll need iTunes to listen to the podcast.)
Panel discussion on Curran's music with Thaddeus Squire and Gene Coleman, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, February 4, 2007 (60 minutes, including 10' of concert)
Interview about and in Gardening With John installation by RAM radioartemobile, Berlin June 2006 (3 minutes):

Gardening With John; video by Antonio Trimani

Interview on Kunstradio (Vienna, 2005) about Vindobona Blues.
Interview by Phil England for The Wire , transmitted by Resonance FM 104.4 on June 10, 2004 (90 minutes).
"Waking Up to Alvin Curran" Wednesday, November 26, 2003. A Conversation with Frank J. Oteri at the American Music Center. Complete transcription of the one-hour interview, plus excerpts in audio and video.
Totodonaueschingen, 1999. Interview on Sudwestrundfunk (20 minutes)

Interview on RAI Sat Zoom about "Weft, Warp, and Purl"; Real Video, in Italian (18 minutes)

Interview on American Public Media (Chicago, 1982) about "Maritime Rites"; music from "1985 - A Piece for Peace" (16 minutes)