| A Press Conference of Seiji Ozawa |
36 min |
Classical Music
Orchestral Music |
| The press conference of Seiji Ozawa held at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco to introduce the new conductor of the SF Symphony. Ozawa becomes Music Director of the Orchestra in the Fall of 1970. Despite showing up for the... |
| A Preview of the 1974 Cabrillo Music Festival with Dennis Russell Davies |
30 min |
Classical Music
20th Century Classical |
| Charles Amirkhanian interviews composer, conductor, pianist, and festival director, Dennis Russell Davies about the 1974 Cabrillo Music Festival, which was scheduled to start a few days after this August 8th interview was recorded. Under... |
| A Review of Robert Ashley’s “That Morning Thing” |
6 min |
Opera
Music Theater |
| This review deals with a performance on Dec. 8, 1969, at Mills College, of Robert Ashley’s opera “That Morning Thing”. Charles Shere speaks out against the mainstream media’s reception of the opera as well as the rude reaction of... |
| A Walk in Paris with Bernard Heidsieck, Dec. 1973 |
39 min |
Sound Poetry
Field Recordings |
| Charles Amirkhanian walks with French sound poet, Bernard Heidsieck, through the streets of Paris where Heidsieck had recorded the sounds that were incorporated into his composition “Carrefour De La Chausse D'Antin.” Starting outside... |
| About Ear Magazine |
53 min |
New Music
20th Century Classical |
| Two related discussions of “Ear” magazine with host Charles Amirkhanian and Ear’s editor, Charles Shere , and publisher, Anne Kish. This program provides not only a behind the scenes look at “Ear” which had, at the time of this... |
| Alan Hovhaness Concert at St. John's Church in Berkeley |
129 min |
Orchestral Music
20th Century Classical |
| An Alan Hovhaness concert recorded February 25, 1978 at St. John's Church in Berkeley, California. This concert was presented by 1750 Arch Street. The program includes a number of his works performed publicly for the first time and... |
| Alan Rich on interviewing Pierre Boulez |
15 min |
20th Century Classical
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| Charles Amirkhanian interviews music critic, and former KPFA Music Department Director, Alan Rich, at his home in Los Angeles, California. In this interview, recorded on October 21, 2009, just six months before Rich’s peaceful passing... |
| Alan Sutcliffe of the Computer Arts Society |
27 min |
Modern Art
Poetry |
| Alan Sutcliffe, British computer artist and Director of the Computer Arts Society, the world’s largest federation of cybernetic artists, talks with Charles Amirkhanian about his work. Alan and other members of his Society have used... |
| An Interview with Conductor John Nelson (Feb. 9, 1980) |
24 min |
20th Century Classical
Orchestral Music |
| Recorded in February of 1980, Charles Amirkhanian interviews Indianapolis Symphony conductor, John Nelson. The discussion begins with Nelson relating how he got his conducting career off to a fortuitous start when he was suddenly required... |
| An Interview with Conlon Nancarrow, April 28, 1977 |
47 min |
New Music
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| In April of 1977 Charles Amirkhanian journeyed to Mexico City to talk with composer Conlon Nancarrow, who had settled there after a self-imposed exile from the United States, following the harassment he experienced over his involvement... |
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