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Information Transmission, Modulation and Noise:
Steve Reich and Jon Gibson |
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| Item Type: Sound Recording |
Duration: 111 min |
| Event Type: Interview and Music |
Program Origin: KPFA |
Steve Reich and Jon Gibson stopped by the KPFA studio after a rehearsal for a performance scheduled for the next day at the U. C. Berkeley’s Art Museum. The discussion centers around Reich’s very unusual music and you will hear an East Coast performance of his “Four Organs” as well as an exciting recording of Ghanian drumming which Reich recorded when in that country. They also introduce the music of Philip Glass, playing a tape of his “Music in Similar Motion”. The program ends with a discussion about the influence of world music and environmental soundscapes on contemporary composers. |
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| Musical Selections: |
Violin Phase [excerpt] (1967) / Steve Reich -- Four Organs (1970) / Steve Reich -- Gahu / Ghana Dance Ensemble |
| Performers: |
Jon Gibson, maracas (Four Organs)
Ghana Dance Ensemble (Gahu)
Steve Reich, rattle (Gahu) |
| Genres: |
Minimalism; New Music |
| Subject: |
New music; Minimal music; Violin music; Quintets (Organs (4), maracas); Organ music; Percussion ensembles; World music; Music -- Ghana |
| People: |
Friedman, Richard; Reich, Steve, 1936-; Gibson, Jon |
| Recording Date: |
11/9/1970 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
11/9/1970 |
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| Musical Selections: |
Phase Patterns (1970) / Steve Reich -- Music in Similar Motion, for instrumental ensemble (1969) / Philip Glass |
| Performers: |
Steve Chambers, elec. organ (Phase ; Motion)
Art Murphy, elec. organ (Phase ; Motion)
Steve Reich, elec. organ ; elec. harpsichord (Phase ; Motion)
Jon Gibson, elec. organ ; saxophone (Phase ; Motion)
Philip Glass, elec. organ (Motion)
Richard Landry, saxophone (Motion)
Beverly Lauridsen, cello (Motion) |
| Genres: |
Minimalism; New Music |
| Subject: |
New music; Minimal music; Organ music; Electronic organ ensembles; Instrumental ensembles; World music; Soundscapes (Music) |
| People: |
Friedman, Richard; Reich, Steve, 1936-; Gibson, Jon; Glass, Philip; Chambers, Steve; Murphy, Art; Landry, Richard; Lauridsen, Beverly |
| Recording Date: |
11/9/1970 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
11/9/1970 |
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