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Ode To Gravity:
Music by Henry Brant, Nicolay Medtner, & Bonifazio Asioli |
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| Item Type: Sound Recording |
Duration: 59 min |
| Event Type: Music |
Program Origin: KPFA |
Charles Amirkhanian introduces works by Henry Brant, Nicolay Medtner, & Bonifazio Asioli. The first work, “Millennium IV” by Henry Brant, is a piece of spatial music for brass quintet. Next are two piano sonatas performed by Vladimir Pleshakov. The first is the “Sonata-Ballada” by Russian composer Nicolay Medtner, followed by the “Sonata in C Major” by Bonifazio Asioli. Henry Brant is considered to be one of the principal pioneers of 20th Century spatial music, writing work in which the planned positioning of the performers throughout the hall, as well as on stage, is an essential factor in the composing scheme. Nicolay Medtner was both a composer and pianist, and all of his many compositions include a part for the piano. Born in 1769, Bonifazio Asioli was an Italian composer, as well as a musical theorist and playwright. |
| Musical Selections: |
Millennium IV (1963) (9:14) / Henry Brant -- Sonata-Ballada in F Sharp, Op. 27 (1912-14) (24:42) / Nicolay Medtner -- Sonata in C Major, Op. 8, No. 2 (1803) (15:26) / Bonifazio Asioli |
| Performers: |
American Brass Quintet (Millennium)
Vladimir Pleshakov, piano (Sonatas) |
| Genres: |
20th Century Classical; Classical Music |
| Subject: |
Brant, Henry, 1913- ; Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich, 1880-1951; Asioli, Bonifazio, 1769-1832; 20th century classical; 19th century classical; Quintets (Trumpets (2), Horn, Tuba, Euphonium); Spatial music; Sonatas (Piano) |
| People: |
Amirkhanian, Charles; Brant, Henry, 1913- ; Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich, 1880-1951; Asioli, Bonifazio, 1769-1832; Pleshakov, Vladimir |
| Recording Date: |
7/8/1970 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
7/8/1970 |
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