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11. radiOM.org - Other Minds Festival OM 8, Concert 2: 05 “Blends” by Richard Teitelbaum [6.216% Popularity: 0.00000]

Other Minds Festival: OM 8, Concert 2: 05 “Blends” by Richard Teitelbaum Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 26 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: Other Minds Additional Media Files (click to view) I composed “Blends” while studying with the great shakuhachi master Katsuya Yokoyama in Tokyo in 1976-77, and many aspects of the piece came out of those studies. The form of the piece follows a kind of global circumnavigation, starting out in a fairly traditional Japanese manner (actually making use of a piece I had written in 1974, derived from the traditional Kinko Honkoku classic “Hi Fu Mi Hachi Gaeshi”). This part of the score is written in traditional "Kinko" shakuhachi notation, starting on the middle right part of the score and reading downwards from right to left. The synthesizer briefly makes reference to the even older (originally Chinese) Gagaku (court) music. The music then "moves eastwards" across the Pacific and explores the beats, aural harmonics and difference tones characteristic of the...

12. radiOM.org - The Music of Lou Harrison (August 1968) [6.214% Popularity: 0.00000]

The Music of Lou Harrison (August 1968) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 218 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) Recorded in August of 1968 this is a wonderful four part program in which American composer Lou Harrison presents a selection of his varied works, in roughly chronological order. The program begins with Harrison providing a brief biographical sketch of his life in which he describes being born in Oregon and how he then moved with his family to Northern California, and his subsequent self-identification as a San Francisco Bay Area composer. The rest of the first half of the program is then dedicated to presenting many of his earlier, Mission Period compositions, (a term meant to reflect his adopted home in California), including some of his groundbreaking percussion ensemble pieces such as his “Suite for Percussion” and “Labyrinth No. 3.” In the third hour of this program the emphasis switches to his longer works written for larg...

13. radiOM.org - A Concert by the Wesleyan Gamelan Chamber Ensemble [5.119% Popularity: 0.00000]

A Concert by the Wesleyan Gamelan Chamber Ensemble Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 74 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA A splendid concert of traditional Javanese gamelan music performed by the Wesleyan Gamelan Chamber Ensemble in what was its first New York appearance. Recorded at the Asia House in New York City, January 17, 1971. The ensemble is composed of native Javanese teachers and their students at Wesleyan University. The instruments used include a gender, kendang, rebab, gambang, & slentem. Musical Selections: [selection of Javanese gamelan music] Performers: Wesleyan Gamelan Chamber Ensemble Genre: World Music Subject: World music ; Ethnic music ; Gamelan music ; Music -- Java ; Music -- Indonesia Recording Date: 1/17/1971 First Broadcast Date: 7/14/1971 Listen...

14. radiOM.org - Terry Riley on Pandit Pran Nath [5.114% Popularity: 0.00000]

Terry Riley on Pandit Pran Nath Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 41 min Event Type: Interview Program Origin: KPFA Charles Amirkhanian and Harvey Wallerstein talk with composers Terry Riley and Jordan Stenberg about their studies with Pandit Pran Nath, a master of Indian vocal music. They describe Pran Nath’s spiritual approach to music, and his philosophy that true music is found in between the notes. Riley also describes his time spent in India studying with Pandit Pran Nath, and his impressions of Indian culture, including contemporary Indian films and music. Genre: World Music Subject: Pran Nath, 1918- ; Riley, Terry, 1935- ; Young, La Monte ; Music -- India ; Vocal music ; World music ; Ethnic music People: Amirkhanian, Charles ; Riley, Terry, 1935- ; Wallerstein, Harvey ; Stenberg, Jordan, 1947- Recording Date: 10/22/1971 Listen...

15. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity An Interview with Robbie Bāsho [5.113% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: An Interview with Robbie Bāsho Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 87 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA From a program recorded in 1974, Charles Amirkhanian interviews Berkeley California guitarist and composer, Robbie Bāsho. Bāsho, who died at the age of 45 in 1986, was one of the most innovative acoustic steel string guitarist of the late 20th Century. In this program Robbie introduces music from his 1974 album "Zarthus" and talks about the influence of world music in his work, as well as his interest in Native American music in particular. Musical Selections: Zarthus [excerpt] -- Khoda E Gul Abe [excerpt] -- Mehera -- Khalil Gibran -- Bride Divine -- Rhapsody In Druz -- Tassajara (Zen Shinji) -- California Raga -- Leaf in the Wind Performers: Robbie Bāsho, guitar, piano, voice (all selections) Susan Graubard, flute (Tassajara) Genres: Folk Music ; World Music Subject: Bāsho, Robbie ; Fairuz ; Fayrūz ; Fairouz ; Hovhaness, Alan, 1911-2000 ; Calafia ; Gibr...

16. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity An Interview with Martin Koenig [5.113% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: An Interview with Martin Koenig Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 42 min Event Type: Interview Program Origin: KPFA Charles Amirkhanian interviews Martin Koenig, a collector and publisher of Balkan folk music, about his work as an ethnomusicologist specializing in Eastern European folk music and dances. Koenig also introduces a number of recordings from his collection. Musical Selections: [a Nestinarsko Horo (Bulgarian fire dance)] -- [a Lazaritza (Bulgarian felicity & fertility song)] -- [a Strigaturi (ribald folk dance from Transylvania with calls)] -- [Romanian folk music with Jew's harp] -- [Moldavian folk dance] Genre: World Music Subject: Koenig, Martin ; Balkan Arts Center ; World music ; Ethnic music ; Folk music, Bulgarian ; Folk music, Romanian ; Folk dance music -- Balkan Peninsula People: Amirkhanian, Charles ; Koenig, Martin Recording Date: 3/11/1970 First Broadcast Date: 3/11/1970 Listen...

17. radiOM.org - The Flowing Stream Ensemble at Hertz Hall, 1977 [5.112% Popularity: 0.00000]

The Flowing Stream Ensemble at Hertz Hall, 1977 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 44 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA A live broadcast of a concert of traditional Chinese music performed by the Flowing Stream Ensemble, given at Hertz Hall on the campus of the University of California in Berkeley on March 9, 1977. Ensemble director and performer, Betty Wong, introduces the pieces and provides some background information about the music and the instruments used to perform it. Musical Selections: [numerous examples of traditional Chinese music] Performers: Flowing Stream Ensemble: Betty Wong Mark Izu Rae Imamura Leo Lew and others Genre: World Music Subject: World music ; Ethnic music ; Music -- China ; Folk music -- China People: Wong, Betty ; Lew, Leo ; Izu, Mark ; Imamura, Rae Recording Date: 3/9/1977 First Broadcast Date: 3/9/1977 Listen...

18. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity A visit with Maro Ajemian (August, 26, 1970) [5.104% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: A visit with Maro Ajemian (August, 26, 1970) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 60 min Event Type: Music and Interview Program Origin: KPFA Internationally renowned pianist Maro Ajemian, her husband Lionel Galstaun, and KPFA's Richard Friedman and Charles Amirkhanian discuss the music of Komitas (1869-1935), an Armenian composer, performer, and musicologist, whose compositions are based on folk tunes of Armenia and set in the modes, rhythms, and harmonies of Eastern rather than Western (e.g. Khachaturian) composition. Examples of piano works and choral works are heard from a privately issued two-record album. Genres: World Music ; 20th Century Classical Subject: Komitas, Vardapet, 1869-1935 ; Ajemian, Maro ; Folk music, Armenian ; Piano music ; Choral music ; World music ; Ethnic music ; 20th century classical People: Ajemian, Maro ; Galstaun, Lionel ; Amirkhanian, Charles ; Friedman, Richard Recording Date: 8/26/1970 First Broadcast Date: 8/26/1970 Listen...

19. radiOM.org - Meteor Farm by Henry Brant [5.103% Popularity: 0.00000]

Meteor Farm by Henry Brant Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 67 min Event Type: Music A recording of Henry Brant’s “Meteor Farm”, a piece scored for two sopranos, three South Indian performers, two choruses, West African chorus, jazz band, gamelan, and two percussion ensembles. This is an incredible mix of musical styles all compressed into one hour of continuous sound. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Meteor Farm (1982) [Part 1] / Henry Brant Genre: 20th Century Classical Subject: Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble ; Gamelan music ; Jazz ; World music ; Ethnic music People: Brant, Henry, 1913- First Broadcast Date: 4/12/1982 Part 2 of 2: Musical Selections: Meteor Farm (1982) [Part 2] / Henry Brant Genre: 20th Century Classical Subject: Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble ; Gamelan music ; Jazz ; World music ; Ethnic music People: Brant, Henry, 1913- First Broadcast Date: 4/12/1982 Listen...

20. radiOM.org - A Stereophonic Journey Through India [5.101% Popularity: 0.00000]

A Stereophonic Journey Through India Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 89 min Event Type: Other Finds Program Origin: KPFA Jean-Louis Derche traveled to India in the summer of 1971 and faithfully recorded temple music in several out-of-the-way locations. Even more remarkable are his unusual recordings made in the streets of Benares, Chidambaran, Madurai, Tanjour, and Trivandrum. Listen to the sounds of rickshaws; a walk down a narrow street; craftsmen hammering metal; and the timeless flow of the Ganges River. Derche’s companion, photographer Monique Sidi, provided illustrations of the journey, for use in the September 1972 KPFA Folio. Mr. Derche, a computer scientist in Berkeley at the time of this KPFA recording in 1972, has since disappeared from sight. This was his first and only known radio project. Part 1 of 2: Genres: Soundscapes ; World Music Subject: Ambient sounds ; Soundscapes (Music) ; Music -- India ; Ethnic music ; World music People: Amirkhanian, Charles ; Derche, Jean-Louis ; Sidi, M...