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21. radiOM.org - Speaking of Music Leo Ornstein [4.005% Popularity: 0.00000]

Speaking of Music: Leo Ornstein Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 98 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: C Amirkhanian Additional Media Files (click to view) Recorded on October 20, 1988 as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series, Charles Amirkhanian interviews Leo Ornstein over the phone, while Martha Anne Verbit and Marvin Tartak play a number of his compositions for the piano. Charles is also joined by Ornstein's son Severo as well as Andrew Imbrie. Also heard are a couple of video clips including an interview between Ornstein and Vivian Perlis. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: A la Chinoise, Op.39, (ca. 1918) / Leo Ornstein -- Sonata No. 4 (ca. 1924) / Leo Ornstein Performers: Martha Anne Verbit, piano Genres: 20th Century Classical ; New Music Subject: Ornstein, Leo, 1892-2002 ; 20th century classical ; New music ; Piano music ; Sonatas (Piano) ; Composition (Music) People: Amirkhanian, Charles ; Ornstein, Leo, 1892-2002 ; Verbit, Martha Anne ; Imbrie,...

22. radiOM.org - Interview with Martha Anne Verbit [4.003% Popularity: 0.00000]

Interview with Martha Anne Verbit Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 34 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Boston pianist Martha Anne Verbit, a native of Georgia, visits with Charles Amirkhanian, who plays a number of Verbit's recordings as well as excerpts from a recent performance Verbit gave at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. They also discuss the matter of interpreting George Gershwin, George Antheil, and other composers. Verbit feels that pianists are often better interpreters of pieces than the composers themselves are. Musical Selections: Twelve Sonatinas for Piano, Nos. 1, 3, 8, & 9 (1978-80) / John Diercks -- I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise (1922) / George Gershwin -- Oh, Lady Be Good / George Gershwin -- An Old Soft Shoe / Joseph Fennimore -- La Diva de l'Empire (1904) / Erik Satie Performers: Martha Anne Verbit, piano Genre: 20th Century Classical Subject: Verbit, Martha Anne ; 20th century classical ; Sonatas (Piano) ; Piano music People: Amirkhanian, Charles ; ...

23. radiOM.org - A Concert of Music by Ernst Krenek: In honor of his 80th birthday [4.000% Popularity: 0.00000]

A Concert of Music by Ernst Krenek: In honor of his 80th birthday Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 95 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) A concert given in celebration of Ernst Krenek’s 80th birthday, on April 18, 1980 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and sponsored by the Goethe Institute. Charles Boone, who studied with Krenek, introduces the composer, who then introduces the program which includes a number of his early compositions, including a number of songs and a string quartet. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Three Lieder Op. 56 [text by Goethe] (1927) -- Piano Sonata No. 2 (1928) -- Gesänge des späten Jahres Op. 71 (1931) Performers: Michael Ingham, baritone (Lieder; Gesänge) Carolyn Horn, piano (all selections) Genres: 20th Century Classical ; Art Songs Subject: Krenek, Ernst, 1900-1991 ; 20th century classical ; Art songs ; Songs (Medium voice) with piano ; Sonatas (Piano) People: Boone, Charles ; Krenek, Ernst, 1900-1991 ; Goethe, ...

24. radiOM.org - Benjamin Lees at KPFA [3.998% Popularity: 0.00000]

Benjamin Lees at KPFA Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 66 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA From 1971, Charles Amirkhanian interviews Benjamin Lees a New York based composer whose “Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra” has been recorded for RCA, and whose larger works have found their places in the repertories of major orchestras the country over. Lees discusses his childhood in San Francisco, and the fact that as of this recording, none of his works had been performed in the Bay Area. Included in the program are the first movement of his “Piano Sonata No. 4” performed by Gary Graffman, and his “Symphony No. 3” performed by Sixten Ehrling and the Detroit Symphony. Mr. Lees, one of American maverick composer George Antheil’s star students, died in May of 2010 at the age of 86. (from KPFA Folio) Musical Selections: Piano Sonata No. 4 [1st movement] (1963) -- Symphony No. 3 (1969) Performers: Gary Graffman, piano (Sonata No. 4) Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Symphony No. 3) Si...

25. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity Music by Henry Brant, Nicolay Medtner, & Bonifazio Asioli [3.997% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: Music by Henry Brant, Nicolay Medtner, & Bonifazio Asioli Listen 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: Millen...

26. radiOM.org - The First Festival of Contemporary Music in Tokyo, 1960 [3.996% Popularity: 0.00000]

The First Festival of Contemporary Music in Tokyo, 1960 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 24 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA This is a program of music, that was initially presented at the First Festival of Contemporary Music in Tokyo, in September of 1960. The program begins with a “Piano Sonata”, composed by Akira Miyoshi in 1958. Miyoshi was born in 1933 and is the author of numerous orchestral, chamber, and choral works, as well as the musical radio drama “Ondine”. The pianist in this performance is Yūko Yamaoka. The other work in this program is “Cantata No. 1: Based On Some Views Of Atomic Bombing”, a setting of a text of Tamiki Hara by Hikaru Hayashi. Hara was a poet and survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima and this haunting work is clearly evocative of the horror of that tragic incident. The piece was commissioned by the Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, who are heard in this performance, under the direction of Nobuaki Tanaka. Musical Selections: Piano Sonata (1958) (17:45) / Akira Miyos...

27. radiOM.org - Three Works by Robert Ashley [3.995% Popularity: 0.00000]

Three Works by Robert Ashley Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 30 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Two electronic music works and one rather avant-garde piano sonata by Robert Ashley. The first piece of electronic music “Heat” was conceived as a sort of soundtrack for one of Milton Cohen’s light sculpture/theater works entitled “Manifestations: Light and Sound.” This is followed by a somewhat sparse piano sonata which has as it’s subtitle, “Christopher Columbus crosses to the New World in the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria using only dead reckoning and a crude astrolabe.” One can easily envisage the 15th century explorer wandering aimlessly around the Atlantic Ocean, searching for India, as the piano plays in the background. The program concludes with another typical early electronic composition. Robert Ashley was born in 1930 and in addition to being a frequent collaborator in Cohen’s intermedia “Space Theater” during the late 1950s and early 1960s he was also one of the founders of ...

28. radiOM.org - Three Works by Richard Maxfield [3.992% Popularity: 0.00000]

Three Works by Richard Maxfield Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 19 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA A recording of three, mostly early, works by the American composer, Richard Maxfield. Although perhaps known best for his pioneering work in the realm of electronic music, Maxfield was first an award winning composer of 20th century classical music, who studied with Roger Sessions and Milton Babbitt. The first work heard is his “Piano Sonata No. 2” which was dedicated to Roger Sessions. This 1949 performance by Marie L. St. Gaudens, was recorded in Berkeley California. The second work heard is “Structures” which is scored for ten wind instruments. The recording is taken from a November 1951 performance by the Chaldmeau Wind Ensemble of London at the Royal British Art Gallery, and is conducted by the composer. The last work in this program is an electronic tape work, more representative of the type of avant-garde music for which Maxfield became famous. It is dedicated to the fabulous Sonny ...

29. radiOM.org - Performer's Choice Program No. 5, Jan. 4, 1964 [3.989% Popularity: 0.00000]

Performer's Choice: Program No. 5, Jan. 4, 1964 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 87 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA The fifth in KPFA’s Performer's Choice concert series, recorded in San Francisco, on January 4, 1964. The concert features works, several of which are first performances, by a selection of California based composers such as Peter Ford, John Chowning, Gordon Mumma, and Phil Winsor. Also included are more familiar works such as “Three Page Sonata,” for piano by the pioneering American composer Charles Ives, and the only work by a non-American composer, “Impromptu” by the Swede Folke Rabe. From 1963 to 1964 KPFA presented five such concerts featuring contemporary classical compositions, many by San Francisco based composers, including Lou Harrison, Pauline Oliveros, and Gordon Mumma, as well as works by more internationally known composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen. The Performer’s Choice concert series served as the springboard for the careers of a number of the young Cal...

30. radiOM.org - Other Minds Presents Alan Hovhaness Centennial Celebration (Mar. 13, 2011) [3.976% Popularity: 0.00000]

Other Minds Presents: Alan Hovhaness Centennial Celebration (Mar. 13, 2011) View Item Type: Video Duration: 117 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: Other Minds Additional Media Files (click to view) Other Minds celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), a prolific but under-appreciated composer and pioneer of "multi-cultural" music, on March 13, 2011, at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, CA. Over the course of his career, Hovhaness studied his own Armenian ancestry, and also the musical cultures of India, Japan, and South Korea, traveling extensively to research the traditional music of those countries. Their influence is made clear in many of his 500+ works which include 67 symphonies, three ballets, and an enormous catalog of instrumental music including two for Indonesian gamelan orchestra. This concert featured a wide selection of piano music by Hovhaness, including two world premieres, as well as a rarely heard composition by the Armenian composer Vardapet K...