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41. radiOM.org - The Chamber Music of Richard Maxfield [3.998% Popularity: 0.00000]

The Chamber Music of Richard Maxfield Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 24 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA A selection of early, mostly chamber music 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 in this program is the finale of his “Piano Sonata No. 2” which was dedicated to Roger Sessions. Also included are an excerpt of his 1951 “Symphony” for string orchestra, a string quartet, and “Composition” for violin and piano, as well as “Structures” which is scored for ten wind instruments. Maxfield, who studied at U. C. Berkeley, performed concerts widely, and taught at the New School in New York City and then at the San Francisco State University in the late 1960s, tragically committed suicide in 1969 by throwing himself out a Los Angeles hotel window. Mu...

42. radiOM.org - ChamberBridge Messiaen Illuminated - Concert III (Nov. 15, 2008, 8 PM) [1.982% Popularity: 0.00000]

ChamberBridge: Messiaen Illuminated - Concert III (Nov. 15, 2008, 8 PM) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 66 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: ChamberBridge This is the third of three concerts given on November 15, 2008 performed by chamber duo ChamberBridge (Lara Bruckmann, soprano and Eva-Maria Zimmermann, piano), and also featuring the Del Sol String Quartet, Mary Chun, and members of the SFSoundGroup. The performances highlight the works of Olivier Messiaen, along with works by his teachers and influences, such as Paul Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel and Claude Debussy, through to the 2nd and 3rd generations of his students, including Gérard Grisey, Tristan Murail, Ed Campion, Ron Bruce Smith and George Benjamin. Of special note are rare performances of song cycles by Messiaen’s first wife Claire Delbos (both composed on texts by Messiaen’s mother, the accomplished poet Cecile Sauvage), and the premieres of two newly commissioned works by young Bay Area composers Gabriela Lena Frank and Mei-Fang Lin...

43. radiOM.org - San Francisco Chamber Music Society A Concert of Violin and Piano Music, March 19, 1973 [3.659% Popularity: 0.00000]

San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert of Violin and Piano Music, March 19, 1973 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 55 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA From the Fireman’s Fund Theater in San Francisco on March 19, 1973, a San Francisco Chamber Music Society concert featuring violin and piano music performed by Daniel and Machiko Kobialka. Larry Jackson hosts this broadcast which includes works by Domenico Gallo, Fred Fox, and Johannes Brahms. The first work a “Sonata in E Major” was formally attributed to Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, but is now thought to have been composed by Gallo. Note: This is only the first half of the concert and two pieces which are mentioned at the start of the event are not included in this program. Musical Selections: Sonata No. 12 in E Major, for violin and piano (5:18) / Domenico Gallo [formally attributed to Giovanni Battista Pergolesi] -- Variables I, for violin and piano (1972) (13:32) / Fred Fox -- Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78, for violin and pian...

44. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity The Music of David Bates [4.490% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: The Music of David Bates Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 87 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Charles Amirkhanian introduces music by the late Fresno composer David Bates. A victim of cancer at the age of 38, Bates was for three years the guiding force behind the new electronic music studio at Fresno State University, and a most promising young composer who had just been awarded the prize of the American Academy of Rome. Critic Alan Skei of the Fresno Bee talks about Gates’ pieces heard on this program, including “Sueña for viola and piano”, “Till Then for piano and electronic tape”, an electronic piece “SST”, and the “Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra”. Our thanks to Mrs. Susan Bates, the composer’s widow, who also discusses Bates’ music and his influences, as well as performing as violist in “Sueña”, for her cooperation in this program. Produced in conjunction with KFCF Radio in Fresno, California (from KPFA Folio) Musical Selections: Sueña (1973) -- SST -- T...

45. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity Ode to Ben Amirkhanian: In honor of his 74th birthday, July 17, 1989 [2.830% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: Ode to Ben Amirkhanian: In honor of his 74th birthday, July 17, 1989 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 58 min Event Type: Other Finds Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) Charles Amirkhanian with a special surprise program in honor of famous Armenian-American Army Majors born on July 17, 1915, (a.k.a. his father Benjamin). Benjamin Amirkhanian is an Armenian American who served during World War II, although he apparently had just enough time to marry and help conceive a child. Heard on this program are some of Benjamin’s favorite pieces of music, including “At the River” by Aaron Copland with lyrics by Robert Lowry, as well as other gems of American music by Charles Ives, Stephen Foster, and Duke Ellington. Fortunately for us this is the type of birthday celebration that anyone can enjoy. Musical Selections: Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano [excerpt] (ca. 1914-16) / Charles Ives -- Washington’s Birthday [excerpt from “The Holiday Symphony”] (1909-1913) / Charl...

46. radiOM.org - New Music from Cal Arts James Tenney: Composer and Performer [0.975% Popularity: 0.00000]

New Music from Cal Arts: James Tenney: Composer and Performer Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 89 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Ingram Marshall introduces performances and compositions by James Tenney, American composer, pianist and conductor. Tenney, who died in 2006, was the cofounder and director of the New York City based, Tone Roads Ensemble, and was an important member of the avant-garde scene in the 1960s and 70s. Between 1961 and 1964 he was the resident composer at Bell Labs where he became one of the first to experiment with digital synthesis and computer music. Later in his career he focused on composing for acoustic instruments and taught musical composition at CalArts where he influenced a new generation of composers. According to music critic Kyle Gann, when John Cage was asked in 1989 whom he would wish to study with if he were a young man today his answer was “James Tenney”. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Sonata No. 2 for Piano “Concord Sonata” (1916-19, rev. 1920s-40...

47. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity Avant-Garde Music in the Netherlands [0.831% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: Avant-Garde Music in the Netherlands Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 114 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA A fascinating visit with pianist Ton Hartsuiker and composer David Porcelijn, two prominent avant-garde figures in Holland and producers of that country’s nationwide weekly radio program, Musica Nova. Recorded January 15, 1974, in Hartsuiker’s home in The Hague, here is a lighthearted glimpse into the bowels of the obscure and little publicized aspects of experimental music in the Netherlands. Some of the most fascinating examples of Dutch composing are heard as well as Hartsuiker’s fishbowl and his Bechstein piano. (from KPFA Folio) Musical Selections: Plastic-Elastic (1970) (1:04) / Herman Damen -- Cocon [a.k.a. “Voices”] (1970) (8:56) / Herman Damen -- Monologue Machine (ca.1970) (5:47) / Herman Damen -- Hommage a Orff (1968) (6:00) / Herman Damen -- Sonatas and Interludes [excerpts] (1946-48) / John Cage -- Amoeba for X flutes (1968) / David Porcelij...

48. 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...

49. radiOM.org - Other Minds Festival OM 10, Concert 1: 01 Works by Tigran Mansurian [3.604% Popularity: 0.00000]

Other Minds Festival: OM 10, Concert 1: 01 Works by Tigran Mansurian Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 34 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: Other Minds Additional Media Files (click to view) Tigran Mansurian was born in Beirut in 1939. In 1947 his family moved to Armenia, finally settling in the capital Yerevan in 1956. Mansurian studied at the Yerevan Music Academy and completed his Ph. D. at the Komitas State Conservatory where he later taught contemporary music analysis. In a short time he became one of Armenia's leading composers, establishing strong creative relationships with international performers and composers such as Valentin Silvestrov, Arvo Pärt, Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, André Volkonsky and Edison Denisov as well as Kim Kashkashian, Jan Garbarek, and the Hilliard Ensemble. Mansurian was the director of the Komitas Conservatory in the 1990s. He has since retired as an administrator and teacher, and concentrates exclusively on composition. Mansurian's musical style is char...

50. radiOM.org - Other Minds Festival OM 4, Concert 3: 04 “Chorale Times Two” by Paul Dresher [1.794% Popularity: 0.00000]

Other Minds Festival: OM 4, Concert 3: 04 “Chorale Times Two” by Paul Dresher Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 11 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: Other Minds Paul Dresher is an internationally active composer noted for his ability to integrate diverse musical influences into his own coherent and unique personal style. He pursues many forms of musical expression, including experimental opera and music theater, chamber and orchestral composition, live instrumental electro-acoustic chamber music performances, and scores for theater, dance, and film. His performances utilize progressive contemporary music technology and the theatrical works use the resources of experimental theater to examine diverse issues in contemporary American culture. While experimenting with a Yamaha SY-99 synthesizer Dresher created a synthesizer timbre that intrigued him sonically and from which kept emerging a simple expanding chord progression. This suggested the kind of core harmonic progressions embodied in Bach chor...