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51. 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...

52. 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...

53. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity School of Holography, Antheil's Flute Sonata, & Assorted Readings over music [2.839% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: School of Holography, Antheil's Flute Sonata, & Assorted Readings over music Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 60 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Charles Amirkhanian speaks with Lloyd Cross and Jerry Pethick, the cofounders of the School of Holography in San Francisco, about the art of holography. Also presented is the first broadcast performance of George Antheil's 1951 “Sonata, for flute and piano”. The last half of the show consists of Amirkhanian reading a communication from David Graham entitled "Logic, or If it works it's obsolete"; poems by Clark Coolidge and James Schuyler; and other works from the magazine “Gum, Issue 6”; as well as a piece on modern art by Allan Kaprow, all while music softly plays in the background. Musical Selections: Sonata, for flute and piano (1951) (12:16) / George Antheil -- [unidentified women's chorus] Performers: Jane Lenoir, flute (Sonata) Madeline Bruiser, piano (Sonata) Genres: Modern Art ; Poetry Subject: Art and holog...

54. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity Soundscapes, Symphonies, & Sonatas [1.171% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: Soundscapes, Symphonies, & Sonatas Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 62 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA In this program, Charles Amirkhanian plays an an eclectic mix of field recordings from Africa and the San Francisco Bay Area, interspersed with the first movement from a piano sonata by Mendelssohn, an early work by Roy Harris entitled “Symphony for Voices on Poems of Walt Whitman”, as well as a Sonatina for cello and piano by Bernard Wagenaar, and sound poetry by Diter Rot and Emmett Williams The Westminster Choir performs the Harris work which is conducted by John Finley Williamson, while Bernard Wagenaar’s “Sonatina for Cello and Piano”, is performed by cellist Naoum Benditzky and the composer on piano. Musical Selections: [excerpt of pre-circumcision dance music of the Diola of Senegal] -- [excerpt of children’s hunting call & drums announcing death of tribe member of the Topoke people of the Congo] -- Procession Music [from “Ceremony of Us”] / Charles Amirkhanian --...

55. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity The Early Music of Roger Sessions [3.999% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: The Early Music of Roger Sessions Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 59 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Charles Amirkhanian presents three works from the early period of the American composer, Roger Sessions. Born in 1896, Sessions studied music at Harvard and Yale, where his teachers included Ernest Bloch. After traveling for a number of years in Europe, where he also started writing his first major works, Sessions returned to the United States to teach at Princeton and U. C. Berkeley, where he influenced a whole generation of composers including Milton Babbitt, Earl Kim, John Adams, Andrew Imbrie, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and many more. The compositions heard during this program include two works for solo piano, “From My Diary” and “Sonata No. 1”. The program concludes with Session’s “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra” performed by Paul Zukofsky with Gunther Schuller conducting the ORTF Orchestra. Musical Selections: From my Diary (1937"40) (9:00) -- Sonata No. 1 for Piano (...

56. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity The Melodious Keypunch: Keyboard works of Dello Joio, Barber, Stravinsky, & Shapero [3.607% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: The Melodious Keypunch: Keyboard works of Dello Joio, Barber, Stravinsky, & Shapero Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 58 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Host Charles Amirkhanian plays selected keyboard works of Norman Dello Joio, Samuel Barber, Igor Stravinsky, and Harold Shapero. Discussions about each piece follows as well as a story told by Stravinsky of the time when he stayed in Oakland, CA as a guest of the Darius Milhaud. Musical Selections: Sonata No. 3, for piano (1947) / Norman Dello Joio -- Four Excursions, Op. 20 (1944) / Samuel Barber -- Sonata, for two pianos (1945) / Igor Stravinsky -- Sonata, for piano four hands (1941) / Harold Shapero Performers: Frank Glazer, piano (Sonata No. 3) André Previn, piano (Four Excursions) Arthur Gold, piano (Sonata for 2 pianos) Robert Fizdale, piano (Sonata for 2 pianos) Harold Shapero, piano (Sonata for piano 4 hands) Leo Smit, piano (Sonata for piano 4 hands) Genre: 20th Century Classical Subject: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-19...

57. 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...

58. 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...

59. 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...

60. radiOM.org - Other Minds Festival OM 8, Concert 2: 01 “Sonata for Harpsichord” by Lou Harrison [0.141% Popularity: 0.00000]

Other Minds Festival: OM 8, Concert 2: 01 “Sonata for Harpsichord” by Lou Harrison Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 10 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: Other Minds Additional Media Files (click to view) Lou Harrison's output of solo keyboard music spans his entire career, with some works he now prefers on harpsichord originally designated ‘for keyboard,' ‘for cembalo,' ‘for piano or harpsichord,' ‘for piano,' or even ‘for tack piano' (used also in mid-century as a harpsichord substitute). The opportunity to perform these works on various early keyboard instruments gives rise to creative solutions, for example, in tempo and idiomatic ornamentation. Beyond this, the attack and decay characteristics of each instrument subtly suggest which historic or occasional temperament will best support the structure and affect of each piece. “Sonata for Harpsichord” was composed by Harrison for Linda Burman-Hall to play on the eve of 2000. It offers three contrasting moods based on modal scales: a bustling, ...