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81. radiOM.org - Morning Concert Charlotte Moorman & David Tudor [0.656% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: Charlotte Moorman & David Tudor Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 73 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Avant-garde cellist Charlotte Moorman and pianist David Tudor play a number of pieces by La Monte Young, Morton Feldman, Ornette Coleman, Earle Brown, Philip Corner, & John Cage. The Corner piece consists largely of detailed performance notes that are followed exactly, much to the amusement of the audience. While Moorman and Tudor might be best known for their collaborations with Nam June Paik and John Cage, respectively, they are both very talented musicians in their own right and their partnership during this program is suitably impressive. Musical Selections: Composition 1960 No. 13 (1960) / La Monte Young -- Projection I (1950) / Morton Feldman -- City Minds and Country Hearts / Ornette Coleman -- Music for Cello and Piano (1954-55) / Earle Brown -- Solo With / Philip Corner -- 34' 46.776'' for a Pianist (1954) / John Cage -- 26' 1.1499'' for a String Player (1953"5) /...

82. radiOM.org - Morning Concert Composer Roger Nixon [1.216% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: Composer Roger Nixon Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 128 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA In an interview recorded on January 18, 1979, Roger Nixon joins Charles Amirkhanian in the KPFA studio to introduce a selection of his music. Nixon was born in Tulare, California, in 1921, and studied composition at the University of California with Roger Sessions, Ernest Bloch, and Arthur Bliss. He later studied privately with Arnold Schoenberg, an experience that he has very fond memories of, many of which he relates during this interview. Starting in 1960, Mr. Nixon was on the music faculty of San Francisco State University, where his students included Kent Nagano. He later served as Professor Emeritus of Music at San Francisco State University until his death in October of 2009. Nixon is perhaps best known for his compositions for concert band, a number of which are heard here. Also played in this program is his full length concerto for viola. Part 1 of 2: Musical ...

83. radiOM.org - Morning Concert Criss x Cross by Jon Gibson [0.952% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: Criss x Cross by Jon Gibson Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 24 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Jon Gibson performs three movements from his five movement, 1979, composition, “Criss x Cross,” after which he discusses the piece with program host, Charles Amirkhanian. This somewhat aleatoric work apparently follows a score in which the notes are indicated without any rhythmic instructions, and much of the phrasing and duration of the notes is improvised. The work is influenced by Gibson’s interest in bagpipe music and the pibrochs of the Scottish Highlands, although one can also see parallels to the minimal music style made popular by Philip Glass, and others. Although it is uncertain, it seems likely that this particular performance features a solo soprano saxophone, or some sort of flute. Musical Selections: Criss x Cross [excerpts] (1979) (17:26) / Jon Gibson Performers: Jon Gibson, soprano saxophone ? Genres: 20th Century Classical ; New Music Subject: 20...

84. radiOM.org - Morning Concert Guitarissimo, Part One: Solo Guitar Music [3.225% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: Guitarissimo, Part One: Solo Guitar Music Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 127 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA From a program originally recorded on September 1, 1992, guitar virtuoso David Tanenbaum joins Charles Amirkhanian for a presentation of contemporary solo guitar music, much of which extends the language of the instrument. Tanenbaum briefly discusses his own career and current projects before dipping into his extensive private collection of guitar music. Works heard include Robert Sierra’s “Toccata y Lamento,” Tristan Murail’s “Tellur,” and a rare recordings of “Ko-tha: Three Dances of Shiva” by Giacinto Scelsi, all performed by a variety of young, up and coming guitarists. The program continues with the Serbian guitarist Dušan Bogdanović performing his own “Introduction & Passacaglia for the Golden Flower,” Seth Josel’s recording of the lengthy work “Arien IV” by Sidney Corbett, and R. Murray Schafer’s “Le Cri de Merlin” a work in six movements,...

85. radiOM.org - Morning Concert Guitarissimo, Part Two. Ensemble Music [0.468% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: Guitarissimo, Part Two. Ensemble Music Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 118 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA From a program recorded on September 9, 1992, guitar virtuoso and professor, David Tanenbaum joins Charles Amirkhanian for a second program of contemporary guitar music, this time focusing on new works for guitar and instrumental ensemble. Works heard include two by Dutch composer, Chiel Meijering, performed by the Amsterdam Guitar Trio with additional help from violist, Esther Apituley. Also included in this program is a composition for guitar, oboe d’amore, and orchestra by Tōru Takemitsu, “Time Grids” for guitar and pre-recorded tape by Shirish Korde, and a couple of pieces by Hans Werner Henze, including an excerpt from his “El Cimarrón” which is based on the true tale of a runaway slave. In the second half of the program John Schneider plays a on a guitar that has been ingeniously tuned in just intonation so as to be able to present Lou Harrison...

86. radiOM.org - Morning Concert Interview with John Rockwell [5.112% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: Interview with John Rockwell Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 88 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA In March 1983, Knopf Publishers of New York released the controversial book “All American Music: Composition of the late 20th Century”, by New York Times music critic John Rockwell. On March 14, 1983, live on the KPFA Morning Concert, Charles Amirkhanian talked with Rockwell about this book and the various composers featured, who range from Milton Babbitt to Neil Young to Phil Glass to Ornette Coleman. Musical examples from the work of each composer are also heard. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: [Music excerpt] / Milton Babbitt -- [Music excerpt] / Elliott Carter -- Variation IV [excerpt] / John Cage -- [Music excerpt] / David del Tredici -- [Music excerpt] / Frederic Rzewski -- [Music excerpt] / Bob Ashley Genres: 20th Century Classical ; New Music Subject: Babbitt, Milton, 1916- ; Glass, Philip ; Cage, John ; Carter, Elliott, 1908- ; del Tredici, David ; Rze...

87. radiOM.org - Morning Concert Jin Hi Kim, 1990 [0.348% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: Jin Hi Kim, 1990 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 124 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Charles Amirkhanian interviews composer and improviser Jin Hi Kim (Jin Hi= Dragon Princess; Kim=Gold) who was born in Korea and has lived in San Francisco since 1980. Ms. Kim is the first performer on the ancient komungo to play experimental and improvised music. This silk stringed wooden zither, with 6 strings, 3 moveable bridges and 16 frets is plucked in a variety ways which produce startling and vigorous sounds. She trained at the Seoul Conservatory in both Western classical composition and traditional Korean performance, and later completed graduate work at Mills College in Oakland. Included on this program are recordings from her live performances. Also introduced is her new electric komungo, which increases her dynamic range and provides new electronic possibilities. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: [live performance, 5/20/1989, at the Western Front, Vancouver] -- O...

88. radiOM.org - Morning Concert John Adams, 1986 [1.223% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: John Adams, 1986 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 119 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Composer John Adams, who was working on his opera, “Nixon in China”, at the time of this 1986 recording, talks with Charles Amirkhanian about the state of contemporary classical music. Interspersed with this free-ranging conversation are examples of Adams’ music, illustrating the topics discussed. The two also talk about Adams' composition, “Harmonielehre”, which was commissioned and recorded by the San Francisco Symphony under Edo de Waart, and had just received a nomination for a Grammy, in the contemporary music category. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Grand Pianola Music [finale] (1981-82) -- Light Over Water [third movement] (1983) -- [selection composed for the film "Matter of Heart"] (1982) Performers: Toronto New Music Society Ensemble (Pianola) John Adams, conductor (Pianola) Genres: New Music ; Minimalism Subject: Adams, John, 1947- ; Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav),...

89. radiOM.org - Morning Concert John Adams: Harmonium [5.076% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: John Adams: Harmonium Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 67 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA One of the big hits of the 1980-81 San Francisco Symphony season was the world premiere of “Harmonium”, a work by Bay Area composer John Adams. Adams is a Harvard graduate, and at the time of this recording was a member of the faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. His settings of poems by John Donne (“Negative Love”) and Emily Dickinson (“Because I Could Not Stop For Death” & “Wild Nights”) for chorus and full orchestra set a new direction for the course of repetitive (or minimal) music, a style initiated by Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Phil Glass, and LaMonte Young. The impulsive energy of the performances, led by Maestro Edo de Waart, are brilliantly captured in this recording made at Davies Symphony Hall on April 17, 1981 by KQED engineer Fred Krock. Also in this program, Adams talks with Charles Amirkhanian about his music as well as his work with the Sa...

90. radiOM.org - Morning Concert John Cage: In Celebration of his 65th Birthday [5.057% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: John Cage: In Celebration of his 65th Birthday Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 134 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA John Cage was undoubtedly the 20th Century composer who did the most to change the definition of the word “music”. In this program dedicated to Cage's work, which first broadcast on Sept. 5, 1977, the composer's 65th birthday, Charles Amirkhanian presents a selection of Cage’s music in an attempt to dispel the popular notion that Cage’s philosophy of music is more interesting than the actual substance of his compositions. In the second half of the program Cage is heard answering a number of questions from a concert audience, in which he addresses the role of chance operations in his compositions as well as his opinions about the role of beauty in art. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Amores, for prepared piano and percussion (1943) (10:28) -- Experience No. 2, for solo voice [text by e.e. cummings] (1945-48) (4:47) -- 3 Dances, for two prepare...