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1. radiOM.org - Stravinsky in Rehearsal from 1947 [5.097% Popularity: 0.00000]

Stravinsky in Rehearsal from 1947 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 59 min Event Type: Documentary Program Origin: KPFK In 1947, William Malloch, possessed by a sense of history, recorded Igor Stravinsky rehearsing his new revision of his “Symphonies of Wind Instruments in Memory of Debussy”. Malloch comments upon and plays this historical recording, which was broadcast by permission of the composer himself. The sound is antique but the picture of what Stravinsky is striving for musically comes through clearly enough. Malloch’s three part series on Stravinsky (of which this is the second part) won runner-up honors in the Eighth Annual Armstrong Awards, the seventh national award his programs have won. Musical Selections: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920, rev. 1945-47) / Igor Stravinsky Genre: 20th Century Classical Subject: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 ; 20th century classical ; Music rehearsals ; Wind ensembles ; Symphonies People: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 ; Malloch, William F. First Broadcas...

2. radiOM.org - The Romantic Tradition Arthur Nikisch: The Last of the Romantic Conductors [5.079% Popularity: 0.00000]

The Romantic Tradition: Arthur Nikisch: The Last of the Romantic Conductors Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 54 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA William Malloch talks to conductors Richard Lert and Alfred Sendrey and cellist Nathan Liebenbaum about their memories of the 19th century's most "glamourous" conductor, Arthur Nikisch. Born in 1855, the Hungarian violinist and conductor, was considered by many, during his life, as the greatest interpreter of the music of Beethoven, Liszt, and Brahms. An attractive and fashionable man, Nikisch developed a style of conducting that was later adopted by many modern maestros. With his in depth analysis of the score, simple beat, conservative movements that employed the eyes as much as the arms, and his charismatic personality, Nikisch elicited supremely evocative performances from his orchestras. Although only recorded a few times, and then only using acoustic horn recording techniques that were unable to capture the full sound and subt...

3. radiOM.org - The Music of Silvestre Revueltas [5.068% Popularity: 0.00000]

The Music of Silvestre Revueltas Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 68 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFK A program prepared by KPFK music director, William Malloch, on the orchestral music of Silvestre Revueltas, the colorful Mexican composer. Malloch illustrates the composer’s tendency to orchestrate Mexican folk music and compares two performances of “Sensemayá” in which the tempos of the piece varies dramatically. Also included is the broadcast of a rare recording of a lengthy suite compiled by the conductor Jose Limantour, from Revueltas’ music to the film “La Noche de los Mayas”. (from KPFA Folio) Musical Selections: [excerpt of a suite compiled from the score for the film “La Noche de los Mayas”] / Silvestre Revueltas [arr. by José Ives Limantour] -- [excerpt of a band in a Mexico City religious progression] -- First Little Serious Piece [excerpt] (1957) / Silvestre Revueltas -- [excerpt of unidentified Mexican folk music] -- [excerpt of unidentified orchestral music base...

4. radiOM.org - Ojai Festival Ojai Festival Report 1979 [5.061% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ojai Festival: Ojai Festival Report 1979 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 37 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Charles Amirkhanian reviews the 1979 Ojai Festival, held on May 18-20 of that year, and produced by composer and conductor, Lukas Foss, and concert impresario, William Malloch. The Festival, which was held in the bucolic setting of Ojai, California, situated 30 minutes inland from Ventura, began with a night of live music accompaniment for a number of silent films, including a rare showing of Dudley Murphy’s and Fernand Léger’s “Ballet Méchanique” accompanied by George Antheil’s score. The second day featured a collaboration between a group of Indian musicians led by Ravi Shankar and a group of Japanese musicians performing on traditional instruments. This performance perfectly blended the sound of the sitar and koto in a concert that was billed as East Greets East. Later that day Foss played a number of Bach keyboard concertos while also conducting the orchestra with his left han...

5. radiOM.org - Ojai Festival 1979: Final Concert [5.056% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ojai Festival: 1979: Final Concert Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 93 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA The 33rd Annual Ojai Festival held it’s final concert on May 20, 1979. In the first half of the concert, Lukas Foss conducts the Ojai Festival Orchestra in a performance of his own “Salomon Rossi Suite” as well as Haydn’s “Symphony No. 60.” The Suite is a brief orchestral work that like Stravinsky’s “Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa” recasts a Renaissance composer's music for modern instruments. The second half of the program is given over to the West Coast premiere of “Lehrstück,” a work of musical theater by Paul Hindemith and Bertolt Brecht. Loosely inspired by Charles Lindbergh’s solo pan-Atlantic flight, this piece calls for an orchestra, chorus, solo vocalists, narrator, wind ensemble, and clown interlude. For this performance Werner Klemperer plays the role of narrator. Perhaps best known to American audiences as the actor who played the role of Colonel Klink in the 1960s’ sitco...

6. radiOM.org - The Changing Face of Igor Stravinsky [5.051% Popularity: 0.00000]

The Changing Face of Igor Stravinsky Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 65 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFK William Malloch illustrates how the performer’s and conductor’s attitudes toward Stravinsky’s music, including those of Stravinsky himself, have changed through the years. This program includes a discussion of these changes in tempo, accent, and other parameters, along with numerous musical examples taken from various versions of the “Firebird Suite”, “Petrouchka”, and “Le Sacre du Printemps (’Rite of Spring’)”, from recordings made during the 1930s to the 1950s by a variety of orchestras and conductors. (from KPFA Folio) Musical Selections: Infernal Dance of King Kastche [excerpt from the “Firebird Suite”] (1909-10) -- Infernal Dance of King Kastche [version 2]-- Infernal Dance of King Kastche [version 3] -- Finale [excerpt from the “Firebird Suite”] -- Finale [version 2] -- Finale [version 3] -- Finale [version 4] -- Dance of the Coachmen [excerpt from “Petrouchka”] (1...