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1. radiOM.org - A Mass for Forgotten Times by William Duckworth [5.086% Popularity: 0.00000]

A Mass for Forgotten Times by William Duckworth Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 13 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Recorded in 1975, the University of Delaware Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Peter J. McCarthy, performs William Duckworth’s “A Mass for These Forgotten Times.” In a brief interview that follows this work, Duckworth describes his intention to seamlessly blend traditional chants with more modern extended vocal techniques, and his general satisfaction with the composition. The actual performance was recorded at the University of Delaware, while the interview, with Charles Amirkhanian, was recorded at the New Music America Festival in June, 1980, in Minneapolis. Musical Selections: A Mass for These Forgotten Times: Kyrie ; Gloria ; Credo ; Sanctus ; Agnus Dei, for unaccompanied chorus (1973) (11:14) / William Duckworth Performers: University of Delaware Concert Choir Peter McCarthy, director Genre: 20th Century Classical Subject: 20th century classical ...

2. radiOM.org - Harvey Matusow on ICES ‘72, and Other International Endeavors [0.475% Popularity: 0.00000]

Harvey Matusow on ICES ‘72, and Other International Endeavors Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 48 min Event Type: Interview Program Origin: KPFA In a program recorded on March 1, 1972 in the KPFA studio, Harvey Matusow describes the International Carnival of Experimental Sounds (ICES ‘72), an avant-garde music festival, based on the theme of myth, magic, madness and mysticism, that was scheduled to be held in August 1972 in London. Participating in the discussion are Stan Lunetta and Art Woodbury of “Source Magazine”, Lars-Gunnar Bodin of Stockholm’s Fylkingen Society, Robert Ashley of Mills College, and program host Charles Amirkhanian. Part comedian and clown, Matusow was once known as the “most hated man in America” for his role in informing, or misinforming, on Communists, including Pete Seeger, during the McCarthy Era. In this program Matusow, goes on to discuss the International Society for the Abolition of Data Processing Machines, an organization of which he was the founder and chairman, an...

3. radiOM.org - History of New Music in Los Angeles [6.297% Popularity: 0.00000]

History of New Music in Los Angeles Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 41 min Event Type: Documentary Program Origin: KUSC Highlights of contemporary music in the City of Angels from the New Music Society of 1925 to New Music America, 1985 … a 60 year heritage of profound significance! Henry Cowell, born in California, was the "catalyst for all that was new and outrageous" in new music in Los Angeles in the 1920s. His October 22, 1925 concert at the Biltmore Hotel there, underwritten by Aileen Barnsdall, is considered the birth of "new music" in Southern California. Music premiered there was critically acclaimed at the time, and has become "revered" today. Cowell founded the “New Music Quarterly”, publishing music others would not consider at the time. He was "constantly burning with something new," reports Dane Rudhyar in this program. George Antheil started scoring films in New York City, later moving to Hollywood. First assignment: "The Plainsman" for Cecil B. DeMille. He enjoyed the freedom of be...

4. radiOM.org - Lou Harrison 70th Birthday Concert [5.063% Popularity: 0.00000]

Lou Harrison 70th Birthday Concert Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 165 min Event Type: Interview Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) From the Mills College Concert Hall in Oakland California, hosts Charles Amirkhanian and Russ Jennings present a special live broadcast of a tribute to Lou Harrison on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The evening began with a gala dinner in honor of the pioneering American composer, during which Jennings and Amirkhanian manage to corral many of the illustrious guests for brief interviews, including Joseph Franklin the founder of the Relâche Ensemble and director of the 1987 New Music Festival; Loren Rush, composer and cofounder of the Good Sound Foundation which was in charge of making the somewhat acoustically challenged Mills Auditorium sound like a first class concert hall; Eva Soltes, choreographer and dancer who was scheduled to perform later that evening; and other luminaries of the New Music scene in San Francisco and the United State...

5. radiOM.org - Morning Concert A Report from New Music America 1990 & Music by Peter Garland and John Luther Adams [6.797% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: A Report from New Music America 1990 & Music by Peter Garland and John Luther Adams Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 134 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Charles Amirkhanian plays a number of works by Canadian composers, many of whom were to be highlighted during the New Music America Festival to be held in Montreal, Canada in 1990. To get more information about this event Charles interviews composer and Festival director, Jean Piché over the phone. In the second half of the program Charles talks to Peter Garland and John Luther Adams who have both incorporated their interest in Native American cultures into their music, of which we hear a selection. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Favour, for solo viola and delay (1980) / David Jaeger -- Steal the Thunder (1984) / Jean Piché -- Over Time (1987) / John Rea -- Metaphor VII, for two pianos / Robert Pollock Performers: Rivka Golani, viola (Favour) Beverley Johnston, percussion (Steal the Thunder) Orchestre Mét...

6. radiOM.org - Morning Concert Han Reiziger on New Music America ‘81 [6.823% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: Han Reiziger on New Music America ‘81 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 31 min Event Type: Interview Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) Charles Amirkhanian is joined in the KPFA studio by Han Reiziger to discuss their impressions of the, then recently concluded, New Music America ‘81 Festival, that was held in San Francisco during the first two weeks of June in 1981. Reiziger, a radio programmer for Dutch Radio’s VPRO, and a guest host on KPFA during the mid-1970s, begins by describing some of the more recent projects he has been a part of in the Netherlands, including a series of events popularizing the music of Georg Benda. However the majority of the program is dedicated to a discussion of Reiziger’s favorite works featured during the New Music America Festival, including compositions by Julius Eastman, Robert Erickson, and Laurie Anderson, among others. Brief excerpts from a few of these performances are also heard. Musical Selections: The Holy Presence ...

7. radiOM.org - New Music America 1981: A Concert by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan [6.807% Popularity: 0.00000]

New Music America: 1981: A Concert by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 46 mins Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) A live broadcast from the 1981 New Music America Festival, held at the Japan Center Theater in San Francisco, California, featuring a recital by the renowned sarod player, and founder of the Ali Akbar College of Music, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. As with any North Indian classical concert, the music played depended on the time of day as well as the mood and inspiration of the artist. Therefore, the raga and tala of this concert was chosen accordingly, to match the mood of the evening, and was decided upon just prior to the performance. (from KPFA Folio) Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: [part one of an evening raga] (27:50) Performers: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, sarod Swapan Chaudhuri, tabla Mary Johnson, tamboura Genre: World Music Subject: World music ; Music -- India ; Ragas ; Hindustani music ; Trios (Sarod, tabla, tambura) People:...

8. radiOM.org - New Music America 1981: A Concert of New Gamelan Music [6.844% Popularity: 0.00000]

New Music America: 1981: A Concert of New Gamelan Music Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 68 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) From a recording made on June 13, 1981 in San Francisco, as part of the New Music America Festival, this is a concert of new gamelan music by Lou Harrison, K. R. T. Wasitodipuro, and others. Lou Harrison’s music is known for its original and sensitive use of percussion and employment of just intonation. It also is widely appreciated for its lyricism and assimilation of techniques from East and West, as is clearly evident in the pieces heard here that incorporate Western instruments such as the harp, flute and trumpet with the traditional gamelan. These works are performed on two sets of gamelan instruments designed and largely built by William Colvig. They are the Gamelan Si Betty, named for Betty Freeman who made possible its construction, and Gamelan Si Darius, named after composer Darius Milhaud. The clarity of the sound and...

9. radiOM.org - New Music America 1981: Charles Amirkhanian Interviews Music Critics John Rockwell & Charles Shere [6.868% Popularity: 0.00000]

New Music America: 1981: Charles Amirkhanian Interviews Music Critics John Rockwell & Charles Shere Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 21 min Event Type: Interview Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) Charles Amirkhanian engages former KPFA music programers and current music critics, John Rockwell and Charles Shere, in a fascinating discussion about the state of New Music and the New Music America Festivals. The difference between academic avant-garde music concerts and the more adventurous programing of multi-media works, new wave rock bands, and sound installations featured at the New Music America Festivals, is fully explored. The appropriate size of such events and the correct role of the music critic in promoting or reviewing such concerts is also touched upon in this, at time contentious, but always cordial, discussion. Genres: New Music ; Avant-Garde Subject: New Music America (Festival) ; New music ; Avant-garde (Music) ; Music festivals ; Music critics People: Amirkhan...

10. radiOM.org - New Music America 1981: Concert 4, (June 10, 1981) [6.781% Popularity: 0.00000]

New Music America: 1981: Concert 4, (June 10, 1981) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 96 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA In 1981 the New Music America Festival came to San Francisco for a week full of concerts, sound installations, and multi-media performances. The fourth concert of the Festival, held on June 10, 1981, included works by Laurie Spiegel, Peter Gena, and George Lewis, as well as a live improvisation by LaDonna Smith and Davey Williams, and two musical performance art pieces by conceptual artist Jim Pomeroy. The concert began with two works by Laurie Spiegel, identified in the program as “The Unquestioned Answer” and “A History of Music in One Movement,” which had been previously performed on the computer but were now arranged for solo performers of the harp and piano, respectively. These were followed by an unidentified computer music piece, presented by the composer herself. Violinist and violist LaDonna Smith and guitarist Davey Williams then presented two distinctly avant...