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1. radiOM.org - New Sounds San Jose 3rd Annual Festival, (Feb. 7, 1981) [5.079% Popularity: 0.00000]

New Sounds San Jose: 3rd Annual Festival, (Feb. 7, 1981) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 165 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA The first concert of the Third Annual New Sounds of San Jose, recorded live on February 7, 1981. This year’s concerts featured works by Bay Area composers as well as the West Coast premiere of the English language version of Hans Werner Henze’s “El Cimarrón” a work inspired by the life of runaway slave, Esteban Montejo. (from KPFA Folio) Part 1 of 4: Musical Selections: The Heaventree, for flute and tape (1976) (6:35) / Robert Stine -- Slant, for two snare drums (1980) (4:55) / Charles Boone -- Three Pieces for Flute, Cello, & Percussion (1981) (16:36) / Higo Harada -- Patterns, for harp (1962) (4:00) / David Sheinfled -- Variations for Cello & Piano (19730 (14:32) / Robert Basart Performers: Michael McKenzie, flute (Heaventree ; 3 Pieces) Galen Lemmon, drum (Slant ; 3 Pieces) Ward Spangler, drum (Slant) Donald Homuth, cello (3 Pieces ; Variations) Marcella DeCray...

2. radiOM.org - Morning Concert The Music of Lou Harrison: A Celebration [5.052% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: The Music of Lou Harrison: A Celebration Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 131 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) From a program originally broadcast in December 1980, Charles Amirkhanian talks with composer Lou Harrison. Harrison, one of the preeminent American composers of the 20th century, is perhaps best known for is incorporation of non-Western instruments and styles into his compositions, and particularly his work with gamelan instruments and percussion ensembles. This program includes a selection of such works, most featuring gamelan instruments built by Harrison life partner William Colvig, who is also in the studio for this interview. Harrison describes the pieces played as well as providing some information about the various tuning systems employed and their relationship to earlier forms of Western classical music. Despite Harrison’s departure from traditional instruments and equal temperament, the music he has w...

3. radiOM.org - Morning Concert A Preview of the 1991 Composer to Composer Festival [2.339% Popularity: 0.00000]

Morning Concert: A Preview of the 1991 Composer to Composer Festival Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 123 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA KPFA’s Charles Amirkhanian presents a preview of the compositions and composers featured during the 1991 Composer to Composer Festival, part of an international conference on New Music held at Telluride, Colorado, on July 11-14, 1991. Amirkhanian, who was co-director of the 1991 event, introduces selections highlighting many of the invited headliners, including, Eleanor Alberga, Louis Andriessen, Paul Dresher, Janice Giteck, Alicia Terzian, G. S. Sachdev, Pamela Z, and Tom Ze, among others. (from KPFA Folio) Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: The Flowering Peach [incidental music for the play by Charles Odets] (1954) / Alan Hovhaness -- Symphony No. 2 “Mysterious Mountain”, Op. 132, (1955) / Alan Hovhaness -- [unidentified music] -- Breathing Songs from a Turning Sky (1980, rev. 1984) / Janice Giteck -- Making Music / Zakir Hussain -- Shant...

4. radiOM.org - An Avant-Garde Christmas Concert by the S.F. Conservatory of New Music Ensemble, (Dec. 3, 1970) [0.703% Popularity: 0.00000]

An Avant-Garde Christmas Concert by the S.F. Conservatory of New Music Ensemble, (Dec. 3, 1970) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 81 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA On December 3, 1970 the San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble presented this Avant-Garde Christmas Concert, at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. The concert begins with “The Queens’ Funeral March and Canzona,” which was originally composed by Henry Purcell as incidental music for a play but was used for the funeral procession of Queen Mary in 1695. It has been orchestrated here by Robert Moran. This is followed by Purcell’s “Fantazia No. 6” and a reprise of the “March,” all orchestrated by Moran in which no notes have been added or subtracted, but merely reassigned to different instruments. We then hear an original composition by Moran, based on a simple two voice musical example by Purcell and entitled “Variations for Mr. Purcell.” The concert then takes a distinctly more modern turn with Shinʾichi Matsushita aleat...