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1. radiOM.org - The Age of the Talking Machine A Review of Vintage Recordings [5.073% Popularity: 0.00000]

The Age of the Talking Machine: A Review of Vintage Recordings Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 46 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Byron Bryant and Will Ogden review vintage recordings from the beginning of the 20th Century, focusing on the early cello recording of Pablo Casals, made between 1915 to 1926. Although the quality of the recordings made with an assortment of early technologies are scratchy at times, the strength of the performances, especially those by Casals, can not be denied. At a time when many great performers were heard only in the concert halls, and for that reason their reputations are perhaps diminished in the minds of many today, the genius of Pablo Casals was thankfully captured in these vintage recordings. Thus cementing his reputation as one of the greatest cellists of all time. Bryant and Ogdon play a selection of these very early recordings, comparing different performers, and commenting on the quality of the various techniques used to obtain these precious aud...

2. radiOM.org - A Concert by the Black Archives Orchestra (May 20, 1978) [5.072% Popularity: 0.00000]

A Concert by the Black Archives Orchestra (May 20, 1978) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 57 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA From a recording made on May 20, 1978, this is the debut concert by the Black Archives Orchestra under the direction of it’s founding conductor, Judith Williams. The concert, which was sponsored by the Oakland Museum Performing Arts Committee (John Patton Jr. coordinator), featured works by a number of composers of African descent, including Howard Swanson, Ulysses Kay, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and William Grant Still. The Black Archives, which varies in size from a small ensemble to a fuller chamber orchestra, depending on the demands of each presented work, was composed of mostly local San Francisco Bay Area musicians. Musical Selections: Soundpiece, for brass quintet (1952) (6:54) / Howard Swanson -- Brief Elegy, for oboe and strings (1946) (4:00) / Ulysses Kay -- Quintet, Op. 10, for clarinet and strings [excerpt] (1895) (6:01) / Samuel Coleridge-Taylor -- Deat...

3. radiOM.org - Other Minds Festival OM 12: Panel Discussion & Concert 3 [2.985% Popularity: 0.00000]

Other Minds Festival: OM 12: Panel Discussion & Concert 3 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 125 min Event Type: Lecture / Panel Discussion Program Origin: Other Minds Additional Media Files (click to view) Charles Amirkhanian moderates a panel discussion with the composers featured in the third concert of OM 12. Markus Stockhausen and Tara Bouman describe the various techniques they use in their performance of compositions, improvisations and intuitive music. Ronald Bruce Smith talks about his “String Quartet No. 2 ‘Nostalgia’” and Peter Sculthorpe along with didjeridu player Stephen Kent discuss the process involved in writing a part for the didjeridu when the two people involved live on different continents. The Vancouver Sun described Ronal Bruce Smith as a composer who is “filling in silence’s blank canvas with the delicacy of an impressionist’s brush.” In his “String Quartet No. 2, ‘Nostalgia’”, a work in four movements, Smith makes reference to another musical impressionist, Maurice Ravel, bor...

4. radiOM.org - Oakland Museum Concerts Chamber Music Concert, April 16, 1971 [1.561% Popularity: 0.00000]

Oakland Museum Concerts: Chamber Music Concert, April 16, 1971 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 82 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA This is the third in a series of four concerts of chamber music put on by the Oakland Museum in the Spring of 1971. The focus of the concerts was works by contemporary California composers, although the programs also included other works, as seen fit by the program director Donald Cobb. Thus this third concert, recorded on April 16, 1971, includes works by William Byrd, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Carl Ruggles, Andrew Imbrie, Joseph Haydn, and Henry Cowell. All performed by local San Francisco Bay Area musicians. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Fantasia No. 1 (5:05) / William Byrd -- Second Concert: La Laborde (3:30) ; La Boucon (3:15) ; L’agaçante (1:40) ; First Menuet ; Second Menuet / Jean Philippe Rameau -- Angels (1920) (3:10) / Carl Ruggles -- Serenade (1952) (18:20) / Andrew Imbrie Performers: Nathan Rubin, violin (Fantasia ; Concert ; Angels) Ronald Ericks...