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	Steve Reich at UC Berkeley University Museum - Steve Reich A live performance of four earlier works by Reich, including Four Organs, My Name Is, Piano Phase and Phase Patterns." The concert by Steve Reich & Musicians took place November 7, 1970 at the opening of the University Museum, on the University of California, Berkeley campus. This recorded broadcast is presented by Richard Friedman. This performance marked an important moment in Bay Area new music history with the triumphant return to the East Bay by Reich who studied at Mills with Berio and per... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde Downloads: 7,800 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	The Jewish Bob Dylan Bernard Timberg analyzes the songs of Bob Dylan looking for Jewish themes and imagery. He identifies messianic longings in Quinn the Eskimo, references to Jewish burial practices in Masters of War, and finds significance in the fact that the initials of John Wesley Harding can be interpreted as the name of the Jewish God, YHWH. Issues such as social justice and a sense of out-sideness imbue the songs of Dylan as they do the history of the Jewish people... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Documentary; Folk Music; Bob Dylan Downloads: 1,339 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	John Cage interviewed by Jack Hirschman in Los Angeles, 1963 - John Cage, Jack Hirschman This interview conducted by poet and broadcaster at KPFK FM Jack Hirschman was recorded in conjunction with John Cages visit to Los Angeles with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, performing at Royce Hall. Cage was to perform "45' for a Speaker" at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall in July 1963a kind of lecture performance. It was composed by chance operations related to the imperfections on the paper on which it was composed. Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 1,338 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Conlon Nancarrow on KPFA's Ode To Gravity Series from 1987 including interviews from Mexico City and New York recorded in 1977 - Conlon Nancarrow In an interview by Charles Amirkhanian with Conlon Nancarrow at this Mexico City home in 1977, the composer reveals details of his compositions for one or more player pianos including the equipment needed to hand-punch the holes into the piano rolls. Reminiscences of the artists residing in Mexico City from the 1940s on, including Diego Rivera, are recounted. There are recordings of several "Studies for Player Piano" presented, and in one instance, a composition for traditional instruments (Stri... Source: Other Minds Keywords: 20th Century Classical; Avantgarde Downloads: 1,279 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	French composer Francis Dhomont performs "Les moirures du temp" and "Phonurgie" at Other Minds 10, 2004 - Francis Dhomont Francis Dhomont performs Les moirures du temps (The shimmering ripples of time) (Feb. 1999, rev. 2001) and Phonurgie from Cycle du son (1998) at Other Minds 11 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2004. To purchase studio recordings of these pieces visit www.electrocd.com. French composer Francis Dhomont is one of the original proponents of electroacoustic music along with Pierre Schaeffer, founder of musique concrète... Source: Other Minds Keywords: 20th Century Classical; Avantgarde Downloads: 1,786 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Forty-Two for Henry Flynt by La Monte Young performed by Peter Winkler (gong) at the Third Annual Festival of the Avant Garde in San Francisco, 1965 - La Monte Young La Monte Young is an American composer living in New York, where he is associated with the group of composers who have derived a good deal of their impetus from the music and personality of John Cage. He was a student at the University of California, where much of his early music was performed in the late 1950s. Since that time he has gone on to fame as a progenitor of the minimalist music movement... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde; Experimental; 20th Century Classical; Minimalism Downloads: 5,300 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Music of Alvin Curran and MEV A selection of recordings and live performances by Alvin Curran and his group MEV (Musica Elettronica Viva). This is classic, avant-garde, electro-acoustic music from the 1960s and early 70s. Keywords: Music; Avant-Garde; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Alvin Curran Downloads: 800 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Well-Prepared Piano by Richard Bunger Charles Amirkhanian introduces the young American pianist Richard Bunger who has written a book entitled The Well Prepared Piano and has just released a fine album of new music for prepared and unprepared piano on Avant (AV 1008). Bunger plays music of John Cage, Henry Cowell, Harold Budd, and E. T. Paull live in the studio, and we hear other pieces from recordings, including The Perilous Night by John Cage, Prelude No... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; New Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Prepared Piano Downloads: 913 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Piano Music of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji was a British born composer, pianist, and author who wrote some of the longest and most difficult to perform works for the piano ever composed. Although a 20th century composer his works had more in common with the elaborate counterpoint of Bach than with the modern compositions of his contemporaries, such as Cage, Antheil, or Schoenberg. His compositions were so difficult to play that he actually forbid public performance of them for decades, so as to avoid them from ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Documentary; New Music; 20th Century Classical; Shapurji Sorabji Downloads: 3,153 Average rating: (1 review)
	Lou Harrison: A New Gamelan - Lou Harrison Music of Indonesia had haunted Lou Harrison from an early age to the point where he went to Asia to study. Upon his return, he decided to design and make Asian instruments using Western materials. With the help of Bill Colvig, they made two gamelans actually one that plays in two modes out of steel and aluminum tubes as well as slabs of aluminum. The gamelan is tuned to two separate modes of intonation (scale of overtones): U mode pentatonic scale and Gamelan 711 which includes prime numbers 7 a... Source: KPFA Downloads: 1,748 Average rating: (1 review)
	Anthony Braxton, Speaking of Music at the Exploratorium in 1985 - Anthony Braxton Anthony Braxton interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian at the Exploratorium's Speaking of Music Series in San Francisco, December 5, 1985. The distinguished composer and improvisor, recently appointed to the music faculty at Mills College in Oakland, discusses foundation materials for vocabulary and structural models in his music. Using the seminal composition JMK-80/CFN-7 (Composition 26b) which he premiered in 1971 at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco, Braxton illustrates his new me... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Jazz; Interview Downloads: 1,916 Average rating: (1 review)
	William Burroughs Press Conference at Berkeley Museum of Art on November 12, 1974 - William Burroughs William Burroughs press conference at Berkeley Museum of Art on November 12, 1974. Sponsored by the Pacific Film Archive. At a press release on an unidentified occasion, William Burroughs fields an array of questions, discusses relationships with or opinions on Paul Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Jose Delgado, Alfred Korzybski, et.al. as well as opinions on the women's movement, contemporary (1974) politics (Watergate, etc.), governmental methods of civilian control and the possibilities of revo... Source: Other Minds Keywords: poet; poetry Downloads: 3,110 Average rating: (1 review)
	John Cage and Morton Feldman In Conversation, 1967 - John Cage, Morton Feldman Part 1 (39:25): This first of a three part conversation between John Cage and Morton Feldman was recorded at WBAI in New York between October 18-25, 1967. The segment begins with Cage and Feldman discussing the various ways people perceive intrusion in their lives. The composers then spend some time on the occupation of the artist as "being deep in thought," and what the goals or purposes of "being deep in thought" might be... Source: Other Minds Downloads: 1,522 Average rating: (1 review)
	John Cage and David Tudor Concert at The San Francisco Museum of Art (January 16, 1965) - John Cage & David Tudor The San Francisco Conservatory of Music and The San Francisco Museum of Art present John Cage and David Tudor Program John Cage: Duet for Cymbal (from Cartridge Music, 1960) (19:17) Christian Wolff: for 1, 2 or 3 people (23:36) John Cage: Variations IV (31:46) Recorded by KPFA Radio on the 39th birthday of David Tudor, this historic concert with John Cage thundered through the halls of the sculpture court of the San Francisco Museum of Art before a capacity audience that included the late Darius... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Music; New Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; david Tudor; John Cage Downloads: 6,504 Average rating: (1 review)
	An Interview With Dick Higgins, 1971 - Dick Higgins An interview with intermedia artist Dick Higgins, who discusses his views about California Institute of the Arts, artists and his company, Something Else Press, with Richard Friedman and Anthony Gnazzo. This was recorded Sunday, June 13, 1971, at the KPFA studios, after Higgins resigned his post at Cal Arts. He discusses his reasons for leaving and the problems he faced there. He also gives his ideas on what an arts institute should be like, and why he and his press were moving to Vermont... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde Downloads: 323 Average rating: (1 review)
	Elliott Carter: A Life In Music, a documentary (1983) - Elliott Carter This program provides an overview of Carter's compositions from 1942 to 1978. It includes excerpts from several of his compositions including the Symphony No. 1 (1942), Piano Sonata (1945-6), Cello Sonata (1948) and Double Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano (1961). Importantly, the program includes recordings of complete performances of the Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord (1952) with informative analysis by David Schiff (Carter's biographer)... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Documentary; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 2,103 Average rating: (1 review)
	Accordionist Stefan Hussong performs at Other Minds 10, 2004 - Stefan Hussong, John Cage, Keiko Harada, Adriana Hölszky Accordionist Stefan Hussong performs at Other Minds 10 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2004. Pieces include: Traditional Gagaku (Japan, 10th Century), Banshiki no Choshi John Cage, Dream (1948) Keiko Harada (1999), Bone+ (US Premiere) John Cage, In a landscape (1948) Adriana Höelszky, High Way for One for Accordion Solo (2000) (US Premiere) Stefan Hussong, accordion Polka and Conjunto step asidethis is accordion like youve never heard before... Source: Other Minds Keywords: 20th Century Classical; Avantgarde Downloads: 4,145 Average rating: (1 review)
	John Cage at KPFA on July 29, 1971 - John Cage On the evening of Thursday, July 29, 1971, John Cage visited KPFA to talk about his current activities and interests and also to read the first and fifth sections from his Diary: How to improve the world (you will only make matters worse). He also reads a high school oratory which garnered a permanent trophy for Los Angeles High School where he was valedictorian of the class of 1928. Present in the room during the discussion are also Charles Amirkhanian, Richard Friedman, Charles Shere and Gerar... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Interview; Experimental Literature; Avant-Garde; John Cage; KPFA-FM Downloads: 1,186 Average rating: (1 review)
	John Cage Lecture Reading: on Rauschenberg, Duchamp, Johns etc. at L.A. County Museum of Art, 1965 - John Cage John Cage reads: "On Robert Rauschenberg, Artist and His Work", published in his book Silence, and "26 Statements Re Duchamp", and "Jasper Johns: Stories and Ideas", both published in his book A Year From Monday. The lecture begins with an amusing and informative autobiographical introduction to his interest in art and artists, how he became a composer, and how he wrote each of these pieces. This lecture is of great historical value... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde; Spoken Word; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 2,541 Average rating: (1 review)
	US Premiere of Hanna Kulenty's "Flute Concerto No.1" at Other Minds 10, 2004 - Hanna Kulenty US Premiere of Hanna Kulenty's Flute Concerto No. 1 (2001) performed at Other Minds 10 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2004. Hanna Kulenty: Flute Concerto No. 1 (2001) US Premiere Anne La Berge, quarter-tone flute Parallèle Ensemble, Nicole Paiement, conductor Winner of the UNESCO Rostrum of Composers (2003), and one of Europes most promising young composers, Hanna Kulentys talent is virtually undiscovered in the US... Source: Other Minds Keywords: 20th Century Classical Downloads: 755 Average rating: (1 review)
	Morton Feldman, Speaking of Music at the Exploratorium in 1986 - Morton Feldman Morton Feldman interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian at the Exploratorium's Speaking of Music Series in San Francisco, January 30, 1986. Charles Amirkhanian interviews Morton Feldman and asks right at the top: Is your music Hermetic? The answers take us on a whirlwind tour of this composers opinions, philosophy, criticisms, recollections and observations. There are excerpts from his Piano and String Quartet as well as his Violin Concerto... Source: Other Minds Keywords: 20th Century Classical Downloads: 1,847 Average rating: (1 review)
	Margaret Leng Tan performs John Cage Suite for Toy Piano (1948) at Other Minds 5, 1999 - John Cage & Margaret Leng Tan Margaret Leng Tan performs the John Cage composition Suite for Toy Piano (1948) at the Other Minds Music Festival in 1999 at the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano. Ms. Tan plays the Schoenhut toy piano. According to Tan: Cage wrote his Suite for Toy Piano at Black Mountain College in North Carolina for Merce Cunningham's Diversion. Its five short movements use only nine consecutive white notes... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 15,093 Average rating: (1 review)
	Randy Weston & African Rhythms perform Blues for Langston Hughes & Other Selections at Other Minds 8, 2002 - Randy Weston Randy Weston and African Rhythms perform new and classic works of Weston's at Other Minds Music Festival 8 in 2002 at Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco California. The music, according to Robin D.G. Kelley, New York Times jazz critic and NYC African Studies Professor, "...pushes the African rhythms to the foreground and always tries to work within a framework true to the source, whether it's the West African dance music called highlife or sacred songs from Morocco... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Jazz Downloads: 3,331 Average rating: (1 review)
	Percussion Music: From Lou Harrison’s collection of 78 rpm acetate records On this installment of Ode to Gravity, Charles Amirkhanian unearths rare gems from Lou Harrison’s personal record collection. Amirkhanian focuses on percussion music from the late 1930s and early 1940s, broadcasting selections by American composers Harrison, Henry Cowell, Johanna Beyer and William Russell. Many of these recordings were made live at one of John Cage’s famous percussion concerts, in 1939 at the Cornish School in Seattle... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Lou Harrison; Percussion Music; New Music; acetate discs; 78rpm Downloads: 2,143 Average rating: (1 review)
	San Francisco Chamber Music Society Concert (pieces by Pauline Oliveros, Ramon Sender, Morton Subotnick, Robert Moran, Doulgas Leedy, Anthony Gnazzo and Charles Shere), 1976 - Robert Moran, Anthony Gnazzo, Pauline Oliveros, Ramon Sender, Douglas Leedy, Charles Shere, Morton Subotnick San Francisco Chamber Music Society Concert from November 15, 1976. The most unconventional composers in the Bay Area at the time, presented on a series usually host to more conventional classical music. Imagine a fish aquarium with staff lines drawn on it. Now play the fish as they move up and down the scale in the bowl. You have the concept of this infamous work that, for a short time, became the talk of the town here in San Francisco... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde; 20th Century Classical; tape collage Downloads: 1,132 Average rating: (1 review)
	Nicolas Slonimsky Speaks about Frank Zappa - Nicolas Slonimsky In these recorded comments by Slonimsky, his musical world (classical/avant garde) and that of Frank Zappa (popular/avant garde) came together primarily due to the publication of a book by Slonimsky on scales and harmonies that attracted Zappas attention. Slonimsky recounts his acceptance of an invitation by Zappa to play with his Rock Band. He also recounts how amazed he was when he observed Zappas scores for classical music which looked far out like something Edgar Varese would write, a compos... Source: Other Minds Downloads: 2,617 Average rating: (1 review)
	Speaking of Music: Milton Babbitt Charles Amirkhanian interviews composer Milton Babbitt. They are joined by pianist Alan Feinberg who plays a number of Babbitt's works including one piece that will have it's world premiere the next day. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; New Music; Milton Babbitt; Speaking of Music series Downloads: 351 Average rating: (1 review)
	Charles Dodge, Speaking Of Music at the Exploratorium in 1986 - Charles Dodge Charles Dodge interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian at the Exploratorium's Speaking of Music Series in San Francisco, February 27, 1986. Charles Amirkhanian hosts an evening with electronic music composer Charles Dodge. Dodges stated intent is to discover new ideas by experimenting with new technology. He elaborates on the technical aspects of his computerized music, which extends human speech into realms not possible without the aid of technology... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde; Experimental; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 446 Average rating: (1 review)
	Susan Stone, Speaking of Music at the Exploratorium in 1991 - Susan Stone Sound poet Susan Stone interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian at the Exploratorium's Speaking of Music Series in San Francisco, May 23, 1991. A master of mixed-media performance, Stone is in the forefront of current experimental work in voice, language, and tape. Her exploration of the human psyche, particularly of female characters struggling with the elements of intimacy, is at the core of her subject matter... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Sound Poetry; Experimental Downloads: 1,960 Average rating: (1 review)
	Interview with Charlotte Moorman, 1970 - Charlotte Moorman, Harvey Matusow Harvey Matusow interviewed Charlotte Moorman in New York where she talks about the history of her Festival of Avant-Garde Arts. This talk was recorded in 1970. Cellist Charlotte Moorman became famous in NYC in the 60's for playing avant-garde music, occasionally in the nude. She was also closely associated with Nam Jun Paik, who wrote many works for her, including the famous one where she wears a bra made up of two mini-TVs... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde Downloads: 973 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Evenings on the Roof with Peter Yates: Harry Partch Series #4 - Harry Partch, Peter Yates Evenings on the Roof with Peter Yates, Harry Partch Series #4 includes interviews and music. Harry Partch introduces himself, his 43-tone scale, and demonstrates his instruments. Music selections played and sung by Partch, from Gate 5 Records: [9:09] wordless piece marked "steady in an ancient phrygian scale" [10:27] wordless piece marked "steady in a Greek enharmonic scale" [12:20] "The Rose" [13:58] "The Crane" based on a text by Lao Tze [15:35] "The Wind" [17:13] "The Waterfall" [18:17] "The ... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 634 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Brian Eno Interviewed on KPFA's Ode to Gravity, 1980 - Charles Amirkhanian & Brian Eno Charles Amirkhanian and Brian Eno discuss Phonetic Poetry, how Brian writes his lyrics, and the spirit of inquisitiveness at KPFA Radio on Saturday February 2, 1980. Listen to some of Brian Enos pieces; After the Heat, Everything Merges With the Night, Another Green World, Spirits Drifting and sections of other pieces. Brian Eno also discusses the artist Peter Schmidt and their work on the Oblique Strategies Cards, being a producer, Process vs Product and looping... Source: Other Minds Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; New Music; Popular Music; Brian Eno Downloads: 8,302 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	Michael Nyman performs piano accompaniment to the silent film "Manhatta" (Paul Strand, 1920) at Other Minds 11, 2005 - Michael Nyman English Composer Michael Nyman performs his piano accompaniment to the silent film Manhatta (Paul Strand, 1920) at Other Minds 11 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2005. Michael Nyman, piano Source: Other Minds Keywords: Minimalism; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 4,168 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Information Transmission, Modulation and Noise: Steve Reich and John Gibson Steve Reich and Jon Gibson stopped off at the KPFA studio after a rehearsal for a performance scheduled for the next day at the UC Berkeley’s Art Museum. The discussion centers around Reich’s very unusual music and you will hear an East Coast performance of his Four Organs as well as an exciting recording of Ghanian drumming which Reich recorded in Ghana. They also introduce the music of Philip Glass, playing a tape of his Music in Similar Motion... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Minimalism; New Music; Steve Reich; John Gibson Downloads: 915 Average rating: (1 review)
	Gertrude Stein 100th Anniversary Concert This four part program is of a live broadcast from a concert given at 1750 Arch Street on February 3, 1974, in honor of Gertrude Stein on the 100th anniversary of her birth. During the intermission and while the audience viewed the film "The Last Still Life" by Ann Sandifer, Charles Amirkhanian plays a recording of a suite from Virgil Thomson's opera, "The Mother of Us All", based on text by Gertrude Stein... Keywords: Music; 20th Century Classical; Poetry; Gertrude Stein; 1750 Arch St Downloads: 481 Average rating: (1 review)
	Hut Harsh Mutt Marsh (Early Text-Sound Works by Charles Amirkhanian) - Charles Amirkhanian Compositions which fall between the media of music and poetry. Includes Radii, EEYvYUSS, Dactl Dactl Mther Mther Mther Bongg Bongg Frgid, Each'll, Sniro and If In Is. A March 29, 1972 KPFA broadcast, just before Amirkhanian's first trip to Europe where he worked in the studios of Swedish Radio, courtesy of Fylkingen, to make works for the 5th annual festival of text-sound composition. Please note: the commentary track is deliberately altered and treated itself as a compositional element of the p... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Sound Poetry; Avantgarde Downloads: 371 Average rating: (1 review)
	Charles Amirkhanian's "Son of Metropolis San Francisco" performed at Other Minds 11, 2005 - Charles Amirkhanian Son of Metropolis San Francisco (1986; 1997) by composer Charles Amirkhanian performed at the 11th Other Minds Music Festival at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. OM11 presents a 60th birthday tribute to Other Minds founding artistic director Charles Amirkhanian, featuring the San Francisco concert premiere of his radiophonic tape piece, Son of Metropolis San Francisco. The work is a part-abstract, part-representational audio snapshot of idiosyncratic Bay Area sounds, ranging from... Source: Other Minds Keywords: tape collage; musique concrete; Concrete Music Downloads: 728 Average rating: (1 review)
	Daniel Lentz performs Cafe Desire (2002) at Other Minds 9, 2003 - Daniel Lentz Daniel Lentz performs Cafe Desire at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco during the Other Minds Music Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts, 2003. Cafe Desire (2002) Linda Childs, Britt Quentin: vocals Bradford Ellis: keyboards Sarah Cahill: piano James Sitterly: violin Heather Vorweck, Terri Schmit, Susan Griffin, Cliff Reilly: percussion Phoenix Bach Choir Other Minds Ensemble - Laurie Amat, Dina Emerson, Erin Easter, David Graves, Tom Heasley, Robert Kilman, Polly Moller, Anna Newm... Source: Other Minds Keywords: 20th Century Classical Downloads: 600 Average rating: (1 review)
	Laurie Anderson Record Release Party for O Superman at The Kitchen NYC, 1980 - Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson's record release party for O Superman 7" (and Walk The Dog) (released on 110 Records) on April 28, 1980 at The Kitchen in New York City. Charles Amirkhanian interviews Laurie Anderson, Bob George, John Gibson, Phill Niblock, Roma Baran and Ken Friedman. Like Hitchcock's "Rope" this slice of reality in one take features Amirkhanian wandering through a dense crowd of revelers, nabbing interviewees spontaneously as they appear in his peripheral vision... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 3,645 Average rating: (1 review)
	Morning Concert: Interview with Mordecai Bauman, 1980 - Mordecai Bauman Modern music rarely has enjoyed a specialist with such a voice. Mordecai Bauman was an American originala politically motivated artist who was at the far left wing of progressive politics in the 1930s. The quality and beauty of this talented baritone's singing rivaled both Enrico Caruso AND Paul Robeson. Here he speaks about his distinguished career which included the first recordings of songs by Charles Ives and his acquaintanceship with such left-wing composers as Elie Siegmeister, Marc Blitzs... Source: Other Minds Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert series; Interview; 20th Century Classical; Art Songs Downloads: 348 Average rating: (1 review)
	Margaret Leng Tan performs Conlon Nancarrow's Three 2-Part Studies at Other Minds 5, 1999 - Conlon Nancarrow & Margaret Leng Tan Margaret Leng Tan performs the west coast premiere of Conlon Nancarrow's Three 2-Part Studies (1942), arranged by Tan, at the Other Minds Music Festival in 1999 at the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Margaret Leng Tan, two toy pianos According to Tan: The published score of the Three 2-Part Studies bears the following dedication: "For Jürgen, a dearest friend, who found this score, forgotten in the dust of my studio." When I first embarked on my career as a toy pianist in 1995, I was ferreting... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 1,308 Average rating: (1 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Jean-Claude Eloy in Paris Charles Amirkhanian interviews French composer Jean-Claude Éloy in Paris, France, in June of 1972. Éloy was born in Rouen in 1938, and has studied with Darius Milhaud and Pierre Boulez, becoming one of the latter’s best known protégés in the early 1960s. Éloy discusses his recent travels, including a trip to the United States. He also talks about his interest in non-Western music, especially Asian music, and how it differs from traditional European music... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; 20th Century Classical; New Music; Jean-Claude Eloy Downloads: 258 Average rating: (1 review)
	Peter Garland: Matachin Dances performed at New Music America 1981 - Peter Garland Peter Garland on New Music America in 1981, San Francisco California. This recording is available from Cold Blue Records, www.coldbluemusic.com. Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde Downloads: 440 Average rating: (1 review)
	Stephan Micus: Where In The World?, 1974 - Stephan Micus The Music of Stephan Micus: Where In The World? By 2004, Stephan Micus (MEE-koos) has recorded over 20 solo albums of his multi-tracked, multi-ethnic music, mostly for the ECM Records label. But three decades earlier, the young musician stopped to visit WBAI in New York, and later Charles Amirkhanian at KPFA and left an hour-long tape of his music before disappearing into the ozone. From the original 1974 program description: Improvisations for wooden recorders, sitar, zither, cymbals, bamboo fl... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Instrumental; Meditative; New Age; World Music Downloads: 2,890 Average rating: (1 review)
	A Concert by the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra and Chorus A live recording of a concert given March 15, 1975 by the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Oakland Symphony Chorus, conducted by Joseph Liebling. This concert was held at the Paramount Theater in Oakland California and included pieces by Strauss, Brahms, Berloiz and Milhaud. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music: Classical Music Downloads: 284 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Whistling of Jason Serinus A concert and interview with whistler extraordinaire Jason Serinus (aka Jay Nassberg). Dubbed the “Pavarotti of Pucker” by the San Francisco Chronicle, Serinus, accompanied by the piano, performs a number of pieces from the classical repertoire. Serinus may also be known to people as the voice of Woodstock in many of the Peanuts animated cartoons. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Classical Music; 20th Century Classical; Jason Serinus Downloads: 183 Average rating: (1 review)
	Frederick Marvin Recital Frederick Marvin, pianist and professor at Syracuse University in New York, performs a number of works, recorded on October 29, 1972. Marvin is well known for his work in bringing to light the mostly forgotten music of 18th century Spanish composer Padre Antonio Soler. He has also performed the works of modern American composer George Antheil, as well as the works of Debussy, Chopin, and many more. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music: 20th Century Classical; Frederick Marvin Downloads: 252 Average rating: (1 review)
	Works by Six Dutch Composers Han Reiziger of VPRO (Dutch Radio) hosted a number of KPFA broadcasts in 1974 as part of an exchange program. In this edition he introduces the works of six Dutch composers, several of which are very rare in United States, to this day. Included are incidental music by Alphons Diepenbrock, two re-workings of the Dutch national anthem by Anthon van der Horst and Louis Andriessen, a symphony by Cornelis Dopper, a seldom heard avant-garde piece by Bernard van Beurden, and an aleatoric work for two w... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Han Reiziger; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 210 Average rating: (1 review)
	Interview with Hal Clark From a program recorded in February of 1975, Charles Amirkhanian and Neil Rolnick interview the American composer, Hal Clark. Clark had just become the director of the new music studio at the Henie-Onstad Art Center in Norway. The studio was scheduled to open in May of 1975 and was to feature both electronic music, new music, ballet, and mixed media works. Clark describes the music scene in Norway in the early 1970s including its vibrant jazz scene, its single radio station, and the dearth of co... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Jazz; Hal Clark Downloads: 47 Average rating: (1 review)
	Carl Rakosi Reading and Interview on KPFA's Ode To Gravity, 1971 - Carl Rakosi Carl Rakosi (born November 6, 1903, Berlin) was one of the four so-called Objectivist poets of the thirties along with Louis Zukofsky, George Oppen and Charles Reznikoff. The Minneapolis poet gave up his art in 1941 to become a social worker and psychotherapist under the pseudonym Callman Rawley; he resumed writing in 1964 and his book Amulet was published by New Directions in 1967. Late in 1971 his new book, Ere-Voice, appeared... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Modern American Prose and Poetry; objectivist Downloads: 278 Average rating: (1 review)