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	Igor Stravinsky - A Reluctant Farewell Tribute to late Russian-American giant features rendition of entire "Firebird" ballet as played on piano by Stravinsky. Also on the program is the Duo Concertant for violin and piano, Norwegian Moods, and Le sacre du printemps. Broadcast one day after Stravinsky's death. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; 20th Century Classical; Igor Stravinsky Downloads: 5,171 Average rating: (0 review)
	Other Minds New Music Seance I: Concert II On December 3, 2005, Other Minds presented for the first time three concerts of new music summoning the spirits of composers past and present, in the spiritual setting of Bernard Maybeck's Swedenborgian Church in San Francisco. The following selections are from Concert II, "NUDE ROLLING DOWN AN ESCALATOR". Ruth Crawford Seeger Prelude No. 4; Prelude No. 9 (1924-28) Andrea Morricone 1 Studio (Etude No... Keywords: New Music Seance; Other Minds; Concerts; New Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 12,088 Average rating: (0 review)
	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... Keywords: Avantgarde; Experimental; 20th Century Classical; Minimalism Downloads: 5,300 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... Keywords: Avantgarde; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 15,093 Average rating: (1 review)
	Michael Nyman performs solo piano works from the soundtrack to The Piano at Other Minds 11, 2005 - Michael Nyman English composer Michael Nyman performs works from the soundtrack to The Piano (Big my secret, Silver-fingered fling, The heart asks pleasure first) on solo piano at Other Minds 11 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Michael Nyman, piano. Keywords: Soundtrack; Minimalism Downloads: 5,249 Average rating: (0 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... Keywords: Music; New Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; david Tudor; John Cage Downloads: 6,504 Average rating: (1 review)
	Jazz Archives: Ragtime Piano Phil Elwood presents a program on the evolution of Ragtime music from Scott Joplin to Jelly Roll Morton. The early composers of Ragtime saw themselves foremost as composers and looked down on the un-schooled musicians that later adapted ragtime into what became known as Jazz. Joplin in particular was rather conservative in his approach to Ragtime, and did little to include the swinging beat that was to be popularized by later musicians such as Jelly Roll Morton... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Jazz; Scott Joplin; Phil Elwood Downloads: 2,000 Average rating: (0 review)
	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 Keywords: Minimalism; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 4,168 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	John Cage Interviewed by Jonathan Cott - Jonathan Cott & John Cage A lively 1963 interview of John Cage by Jonathan Cott. The discussion covers several aspects of Cages creative process and aesthetic. At every turn Cott antagonizes Cage with challenging questions. In addition, he quotes from numerous sources (including Norman Mailer, Michael Steinberg, Igor Stravinksy and others) criticizing Cage and his music. Includes a performance of Aria with Fontana Mix featuring vocalist Cathy Berberian... Keywords: Interview; New Music; John Cage Downloads: 4,233 Average rating: (0 review)
	Shehnai Nawaz Bismillah Khan Master shehnai (Indian oboe) player Bismillah Khan plays three ragas, accompanied by unidentified tabla and tamboura players. Born in 1916, to a family of court musicians, Khan was perhaps the person most responsible for popularizing shehnai music in the modern era. This particular recording was made in the 1960s. Khan died in 2006. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; World Music; Bismillah Khan Downloads: 414 Average rating: (0 review)
	Beat and Bow: Tabla and Sarangi Performances From the Odeon recording “Beat and Bow” (MOAE-174) which was also later released by EMI (EALP-1312) three pieces of instrumental Hindustani music. The first work is for solo tabla and is the Teental rhythm (a cycle of 16 beats). The second piece is a Raga for sarangi and tabla and is also in the Teental rhythm. The third work is also for sarangi and tabla and is in the Deepchandi rhythm (a cycle of 14 beats)... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; World Music Downloads: 698 Average rating: (0 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... Keywords: Instrumental; Meditative; New Age; World Music Downloads: 2,890 Average rating: (1 review)
	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... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; New Music; Popular Music; Brian Eno Downloads: 8,302 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	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... Keywords: Jazz Downloads: 3,331 Average rating: (1 review)
	Elwood's Archives: Special On Louis Armstrong Phil Elwood presents a retrospective program dedicated to the music of Louis Armstrong a week after the great musician’s death. The first half of the program is dedicated to Armstrong’s early career in New Orleans during the 1920’s. In the second half of the program, Elwood focuses on recordings that Armstrong made in the 1930s when he had become popular outside of the strictly jazz, mostly African American community and had begun to perform more popular types of songs, including show tune... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Jazz; Louis Armstrong; Phil Elwood Downloads: 782 Average rating: (0 review)
	Jim Nollman's Cigarette Piece Composer Jim Nollman of San Francisco, well known for his work with inter-species music, was also a member of the avant-grade group Music Music. This program is a recording made during the eighth night of his conceptual work, entitled Cigarette Piece, which was performed live over KPFA in 1973. The piece is scored for ten cigarette smokers and each nights performance lasted as long as it takes each of them to finish one cigarette... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Avant-Garde; New Music; Jim Nollman Downloads: 1,664 Average rating: (0 review)
	Margaret Leng Tan performs The Beatles song Eleanor Rigby at Other Minds 5, 1999 - John Lennon/Paul McCartney, Toby Twining & Margaret Leng Tan Margaret Leng Tan performs the west coast Premiere special arrangement of The Beatles song Eleanor Rigby (arranged by Toby Twining) at the Other Minds Music Festival in 1999 at the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano Keywords: Avant-garde; Rock & Roll; 20th Century Classical; Toy Piano Downloads: 6,427 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	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... Downloads: 1,748 Average rating: (1 review)
	Early American Music From a program first broadcast on November 30, 1972, Charles Amirkhanian presents a program of early American music, many taken from old, rare 78 rpm recordings. The program begins with Henry Hadley’s “Piano Quintet, Op. 50” followed by six versions of Thurlow Lieurance’s “By the Waters of Minnetonka: An Indian Love Song,” followed by several selections of music by John Knowles Paine. While there is a distinctive Native American melody at the heart of Lieurance’s song, most of the ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Classical Music Downloads: 83
	Jazz violinist Billy Bang performs selections (track 1) from the World Premiere of "Vietnam: The Aftermath" and "Vietnam Reflections" at Other Minds 11, 2005 - Billy Bang Jazz violinist Billy Bang performs selections from his release Vietnam: The Aftermath and his upcoming release Vietnam Reflections at the 11th Other Minds Music Festival at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2005. Billy Bang Quintet Billy Bang, violin Ted Daniel, trumpet and horns Andrew Bemkey, piano Todd Nicholson, bass Michael Carvin, drums Composer, violinist and Vietnam veteran Billy Bang and his New York-based quintet present the world premiere of new selections from his ongo... Keywords: jazz Downloads: 2,141 Average rating: (0 review)
	South Indian Flute Music A selection of South Indian flute music by Tanjore Viswanathan. The master flute musician performs a number of ragas accompanied by five other musicians playing the violin and assorted traditional Indian instruments. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; World Music; Tanjore Viswanathan Downloads: 434 Average rating: (0 review)
	New Sounds San Jose: Philip Glass: 1978 A live recording of a concert by Philip Glass given on July 2, 1978 as part of the New Sounds San Jose concert series. This program include a number of pieces for organ, written in Glass’ trademark minimalist style, as well as a piece for orchestra and electronics. Born in 1937, Philip Glass is one of the most influential American composers of the late 20th century. He is the best known composer of repetitive or minimalist music, and has produced a number of very successful modern operas, ofte... Keywords: KPFA-FM; New Sounds San Jose; Philip Glass; Music; New Music Downloads: 13
	The Spirituals to Swing Concerts of 1938 - 1939 Phil Elwood presents the complete recordings of two concerts organized by John Hammond and given on the Christmas Eves of 1938 and 1939 at Carnegie Hall; featuring the best Swing, Blues, and Gospel musicians of the day. Performers include Charlie Christian, Lester Young, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Bill Broozy, and many others Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Jazz; Jazz Archives; Phil Elwood Downloads: 1,646 Average rating: (0 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)
	Henry Cowell Musical Autobiography - Henry Cowell Henry Cowell talks about his life and plays examples of his music from his entire career as a composer—a fascinating document. He mentions the diversity interests from his childhood, giving up violin at age 8, hearing Irish tunes hummed by his father, early American Ozark mountain tunes sung by his mother. Living in San Francisco, he was exposed to international influences, playing and humming along with his Japanese, Chinese & Tahitian playmates. Keywords: Documentary; New Music; Henry Cowell; Orchestral Music Downloads: 2,686 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Survival of the Fiddle - Music by Steve Reich & Michael Sahl Two avant-garde works for violin, played by one of the world’s leading artists, Paul Zukofsky. In a Mitzvah for the Dead (for Violin and Tape), Michael Sahl has written a piece in four movements which recalls tonal music as a possibility for usage in not merely collage snippets, but as an important element basic to the conception of the work. In the second work, Violin Phase by Steve Reich, the composer takes samples of sound and subjects them to a sort of magnification that provides the liste... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; New Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Steve Reich; Michael Sahl; Paul Zukofsky Downloads: 559 Average rating: (0 review)
	Classical Indian Music: A Live Concert by G.S. Sachdev G. S. Sachdev performs an extended concert of music for bass flute, live from the KPFA Studio B. Mr. Sachdev had just completed his first year as a member of the faculty of Ali Akbar College in San Rafael. He is joined by a number of his students for this concert of classical Indian music. During the intermission, Charles Amirkhanian interviews Sachdev about his early training and career as a flute player. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; World Music; Classical Indian; G.S. Sachdev Downloads: 1,401
	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)
	Morning Concert: The Guitar Music of Bill Horvitz This program begins with a selection of six works for solo guitar, composed and performed by Bill Horvitz, at a concert at the University of California in Santa Cruz on June 10, 1975, and broadcast as part of its Morning Concert by KPFA on September 30, 1975. These are followed by Horvitz playing a selection of unidentified tracks. These might be selections of music he composed for “Calm Down Mother” a musical theater work by Megan Terry, but that can not be confirmed... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert: Music; 20th Century Classical; Bill Horvitz Downloads: 11
	Russian Liturgical Music Larry Jackson introduces three works of liturgical music by three different Russian composers, Tchaikovsky, Grechaninov and Kalinnikov. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Classical Music; Liturgical Music; Russian Composers Downloads: 407 Average rating: (0 review)
	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)
	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)
	Morning Concert: Foday Musa Suso-The Dreamtime Charles Amirkhanian interviews the Mandingo Griot musician from Gambia, Foday Musa Suso. A virtuoso on the 21-stringed kora, he also is a drummer and composer whose multi-instrumental talents are highlighted on numerous recordings, including The Dreamtime, a CD from CMP (3001), issued in Germany. After teaching at the University of Ghana and performing radio and television programs throughout Europe, Suso moved to the United States in 1977... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert series; Interview; World Music; Jazz; Foday Musa Suso Downloads: 122 Average rating: (0 review)
	A Concert by the San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble A recording of a concert given by the San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble on April 2. 1971. The concert features “Four Systems” an aleatoric work by Earle Brown, “Concert for Piano and Orchestra” by John Cage, and the U. S. premiere of Arne Mellnäs’ “Capricorn Flakes’” a quartet for harpsichord, piano, glockenspiel, vibraphone. The ensemble, featuring students and other musicians connected to the Conservatory, is directed by Howard Hersh. Keywords: KPFA-FM; San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble; Music; New Music Downloads: 11
	A Stereophonic Journey Through India Jean-Louis Derche traveled to India in the summer of 1971 and faithfully recorded temple music in several out-of-the-way locations. Even more remarkable are his unusual recordings made in the streets of Benares, Chidambaran, Madurai, Tanjour, and Trivandrum. Listen to the sounds of rickshas, a walk down a narrow street, craftsmen hammering metal, and the timeless flow of the Ganges River. His companion, photographer Monique Sidi, provided illustrations of the journey, for use in the September 19... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Other Finds; Soundscapes; World Music; Jean-Louis Derche Downloads: 1,580 Average rating: (0 review)
	John Cage and Morton Feldman In Conversation, Radio Happening I of V recorded at WBAI, New York City, 1966 - 1967 - John Cage, Morton Feldman John Cage / Morton Feldman: Radio Happenings I - V Recorded at WBAI, New York City, July 1966 - January 1967 John Cage and Morton Feldman recorded four open-ended conversations at the studios of radio station WBAI in New York. These meetings spanned six months between July 1966 and January 1967, and were produced as five "Radio Happenings". Both were at transitional points in their music. Cage had completed Variations V in 1965 and Variations VI and VII in 1966, and would publish "A Year from Mo... Keywords: Avantgarde; 20th Century Classical; Interviews Downloads: 3,366 Average rating: (0 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... Keywords: Avantgarde; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 3,645 Average rating: (1 review)
	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... Keywords: Avantgarde Downloads: 7,800 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Nicolas Slonimsky at Berkeley Piano Club, 1971 - Nicolas Slonimsky In this lecture and demonstration, Nicolas Slonimsky covers topics such as polytonality, atonality, scales, the perils of introducing the music of Charles Ives and Edgar Varese to the Hollywood Bowl audiences in 1933, polyrhythm, and The Grandmother Chord. He then recounts comments made about composers by their contemporary writers, e.g., there are criticisms of Chopin, Wagner and Stravinsky. A review of his experiences with Performance Art follows and is not to be missed... Keywords: 20th Century Classical; Classical; Avantgarde Downloads: 1,779 Average rating: (0 review)
	KPFA’s 40th Anniversary Show, Part 5: Listener Call-ins The special all day broadcast celebrating the 40th anniversary of KPFA concludes with a three hour listener call-in segment, hosted by Charles Amirkhanian, who is joined by KPFA General Manager, Pat Scoot, and Pacifica Foundation Executive Director, David Salniker, and others. Caller comments range from glowing reviews of the station’s programing to sharp criticisms of the same. As always with KPFA, the listening audience is well informed and not at all shy about letting the station know what ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Other Finds; Current Events Downloads: 22 Average rating: (0 review)
	A Concert by the New Music Ensemble A concert mixing classical piano works and new music for instrumental ensemble, sponsored by the San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble, and given on March 10, 1972 at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. The concert features works by Robert Erickson, Richard Felciano, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and Loren Rush, all performed by the Ensemble. Also included are piano works by Robert Schumann, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Franz Liszt, and Frederic Chopin, performed by Robert Helps. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Classical Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; New Music Ensemble Downloads: 517 Average rating: (0 review)
	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)
	Music by La Monte Young Alexander Dea plays a selection of recordings of La Monte Young's early minimalist drone pieces and discusses the composer’s life and works. La Monte Young (born Bern, Idaho, 1935) has pioneered the concept of extended time durations in contemporary music for over 35 years. In addition, his work has played a central role in the development of the use of just intonation in 20th century music, and the growth of the minimalist style... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Minimalism; Electro-Acoustic; La Monte Young Downloads: 102 Average rating: (0 review)
	Music Makes the World Go Round: A Tribute to Eddie Jefferson A retrospective tribute to jazz singer Eddie Jefferson (1918-1979). Jefferson was an innovator in the field of vocalese, in which words or a story line are written to replace the notes of famous instrumental solos from previous recordings by major jazz performers, such as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and others. Jefferson’s lyrics were his method of paying homage to the composition’s soloist. His style influenced King Pleasure, as well as Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, and more contemporary arti... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Documentary; Jazz; Eddie Jefferson Downloads: 357 Average rating: (0 review)
	Astor Piazzolla, Speaking Of Music at the Exploratorium in 1989 - Astor Piazzolla Composer Astor Piazzolla interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian at the Exploratorium's Speaking of Music Series in San Francisco, May 11, 1989. In this program, Astor Piazzolla reveals the history of tango, its derivation from the milonga, the development of the accordion-like bandoneon, and pivotal points in his own compositional career, importantly how he changed traditional tango to Nuevo Tango following his dismissal by teacher Nadia Boulanger in Paris... Keywords: 20th Century Classical Downloads: 2,989 Average rating: (0 review)
	Zappa as DJ From a program recorded in 1968, Tom Donahue interviews Frank Zappa about his life and work, and allows the irreverent rock star to present some of his favorite music. The ensuing free form program ranges from surf music, doo-wop, jazz, the blues, to the works of Pierre Boulez. The song selection is very informative for any fan of Zappa’s music, as one can easily trace the influence of all these styles on his own creative output, be it the cheesy harmonies of 1950s pop songs or the intricate p... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Popular Music; Frank Zappa Downloads: 460 Average rating: (0 review)
	Portrait of Composer Colin McPhee - Colin McPhee Charles Amirkhanian introduces the life and music of Colin McPhee (1901-1964), with commentary by Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison. A classically trained pianist and composer, McPhee became prominent in the 1930s modern music movement in New York. His life and music changed direction when he discovered Balinese music in 1931. He moved to Bali and thoroughly studied the indigenous music. McPhee composed music incorporating Balinese themes... Keywords: Documentary; 20th Century Classical; World Music Downloads: 778 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Premiere of Mark Grey's "Sands of Time" for cello and live electronic processing performed by Joan Jeanrenaud at Other Minds 10, 2004 - Mark Grey World Premiere of Mark Grey's Sands of Time for cello and live electronic processing (2003) performed at Other Minds 10 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2004 Joan Jeanrenaud, cello Mark Grey, electronics One of the most in-demand sound designers today, Grey is best known for his work with the Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley and most recently with John Adams in The Dharma at Big Sur for the October 2003 opening of Disney Hall in Los Angeles... Keywords: 20th Century Classical Downloads: 836 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... Keywords: 20th Century Classical Downloads: 1,847 Average rating: (1 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Afghani Music Recorded by Lowell Sheehy Charles Amirkhanian interviews Lowell Sheehy, who describes his visit to Afghanistan, and plays recordings he made in 1969 of the music he heard there. Lowell Sheehy describes his low-budget trips to Afghanistan, and how he met and recorded these impromptu performances in tea houses throughout southern Afghanistan. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; World Music; Afghanistan Downloads: 330 Average rating: (0 review)