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	Other Minds Presents: Lester Bowie Tribute Concert Lester Bowie was best known as co-founder and leader of the Art Ensemble of Chicago from 1968 until his passing in 1999. This tribute concert, a benefit for Jazz In Flight, was organized by Sukari Ivester (Bowie's daughter) with added assistance from Other Minds. The concert brought to San Francisco, Art Ensemble members Roscoe Mitchell (reeds), Famadou Don Moye (percussion), and special guests Corey Wilkes (trumpet), James Carter (saxophones), Frank Lacy (trombone), Jon Jang (piano), and Peter ... Keywords: Other Minds; Lester Bowie; Jazz; Music; Art Ensemble of Chicago Downloads: 26
	Morning Concert: John Duffy & Heritage: A Symphonic Suite with Narration Charles Amirkhanian interviews composer John Duffy, whose television series soundtrack “Heritage: Civilization & The Jews,” has been reworked into a suite for orchestra with narrator. Duffy, the founder of the Meet the Composer organization, which assists groups in bringing composers to meet their audiences, has had a revolutionary impact on the American music scene of the late 20th century. Now Charles Amirkhanian plays turnabout and brings you John Duffy himself, interviewed shortly after ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert series; John Duffy; Interview, Music; 20th Century Classical
	Morning Concert: Infrared Roses Charles Amirkhanian introduces the Grateful Dead at their most abstract and avant-garde. “Infrared Roses,” produced by Bob Bralove, is a compilation of performances taken from the “drumz/space” improvisational portion that came in the middle of the second set of most Grateful Dead shows during the 1980s and 1990s. The album explores the nether tones and electronic trampolines of the subconscious in a brilliantly edited tour-de-force... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert; Grateful Dead; interview; Music; Popular Music Downloads: 6
	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
	The Politics and Music of Cornelius Cardew From a program recorded on January 25, 1975, Charles Amirkhanian interviews the British composer, pianist, and Socialist, Cornelius Cardew. Born in 1936, Cardew had a traditional music education, studying composition and piano at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In the late 1950’s he became interested in avant-garde and electronic music, working with Karlheinz Stockhausen, and composing a series of aleatoric pieces influenced by the ideas of John Cage and others... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Cornelius Cardew; Music; Interview; Avant-Garde Downloads: 8
	Morning Concert: Lars-Gunnar Bodin and New Music from Sweden From a program originally recorded on February 24, 1975, Charles Amirkhanian interviews visiting composer Lars-Gunnar Bodin, live in the studios of KPFA. Bodin, one of the most prominent composers in Sweden, is a leading practitioner of text-sound composition and electronic music. At the time of this recording Bodin was in the middle of a world tour that would take him to India and Iran, and yet he found the time to sit down with Amirkhanian to talk about his music as well as present a selection... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert; Lars Gunnar Bodin; Interview; Music; Avant-Garde Downloads: 7
	Morning Concert: A Visit with Arthur Berdahl Charles Amirkhanian talks with the Knute Rockne of American music educators, Dr. Arthur C. Berdahl, longtime professor of music at Fresno State College (retired) and one of the founders of symphonic music in Fresno, California. From 1932 to 1954, Berdahl conducted the Fresno State College Symphony Orchestra and taught music theory, composition, and other music courses to the most prominent musicians to come out of the Central Valley... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert; Arthur Berdahl; Interview, Orchestral Music
	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
	Michael Sellers Plays the Music of Dane Rudhyar and Leo Ornstein Although any collaborative documentation is missing, and the identification of the compositions attributed to Dane Rudhyar is somewhat tentative, this does appear to be a concert of works by Rudhyar and Leo Ornstein as performed by pianist Michael Sellers. The concert took place in 1972, and is quite likely the KPFA sponsored concert held on March 5, 1972 at the Live Oak Theater in Berkeley California... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; 20th Century Classical; Michael Sellers
	Music Review: Carlos Chávez on the 1970 Cabrillo Music Festival Charles Amirkhanian interviews composer and Cabrillo Music Festival director, Carlos Chávez, about the 1970 Festival that was scheduled to start the next day. Chávez describes some of the pieces to be performed as well as a review of his own recent works. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music Review; Carlos Chavez; Interview; 20th Century Music
	Ode To Gravity: 1973 Gaudeamus Music Week Charles Amirkhanian plays selections from the 1973 Gaudeamus Music Week, an international music festival and competition, sponsored by the Gaudeamus Foundation in the Netherlands. Featured here are works by Frank Becker, an American composer living in Japan, German composer Wilfried Michel, Croatian composer Marko Ruždjak, and the first prize winner of the 1973 competition, African-American composer Maurice Weddington... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Interview; 20th Century Classical; Gaudeamus Downloads: 2
	New Sounds San Jose: 3rd Annual Festival The second concert of the Third Annual New Sounds of San Jose, recorded live on February 8, 1981. This year’s concerts featured works by Bay Area composers. In this second of two concerts you will hear works for solo piano by Charles Shere and John Adams, as well as a work for piano and violin by Richard Felciano and a number of songs for soprano, violin and piano by Wayne Peterson. Keywords: KPFA-FM; New Sounds San jose; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 3
	New Sounds San Jose: 3rd Annual Festival 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) Keywords: KPFA-FM; New Sounds San Jose; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 4
	A realization of Ferdinand Kriwet’s Sehtexte No. 14 A realization of Ferdinand Kriwet’s “Sehtexte Nr. XIV” made in the KPFA studios by Robert Moran and Howard Hersh. Born in Germany in 1942 Ferdinand Kriwet is a radio play author, poet, and artist, perhaps best know for his work with “visual texts” or concrete poetry. “Sehtexte No. 14” is one in a series of these poems, which has been used here as a type of graphic score to create a work of acoustic literature... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Spoken Word; Sound Poetry; Ferdinand Kriwet Downloads: 2
	Edwin Flath Organ Concert A concert presented in November of 1974 at the Calvary Church in San Francisco featuring organist Edwin Flath. Works heard include “Poeme Heroique,” for organ and brass ensemble by Marcel Dupré, “Prologue to Everyman for organ and cello by Ernst Bacon, “Canzona,” for organ and oboe by Henk Badings, “Parapraise,” for organ, reeds, brass, percussion, and hand bells by Donald Aird, “Partita,” for organ and English horn by Jan Koetsier, “Ekagrata,” for organ, percussion, and t... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Edwin Flath; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 8
	The Composer: Loren Rush From a recording made on November 21, 1967, cmposer Loren Rush introduces a program of his own music. After beginning the program with an untitled piano piece that he was still working on, Rush then plays a recording of Dwight Peltzer premiering Rush’s 1963 composition “Hexahedron” which is an aleatoric composition scored for solo piano. Next Rush discusses the characteristics of much of his music and his basic compositional style, followed by a live demonstration of some of the characteri... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Loren Rush; Music; Interview; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 5
	A Concert of New Music By The Ensemble A concert given Nov. 18, 1973 by the Ensemble at the Berkeley Piano Club, in Berkeley California. Works include three songs by Charles Shere from a work-in-progress based on texts by Marcel Duchamp; “Valid for Life,” a percussive piece by Beth Anderson; “Breaths,” a spontaneously performed work devised by Howard Moscovitz; and “Dark Night of Resistance,” a cantata by Julian White, using the words of Daniel Berrigan and St... Keywords: KPFA-FM; The Ensemble; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 5
	A Concert of Classical Chinese Music by The Flowing Stream Ensemble A program of traditional Chinese classical music, introduced by Charles Amirkhanian. It was recorded as a live concert given on December 1, 1972 at 1750 Arch St. in Berkeley California, and is one of the earliest live broadcasts from 1750 Arch, in what was to be a long running series on KPFA. The Ensemble is led by Betty and Shirley Wong, and is composed of San Francisco Bay Area performers. After the music Charles talks with Betty and Shirley Wong, and Winston Wu about the ensemble and the resp... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Flowing Stream Ensemble; Interview; Music; World Music Downloads: 8
	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
	San Francisco Chamber Music Society: Lucy Stoltzman & Friends in Concert The third concert of the 1981-82 season of the San Francisco Chamber Music Society featured violinist Lucy Stoltzman and clarinetist Richard Stoltzman performing a program of mostly 20th century chamber works, with added accompaniment by Robin Sutherland on piano, and Michael Grebanier on cello. The program begins with Johannes Brahms’ “Sonatensatz.” the fourth and only extant movement from a sonata jointly composed by Brahms, Albert Dietrich, and Robert Schumann... Keywords: KPFA-FM; San Francisco Chamber Music Society; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 27
	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
	An Informal Conversation with Harvey Matusow and Friends On December 18, 1972 in the KPFA Control Room a group of people got together for an informal and unstructured conversation. The jovial group included KPFA Music Director Charles Amirkhanian, Sheila and Larry Booth of Half Moon Bay, composer Annea Lockwood and her husband at that time, Harvey Matusow. Sounding more like friends after a long night of partying than any official type of radio show, the group listen as Matusow offers an alternative view of famous American figures and calls people at ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Current Events; Lecture; Panel Discussion Downloads: 5
	Chamber Concerto by Robert Erickson Ralph Shapey conducts the Hartt Chamber Players in a performance of Robert Erickson’s “Chamber Concerto”, composed in 1960. Born in Michigan in 1917, Erickson studied composition with Ernst Krenek and Roger Sessions, before eventually moving to the West Coast in the early 1950s where he soon became a well recognized composer and teacher as well as one of KPFA’s music directors. While still distinctly modern in nature, this work was composed before Erickson’s experimentation with tape m... Keywords: KPFA-FM; 20th Century Classical; Music; Robert Erickson Downloads: 18
	Veronica Jochum Plays the Music of Charles Tomlinson Griffes From a transcription tape obtained from the Dutch radio Station VPRO in 1973, pianist Veronica Jochum performs the music of the American gay composer, Charles Tomlinson Griffes. In what may be a rendition of Griffes “Three Preludes” as well as a selection of other short piano works, Jochum’s performance illustrates how an individual’s particular style and interpretation of a composition can bring out special aspects of a composer’s work... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 9
	Syner (”Visions”) by Lars-Gunnar Bodin Recorded in stereo quadraphonic, “Syner”, which translates to “Visions”, is a work of electronic music in three movements by Swedish composer and sound poet, Lars-Gunnar Bodin. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Lars Gunnar Bodin Downloads: 9
	A Living Man by Sten Hanson Recorded in stereo quadraphonic, “A Living Man” is a work combining electronic sounds and recorded voice by the Swedish composer and sound poet, Sten Hanson. The composition begins with a self described electronic music symphony but soon expands so as to include a male voice listing a litany of qualities and activities that a living man enjoys. Composed in 1972 the work is typical of the type of text-sound composition that was quite in vogue in Northern European avant-garde circles during th... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Sten Hanson Downloads: 15
	Bland I by Bengt Emil Johnson Recorded in stereo quadraphonic and given the rather obscure title of “1/1970; (Bland) [(among)] I” this is an engaging piece of electronic music by the Swedish composer and sound poet Bengt Emil Johnson. In assembling a variety of sounds into a continuous yet ever shifting sequence Johnson has created a what sounds like a drive through an hallucinatory landscape inhabited but what one might imagine to be huge insects and other strange aliens. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Bengt Emil Johnson Downloads: 7
	San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert by the Lyric Wind Quintet The Lyric Wind Quintet presented this excellent program at the Fireman’s Fund Theater in San Francisco on February 19, 1973. Introduced and recorded by Larry Jackson, this concert, sponsored by the San Francisco Chamber Music Society featured Franz Danzi’s “Quintet in G Minor”, Joann Feldman’s “Woodwind Quintet”, and Irving Fine’s “Partita for Wind Quintet”. The program then concluded with Arnold Schoenberg’s “Quintet for Wind Instruments,, Op... Keywords: KPFA-FM; San Francisco Chamber Music Society; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 15
	San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert by the New Hungarian Quartet From the last half of a concert recorded on October 22, 1973 at the Fireman’s Fund Theater and sponsored by the San Francisco Chamber Music Society, the New Hungarian Quartet perform Franz Schubert’s “String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, Op. 161” and the third movement of Claude Debussy’s “String Quartet in G Minor”. The members of the quartet are Andor Toth and Richard Young, violins, Denes Koromzay, viola, and Andor Toth, Jr., cello... Keywords: KPFA-FM; San Francisco Chamber Music Society; Music; Classical Music Downloads: 6
	San Francisco Chamber Music Society: Subotnick and Friends The fourth concert of the 1980-81 season of the San Francisco Chamber Music Society featured Morton Subotnick and friends, commemorating this composer-clarinetist’s appearance at the first Society concert held on November 21, 1961. In this return engagement, Subotnick performs Beethoven’s “Trio in B-Flat, Op. 11” as well as his own “Two Life Histories: A Melodrama.” The concert then concludes with Béla Bartók’s “Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.” In his “Two Life Histor... Keywords: KPFA-FM; San Francisco Chamber Music Society; Music; Chamber Music Downloads: 11
	San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert from March 10 The fifth concert of the 1979-80 season of the San Francisco Chamber Music Society, featured a fascinating mixture of very old and quite new music. The program began with a short talk about and demonstration of the piri, an oboe like instrument used in Korean music, by the noted musicologist, Jonathan Condit. This is all by means of introduction to Isang Yun’s 1971 composition “Piri” which is scored for oboe and performed here by William Bennett... Keywords: KPFA-FM; San Francisco Chamber Music Society; Music; Classical Music Downloads: 12
	San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert by the Lenox Quartet The sixth concert of the 1980-81 season of the San Francisco Chamber Music Society featured the Lenox String Quartet performing works by Mozart and Beethoven as well as the world premier of Robert Basart’s “Imaginary Song,” which was commissioned by the Society and written specifically for the Lenox String Quartet. The two works by Mozart are, according to the program guide: “the third and fifth of a group of six quartets composed by the sixteen year old Mozart in Milan while on his thir... Keywords: KPFA-FM; San Francisco Chamber Music Society; Music; Chamber Music Downloads: 5
	San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert by the Francesco Trio The final concert of the 1980-81 season of the San Francisco Chamber Music Society featured the Francesco Trio with guest violist John Graham, performing both modern and classical chamber works. The concert began with Tōru Takemitsu’s “Hika”, a work which, according to the program guide “recalls the language of the Schoenberg school, with the large melodic leaps and the extreme shifts of register... Keywords: KPFA-FM; San Francisco Chamber Music Society; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 6
	San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert of Vocal Music with Stephanie Friedman The first concert of the 1981-82 season of the San Francisco Chamber Music Society featured a performance of 20th century art songs by mezzo-soprano Stephanie Friedman, accompanied by a variety of San Francisco Bay Area musicians. Featured works included Edward Lawton’s “Medieval Triptych” a musical setting of 13th century texts; four poems by James Joyce as set to music by David Del Tredici; and three “Madegascan Songs” by Maurice Ravel with texts by the poet Évariste Parny... Keywords: KPFA-FM; San Francisco Chamber Music Society; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 5
	Harvey Matusow and the International Carnival of Experimental Sounds Charles Amirkhanian talks to Harvey Matusow about 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 held in August 1972 in London. Featuring 46 concerts in 14 days, including marathon performances in an refurbished railroad roundhouse, a music train to Edinburgh, films, happenings, and performances by avant-garde artists, dancers, and musicians from around the world, ICES ‘72 could b... Keywords: KPFA-FM; ICES; Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic Downloads: 10
	Radiofest: Whatever Happened to the Avant-Garde ? This is the second, mostly self-contained, half of a program produced by the American Society of University Composers in conjunction with Radiofest: New American Music, in which the state of avant-garde music in the late 1970s is explored. The program begins with a look back at a typical avant-garde performance from the heady days of the 1960s, for which an audience gathered to witness the ignition of a single jet engine... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Radiofest; Documentary; Avant-Garde Downloads: 28
	Radiofest: The Pioneers of Electronic Music in America This is a program, produced by the American Society of University Composers in conjunction with Radiofest: New American Music, in which the work of two early American pioneers in electronic music is explored. During the early 1950s Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky collaborated on a number of electro-acoustic recordings that utilized the newly available tape recorder, and employed such seemingly basic techniques as feed back and changing tape speeds to transform pitch with considerable effec... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Radiofest; Documentary; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic Downloads: 33
	Open Evening: The Avant-Garde Celebrates Beethoven A somewhat irreverent, bicentennial birthday celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven with Charles Amirkhanian, pianist Julian White, and guests. After a rousing start with Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven.” the “Overture to ‘Fidelio’” is heard, followed by a reading by George Cleve on the subject of Beethoven’s life and death. Amirkhanian then plays a number of the Maestro’s lighter works, including his “Trio in G Major” for three flutes, and the “Five Variations on ‘Rule... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Open Evening series; Ludwig van Beethoven; Interview; Music; Microtonal Music Downloads: 33
	Driftwood Cortege by Tim Souster A recording of “Driftwood Cortege” by Tim Souster, an English composer who is best known for his electronic music compositions. This atmospheric piece of electronic music was created at the Stanford University Computer Studio in the Fall of 1978, during Souster’s six month stay in the San Francisco Bay Area. Born in 1943, Souster studied with Bernard Rose, Sir David Lumsden, and Karlheinz Stockhausen, among others... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Tim Souster Downloads: 16
	Ode To Gravity: Charlie Morrow and New Wilderness Audiographics From an interview recorded in December of 1977 and broadcast on June 26, 1978, Charles Amirkhanian talks with New York composer and producer, Charlie Morrow, at his home on West End Avenue in Manhattan. Morrow was, at the time of this recording, director of the New Wilderness Foundation, which issued a remarkable series of cassette tapes featuring experimental music, text-sound compositions, and field recordings, created by a variety of avant-garde composers and poets... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Charlie Morrow; Music; Interview; New Music Downloads: 14
	Ode To Gravity: Music by Payne, Bielawa, and Gonsalves Charles Amirkhanian hosts a program featuring the music of three Bay Area composers, two of which join him in the studio to discuss their works. Maggi Payne and Bob Gonsalves are both graduates of the Master’s Degree program at Mills College in Electronic and Recorded Media from the Center for Contemporary Music. Payne, who could not make it to the KPFA studios due to illness, was at the time of this recording, director of the recording studio at the Center, and was serving as an engineer for ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Maggi Payne; Bob Gonsalves; Interview; Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic Downloads: 8
	Tuesday Morning Club: An Hour in the KPFA Music Department Office Charles Amirkhanian fills in for the absent Julian White for this edition of KPFA’s Tuesday Morning Club. Rather than playing a selection of elegant classical music, Amirkhanian takes this opportunity to give listeners a feel for what the Music Department Office was like during a typical day in 1970. Fielding phone calls from Liam O’Gallagher, moving boxes, answering questions for staff and volunteers, its all here in this fascinating peek behind the KPFA curtain... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Tuesday Morning Club; Other Finds; Field Recordings Downloads: 10
	Arthur Berdahl Conducts J. S. Bach Arthur Berdahl conducts the Fresno State College String Orchestra in Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052.” This recording is from a concert given on Feb. 24, 1955 with Carl Post performing on piano. Dr. Arthur C. Berdahl was a longtime professor of music at Fresno State College and the founder of symphonic music in Fresno, California. From 1932 to 1954, Berdahl conducted the Fresno State College Symphony Orchestra and taught music theory, composition, and other mus... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Arthur Berdahl; Music; Classical Music Downloads: 23
	Folk Music from Armenia Musical Selections include:The Plough Song / Komitas -- Antuni [Song of the Homeless] (1905–06) / Komitas -- Bunch of Flowers -- Dance Game -- Dsedsernak [The Swallow] (1898) / Komitas -- Line Ball Dance -- Im Gala -- Krunk [The crane] (1911) / Komitas Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Folk Music; World Music; Armenia Downloads: 58
	Le Carrefour de La Chaussee d'Antin A 1972 recording of Le carrefour de la chaussee d'Antin, a long sound poem in French by Bernard Heidsieck. Keywords: Spoken Word; Sound Poetry; Bernard Heidsieck Downloads: 12
	Flux Art: An Historical Perspective An interview with George Brecht, about the Fluxus art movement. He describes their influences and many of their pieces of art. "In Fluxus there has never been any attempt to agree on aims or methods; individuals with something unnamable in common have simply naturally coalesced to publish and perform their work. Perhaps this common something is a feeling that the bounds of art are much wider than they have conventionally seemed, or that art and certain long-established bounds are no longer very ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview; Modern Art; George Brecht Downloads: 20
	The Cradle Will Rock: original cast recording The original cast recording of Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle will Rock, with Blitzstein on piano. From the 78s. Keywords: Music; Opera; Marc Blitzstein Downloads: 26
	An Interview with Virgil Thomson Charles Amirkhanian interviews composer and music critic Virgil Thomson in a recording most likely made in the early or mid-1970s. Amirkhanian questions the elderly Thomson about his time in Paris studying with Nadia Boulanger, and about his friendships with such composers as George Antheil, Henry Brant, and Henry Cowell. The two also discuss how Virgil first met Gertrude Stein when Antheil asked him to join him for a dinner with the poet, and how she never really took a liking to the brash Amer... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview; Virgil Thomson; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 7
	Music by the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra From March 22, 1968, Arthur C. Berdahl conducts the Fresno Philharmonic in a performance of Carl Maria von Weber’s Overture to the opera Der Freischütz. Then from March 8, 1974 Berdahl conducts the orchestra in a performance of his own Requiem for Grace, and from the same concert Guy Taylor conducts a performance of Henry Cowell’ s Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.3. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Orchestral Music; Fresno Philharmonic Downloads: 16
	Morning Concert: Good Sound Festival, 1992 The first annual Good Sound Festival took place at the Life on the Water Theater in San Francisco from August 21 - 31, 1992. Utilizing the latest technology for sound reproduction, enhancement, and manipulation, the event promised to be a milestone in the history of late 20th Century music. In this program Charles Amirkhanian interviews Loren Rush and Janis Mattox, the event’s artistic directors, and founders of the Good Sound Foundation an organization dedicated to quality live sound for elec... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert; Good Sound Foundation; Interview; Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 9