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	Miriam Abramowitsch Recital This program was recorded on Feb. 27, 1972 as a benefit for Woman for Peace. Bernhard Abramowitsch, father of the singer Miriam Abramowitsch, accompanies his daughter on the piano. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Art Songs; Classical Music; Miriam Abramowitsch Downloads: 30 Average rating: (0 review)
	Interview with Gladys Nordenstrom Charles Amirkhanian interviews Gladys Nordenstrom, composer and wife of Ernest Krenek, in which she discusses one of her songs "Time 24", which is based on a poem by the Czech poet Renata Pandulova. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview; Art Songs; Gladys Nordenstrom Downloads: 18 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: 50th Anniversary of the Concert Societe Musicale Independante On May 5, 1926 six young American composers who had been working in Paris presented their chamber music to an audience of musicians, intelligentsia, and socialites in the famed Salle Pleyel (or perhaps the nearby Salle Chopin). The concert, arranged by Nadia Boulanger and sponsored by the Societe Musicale Independente, a group which included the most celebrated European composers of the time, gave the French one of their first chances to hear what Americans were capable of musically... Keywords: Chamber Music; Art Songs; Music and Interview; Societe Musicale Independante Downloads: 360 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: Emily Dickinson, Maria Callas, and Jennie Tourel Host Sarah Cahill presents a diverse number of musical settings of poems by the renowned American poet Emily Dickinson. Juxtaposed settings by Aaron Copland, John Adams, George Perle and Ernst Bacon reveal each composer’s unique approach to handling Dickinson’s enigmatic work. While Adams’s well-known “Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson” is featured in its entirety, seldom-heard work by Perle and Bacon offers a different take not only on the text, but on the author’s status as hermit-po... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert series; Music; Art Songs Downloads: 429 Average rating: (0 review)
	Oakland Museum Concerts: Chamber Music Concert This is the first 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 first concert, recorded on February 19, 1971, includes songs by Aaron Copland, Ernst Bacon, and Guilaume de Machaut, as well as chamber works by Lou Harrison, Antonin Dvorák, George Gershwin, and Roy ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; 20th Century Classical; Art Songs Downloads: 154 Average rating: (0 review)
	Oakland Museum Concerts: Chamber Music Concert This is the second 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 second concert, recorded on March 12, 1971, includes songs by Claudio Monteverdi, Virgil Thomson with Gertrude Stein, and Ralph Vaughan Williams, as well as chamber works by Ernest Bloch, and Leon Kirc... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Classical Music; Art Songs; Chamber Music Downloads: 272 Average rating: (0 review)
	Oakland Museum Concerts: Art Songs Concert A concert of art songs, (and some sound poetry), held at the Gallery of California Art of the Oakland Museum on March 19, 1972. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Art Songs; Oakland Museum Concerts Downloads: 47 Average rating: (0 review)
	Marco Lucchi & Ensemble - Fados 1988-2008 [wh105] - Marco Lucchi This collection of art songs represents a fusion of many folk, classical, neoclassical, and contemporary influences. Taking as its theme the Portuguese Fado, the most prominent influence, Marco Lucchi's series of compositions were recorded by an ensemble between 1988 and 2008. track order: 1. della Perla Lunare (Cristina Blarzino, harp - Geoff Warren, flute - Laura Polato, piano) 2. prima Canzone d'Amore (Lorena Fontana, voice - Cristina Blarzino, harp - Marco Lucchi, voice and programming) 3... Keywords: instrumental; vocal; art songs; fados; Italian; neoclassical; world music Downloads: 667 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Songs and Writings of Ned Rorem In this edition of Ode To Gravity Charles Amirkhanian presents a selection of art songs by Ned Rorem interspersed with excerpts from Rorem’s book, “Music from Inside Out”, in which the composer discusses history and art of song writing. For additional works by Rorem be sure to check out the recently released CD “The Songs of Ned Rorem”, from the Other Minds record label and available at www.otherminds.org. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Art Songs; Ned Rorem Downloads: 36 Average rating: (0 review)
	A Concert of Music by Ernst Krenek: In honor of his 80th birthday A concert given in celebration of Ernst Krenek’s 80th birthday, on April 18, 1980 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and sponsored by the Goethe Institute. Charles Boone, who studied with Krenek, introduces the composer who then introduces the program of a number of his early compositions. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; 20th Century Classical; Art Songs; Ernst Krenek Downloads: 265 Average rating: (0 review)
	Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Concert This is the first half of a concert given at the Fresno State College Department of Music, Recital Hall Music Building on Nov. 11, 1964. It features compositions by students and faculty of Fresno State College performed by members of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Art Songs; Chamber Music; Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Downloads: 29 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Lieder of Alma Mahler A July 1965 broadcast of a live in-studio concert featuring songs by Alma Mahler plus the first movement of what might have been Gustav Mahler’s first piano quartet. Alma Mahler had been working on these songs when she first met and later married Gustav Mahler. Unhappy with the idea of his wife composing rather than devoting her time to himself, Mahler initially insisted that she stop. Only later, (as is related in a passage from her autobiography read by the actress Maria Palmer at the start ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; KPFK-FM: Music; Art Songs; 20th Century Classical; Alma Mahler Downloads: 92 Average rating: (0 review)
	Songs of Mahler and his Contemporaries A live concert featuring Barbara Patton, soprano, and Natalie Limonick, piano, performing works by Peter Cornelius, Hugo Wolf, and Gustav Mahler. Keywords: KPFA-FM; KPFK; Music; Art Songs; Peter Cornelius; Hugo Wolf; Gustav Mahler Downloads: 176 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: The Musical Expression of the Gay Experience In commemoration of the Stonewall Rebellion and of Gay Pride Week, Wood Massi presents music, writings, and interviews about the gay experience. The program focuses on 20th century vocal music and includes works by Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and others. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert series; Music; 20th Century Classical; Art Songs; Wood Massi Downloads: 127
	Morning Concert: Philip Glass meets Phalen Tassie Charles Amirkhanian hosts a variety of characters on The Morning Concert: "Philip Glass meets Phalen Tassie". A series of outlandish guests, including a preposterous pan-musicologist from London, keep a KPFA fundraising drive entertaining, as Amirkhanian presents excerpts from Glass' new release, "Dance Nos. 1-5", and selections from "Phalen Tassie Sings American Contemporary Songs". Tassie, a former faculty member of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, displays her unique vocal delivery in... Keywords: Interview and Music; Minimalism; Art Songs; Morning Concert; KPFA-FM; Philip Glass; Phalen Tassie Downloads: 661 Average rating: (0 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... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert series; Interview; 20th Century Classical; Art Songs Downloads: 351 Average rating: (1 review)
	Ode to Gravity: The Music of Shulamit Ran Charles Amirkhanian interviews the young Israeli composer Shulamit Ran. Ran studied with Paul Ben-Haim from 1960 to 1963 and then at the Mannes College of Music in New York from 1963 to 1967 as a pianist and composer. This recording was made on February 27, 1981 in Chicago, where Ran was currently teaching at the University of Chicago. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Interview and Music; Chamber Music; Art Songs; Shulamit Ran Downloads: 76 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Michael Mantler Charles Amirkhanian introduces an unsettling composition by a musician whose work lies between jazz and classical music. Michael Mantler’s work, “Many Have No Speech” (1988), which was 18 months in the making, consists of settings of texts by Samuel Beckett, Ernst Meister, and Philippe Soupault. The vocalists include Jack Bruce, Marianne Faithfull, and Robert Wyatt. Amirkhanian talks with the composer and samples this latest release... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview; Art Songs; Jazz; Michael Mantler Downloads: 164 Average rating: (0 review)
	Speaking of Music: Gerhard Stäbler Gerhard Stäbler was born in Wilhelmsdorf near Ravensburg (Swabian, South Germany) in 1949. He studied composition with Nicolaus Huber and organ with Gerd Zacher. From 1982 to 1984 he taught music theory at the Essen Folkwang Hochschule für Musik. At the time of this recording he was working as a producer for radio stations, and was a member of the Cultural Committee of the City of Essen. He was awarded the Cornelius Cardew Memorial Prize for “Fürs Vaterland”... Keywords: Speaking of Music series; Interview and Music; Art Songs; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Gerhard Stäbler Downloads: 67 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: Nicola Walker Smith and Geoffrey Smith Charles Amirkhanian interviews composer Geoff Smith and singer Nicola Walker Smith. Geoff Smith is one of the new breed of British composers, while Nicola is a singer of remarkable range who has made a career of performing contemporary art songs, many composed by young British composers such as Gavin Bryars, Michael Finnissy, and Geoff Smith, as well as John Cage. The pair have also experimented with more popular music, as is made evident in their reworking of a Yorkshire folk song “Thi Coomin... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert Series; Interview and Music; Art Songs; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Nicola Walker Smith; Geoffrey Smith Downloads: 30 Average rating: (0 review)
	Other Minds Festival: OM 14: Panel Discussion & Concert 1 - Other Minds OM 14 got started with Other Minds Executive and Artistic Director, Charles Amirkhanian, moderating a panel discussion with the Bent Sørensen, Chinary Ung, and Ben Johnson, whose works were to be heard during the first concert, held on March 5, 2009. Sørensen discusses how he has incorporated aspects from one of his operas into two of his more recent compositions as well as commenting on the challenges of writing for a piano trio... Keywords: Other Minds Festival; OM 14; Lecture; Panel Discussion; Music; 20th Century Classical; New Music; Microtonal Music; Art Songs; Avant-Garde Downloads: 138 Average rating: (0 review)