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	Lou Harrison and Bill Colvig Interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian, 1989 - Lou Harrison, Bill Colvig, Charles Amirkhanian Charles Amirkhanian talks with one of America's most distinguished composers, Lou Harrison, whose use of gamelan instruments and interest in other musics of the world helped bring an appreciation of Pacific and Asian music to the U.S. William Colvig has collaborated with Harrison for many years, building original and gamelan-inspired instruments. The program begins with Eric Marin's film documenting Harrison & Colvig, and continues with excerpts from Harrison's Piano Concerto (featuring Keith Ja... Keywords: Interview and Music; Unconventional Instruments; New Music Downloads: 438 Average rating: (0 review)
	Improv:21 Gino Robair = I Norton, an improv opera - ROVA: Arts Composer/percussionist/improviser Gino Robair gathers an improv-orchestra of 40 Bay Area improvisers to help him demonstrate his music and methods for his opera in progress called: I Norton Derk Richardson interviewed Robair at 21 Grand gallery in Oakland, on February 1, 2006. (This is Rova:Arts un-edited camera footage.) Keywords: ROVA; Improv:21; Free Improvisation; Interview and Music; Gino Robair Downloads: 85 Average rating: (0 review)
	Songs of the Omaha Tribe Laura Reichek of the Alcatraz Solidarity Committee introduces three elderly members of the Omaha Tribe who visited the KPFA studios on November 24, 1970, to record a short program of Omaha songs. The performers are Charles Edwards, Mark Merrick and Rudolph Clark of Macy, Nebraska, who came to Berkeley to help celebrate the first anniversary of the Indian landing of Alcatraz Island. The drum used in these songs is made of a wooden frame covered with cowhide... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; World Music; Native American Downloads: 188 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Music of Lou Harrison Charles Amirkhanian introduces Lou Harrison, who then introduces two of his works. The first is Solstice, a ballet written for the Jean Erdman Dance Group and scored for flute, oboe, trumpet, 2 celli, bass, tack piano, and celesta. The second work is a collection of his Peace Pieces, recorded on August 17, 1968 at the Cabrillo Music Festival. All the Peace Pieces are political protest pieces. Keywords: Interview and Music; 20th Century Classical; Orchestral Music Downloads: 445 Average rating: (0 review)
	Little Milton: Blues and Soul Man Dan McClosky interviews Little Milton, the well-known blues guitarist and soul singer. Little Milton got his musical education, as did many rhythm and blues artists of his age, in the black churches of the South. In this wide ranging interview he describes his humble beginnings and his early fascination with the guitar, as well as discussing the various blues musicians that influenced him. The interview is peppered with excerpts of many of the songs and performers mentioned, including those by T... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Popular Music; Little Milton Downloads: 314 Average rating: (0 review)
	An Interview with John Storm Roberts Britain's John Storm Roberts, formally a writer with the East African Standard, a newspaper in Kenya, talks about the influence of African music in the Western Hemisphere, and the Caribbean in particular. Musical examples of a most unusual nature from his recently released Nonesuch Explorer Series record (H-72047) serve to illustrate his dialogue with Charles Amirkhanian. Mr. Roberts is also the author of Black Music of Two Worlds, published in September of 1972 by Praeger. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; World Music; African Music Downloads: 197 Average rating: (0 review)
	Frank Zappa Day On February 10, 1986, as part of it’s fund raising marathon, KPFA dedicated an entire day of programming to the music of Frank Zappa, including this four hour long segment, during which Zappa joined Charles Amirkhanian, live in the studio to talk about his work and his fight against censorship, as well as to take part in an hour long panel discussion on gang violence and its relationship to rock music and Satanism... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Popular Music; Frank Zappa Downloads: 826 Average rating: (0 review)
	KPFA’s 40th Anniversary Show, Part 3: KPFA Miscellany In another segment from KPFA’s all day broadcast celebrating its 40th anniversary, Charles Amirkhanian introduces a program of unusual “airchecks” (recordings made during a live broadcast), saved by KPFA producers during strategic moments. You will thrill to the sounds of Bill Schechner, who later went on to a career with NBC News, reading headlines from the wire services on April 1, 1978, complete with impertinent asides; Kris Welch in a confrontational interview with Wayne Dyer, author o... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Current Events; Folk Music Downloads: 19 Average rating: (0 review)
	KPFA’s 40th Anniversary Show, Part 4: Elsa Knight Thompson & G. I. Gurdjieff The all-day special broadcast celebrating KPFA’s 40th anniversary continues with a documentary about Elsa Knight Thompson. Throughout the 1960’s, KPFA Public Affairs Director Elsa Knight Thompson was an extraordinary and controversial programmer. Her experience with the BBC in London during World War II and in Washington D. C. at WCFM prepared her for a scintillating career as a radio journalist at KPFA, and her direct and incisive interviews of both left and right-wing figures were legendar... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Current Events Downloads: 37 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)
	Folk Music with Rolf Cahn: Mance Lipscomb In a program originally recorded in May of 1963, Rolf Cahn and Phil Huffman talk to Texas bluesman Mance Lipscomb, about his life and music. He describes growing up as a Baptist in the South, the balance between singing and playing music, as well as the origins of many of his best known songs. Throughout the discussion, Lipscomb performs a number of both, famous and obscure, acoustic blues songs, often responding to requests by Huffman and Cahn, who sound as pleased as two cats in a fish pond to... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Popular Music; Folk Music Downloads: 363 Average rating: (0 review)
	Harry Partch: Twelve Intrusions - Harry Partch Harry Partch discusses receiving notariety using a scale of 43 separate tones and original instruments with references to his "Genesis of a Music." There is a brief introduction to "Twelve Intrusions," this recording which is played by five musicians under Partch's direction. The pieces are: Study in an Ancient Phrygian Scale, Study in the Ancient Greek Enharmonic Scale, The Rose, The Crane, The Wind, The Waterfall, The Letter, The Street, Vanity, Lover, Soldiers/War/Another War, and Chamber Mus... Keywords: Interview and Music; Microtonal music; Unconventional Instruments; Harry Partch Downloads: 1,606 Average rating: (0 review)
	Imaginary Landscape: Ingram Marshall A Live Concert of music by Ingram Marshall, recorded in the KPFK studio in Los Angeles. After a brief introduction by the composer we hear two short pieces of sound poetry followed by the longer work, Fragility Cycles. Keywords: KPFK-FM; Interview and Music; Sound Poetry; Ingram Marshall Downloads: 67 Average rating: (0 review)
	Improv:21 with Rova Saxophone Quartet Derk Richardson interviews members of the ROVA Saxophone Quartet at San Francisco’s Mission Cultural Center on June 5, 2005. They discuss the relationships of imagery to sound including the use of graphic notation in spontaneous compositions, as well as using film imagery to guide an improvisation. Konrad Steiner talks about the experimental films of Stan Brakhage, which have been used by members of ROVA as inspiration for some of their works... Keywords: ROVA; Improv:21; Free Improvisation; Jazz; Interview and Music Downloads: 686 Average rating: (0 review)
	Improv:21 Carla Kihlstedt=Liberating Limits (an informance with Kihlstedt and Derk Richardson) - Rova:Arts On September 14, 2005, Derk Richardson interviewed singer/violinist/composer Carla Kihlstedt at The Thick House in San Francisco. Kihlstedt studied music at Oberlin where her interests expanded from the classical repertoire to more improvisational and avant-garde music. In 1997 she co-founded the group Tin Hat Trio with Rob Burger and Mark Orton, and has also played with 2 Foot Yard and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum... Keywords: ROVA; Improv:21; Free Improvisation; Interview and Music; Carla Kihlstedt Downloads: 276 Average rating: (0 review)
	Improv:21 - Informance with Oliver Lake = Passin' Thru - ROVA:Arts Oliver Lake gives a crash course in his personal history and writing for many bands and performance situations. Derk Richardson interviewed the composer and sax player at San Francisco’s Thick House in October, 2005. [This is ROVA: Arts un-edited camera footage.] Keywords: ROVA; Improv:21; Oliver Lake; Derk Richardson; Interview and Music Downloads: 80 Average rating: (0 review)
	A 60th Birthday Tribute to James Broughton Broughton’s unique cinematic and poetic observations of the cosmic/comic human situation are reflected in this 1973 interview conducted by Charles Amirkhanian on the occasion of Broughton’s 60th birthday (November 10, 1973). Born in Modesto California, Broughton was one of the San Francisco poetry renaissance writers, and the maker of the prize-winning film, “The Bed”, among others. Broughton’s works are imbued with a sense of joy, magic, and childlike playfulness... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Poetry; James Broughton Downloads: 141 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: Interview with Eliane Radigue This edition of The Morning Concert features Parisian composer Eliane Radigue. Host Charles Amirkhanian explores Radigue’s background as a student of Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry, her compositional technique involving synthesizers and tape recorders, and her life as a composer and Tibetan Buddhist. Radigue discusses the compositional and performing processes involved in her "combinatory" music, and explains how she has adapted to the lack of acceptance of her music in Paris... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert series; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Soundscapes; Eliane Radigue Average rating: (0 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)
	Morning Concert: Carolie Shoemaker Carolie Shoemaker, composer, vocalist, and performance artist, hails from Seattle, where she has made a significant reputation as an innovative personality on the new music scene. Charles Amirkhanian interviews the visiting musician, who introduces selections from her work, including Yo(u) Tarzan, Stitch in Time, and other pieces. (from KPFA Folio) Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert Series; Interview and Music; Popular Music; Jazz; Carolie Shumaker Downloads: 15 Average rating: (0 review)
	Improv:21 = Playing the Wild: An Informance with Cheryl Leonard - ROVA:Arts Moderator Derk Richarson facilitates a session with composer Cheryl Leonard, who talks about her work utilizing materials from nature as musical instruments, and performs several excerpts from longer pieces with her own chamber ensemble. Amplifying everything from pine cones, pieces of driftwood, rock, sand, water, and other natural objects, Leonard composes works that are surprisingly textured and full of unusual rhythms... Keywords: ROVA; Improv:21; Avant-Garde; Unconventional Instruments; Interview and Music; Cheryl Leonard Downloads: 28 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: Charles Hamm on the Evolution of Popular Music Charles Hamm, noted historian and musicologist specializing in American music both serious and popular, visited KPFA in October 1980. In this program Hamm discusses developments in South African and American popular music with Charles Amirkhanian and Chris Strachwitz, illustrating his comments with many recorded examples. Hamm, who has been involved with the study of Zulu popular music in particular reports on what he discovered during a trip to Africa... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert Series; Interview and Music; Popular Music; World Music; Charles Hamm Downloads: 13 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: Discussions with Paul Dresher, Gerald Oshita, and J.D. Parren From a recording made in May of 1991, Charles Amirkhanian interviews Paul Dresher about his theatrical production, “Pioneer”, which "celebrates and exposes American explorers and the myths of the pioneering spirit." Several songs from the production are also heard. The two also discuss the difficulties in portraying offensive attitudes such as racial bigotry and the history of American colonialism... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert Series; Interview and Music; Music Theatre Downloads: 6 Average rating: (0 review)
	Speaking of Music: Joan La Barbara Recorded on March 8, 1984 as part of the San Francisco’s Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series Charles Amirkhanian interviews avant-garde vocalist Joan La Barbara before a live audience. Joan La Barbara talks about her evolution from a singer of the classical repertoire to one that focuses on experimental and new music. She also discusses the difference between public support for the arts in America and Europe. Keywords: Speaking of Music Series at the Exploratorium; Interview and Music; New Music; Joan La Barbara Downloads: 10 Average rating: (0 review)
	Speaking of Music: Tania Léon Recorded on September 19, 1985 as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of music series, the Cuban-born composer, Tania Léon, talks with Charles Amirkhanian before an enthusiastic audience at the McBean Theater in San Francisco, about her work as composer, conductor, concert producer, and arts activist. At 23, a graduate of the Havana Conservatory of Music, Léon moved to the United States where she was a co-founder of the Dance Theater of Harlem... Keywords: Speaking of Music Series at the Exploratorium; Interview and Music; 20th Century Classical; Tania Léon Downloads: 14 Average rating: (0 review)
	Music of Andrew Imbrie In honor of Imbrie's 50th birthday Charles Amirkhanian interviews the composer Andrew Imbrie and San Francisco Chronicle music critic Robert Commanday. Topics discussed include Imbrie's early influences; neoclassicism vs. romanticism. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; 20th Century Classical; Andrew Imbrie Downloads: 30 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Music of John Vincent Composer John Vincent (b. 1902, Birmingham, Alabama) is best known for his “Symphony in D” which was recorded and often played by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. His music is exuberant and joyful and makes for some fine listening in this program which also includes an interview recorded in Los Angeles. You will hear his “Symphony in D,” “Quartet No. 2 for Strings” (1967), “Symphonic Poem after Descartes” (1958), and the “Benjamin Franklin Suite for String Orchest... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; 20th Century Classical; John Vincent Downloads: 15
	Interview with Beth Anderson and Victoria Bond Charles Amirkhanian interviews composer Beth Anderson, and composer and conductor Victoria Bond about their upcoming participation in the 1974 Cabrillo Music Festival. Bond talks about the challenges facing women conductors in the classical music scene, as well as describing her piece “Caged” that was scheduled to be performed at the Festival. Anderson discusses her work “Joan” inspired by the story of Joan of Arc, and two other works that were also to be performed during the 1974 Cabril... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Classical Music; 20th Century Classical; Beth Anderson; Victoria Bond Downloads: 54 Average rating: (0 review)
	Han Reiziger reception at 1750 ARCH St. A live recording of a musical reception held at 1750 Arch St. to welcome VPRO music director Han Reiziger (1934-2006) to KPFA where during a four month stint as a staff member, he produced numerous programs on Dutch musical life. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; 20th Century Classical; New Music; Han Reiziger Downloads: 28 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: Ivan Wyschnegradsky: A Memorial Tribute On September 29, 1979, Ivan Wyschnegradsky died in Paris at the age of 86. Only in the last two years of his life did he become widely recognized in Europe for his contributions to the repertoire. Since the early 1920s he had composed in various microtonal systems in an attempt to expand the possibilities of musical expression. Presented in this program is the first American broadcast of Wyschnegradsky’s early (1916-17) mystical work “La Journee de l’Existence”... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert Series; Interview and Music; Orchestral Classical; Microtonal music; Ivan Wyschnegradsky Downloads: 128 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: An Interview with Robert Hughes Recorded on December 16, 1980, Charles Amirkhanian interviews musician, composer, and conductor Robert Hughes. Topics discussed include working with Laurie Anderson on the world premiere of her work "Born, Never Asked". Fans of Anderson's later popular albums will recognize many of the musical themes running through this piece. The recording of the piece, made on May 17, 1980, features Anderson performing with the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, an award winning group which was led by Hughes f... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert Series; Interview and Music; New Music; Performance Art; Robert Hughes Downloads: 31 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: An Interview with Janice Giteck Charles Amirkhanian interviews composer Janice Giteck about her career and an upcoming concert with the SF Symphony. Ms. Giteck began her career as a Bay Area composer and teacher at UC Berkeley, and later became a member of the faculty at the Cornish Institute of the Arts in Seattle, WA., She was back in the Bay Area for the world premiere of her orchestral work Tree, which was to be played by members of the San Francisco Symphony under Edo de Waart on the New and Unusual Music series... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert Series; Interview and Music; New Music; Chamber Music; Janice Giteck Downloads: 58 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: A Visit With Frederic Rzewski Charles Amirkhanian and Russ Jennings are joined in the KPFA studio by Frederic Rzewski, an American composer and performer, who has spent much of his adult life living in Rome and Brussels. Rzewski was a founding member of the radical, electronic, music group, Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV), and the composer of a famous set of piano variations based on Sergio Ortega protest song “El Pueblo Undio Jamas Sera Vencido”... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert Series; Interview and Music; 20th Century Classical; Frederic Rzewski Downloads: 26 Average rating: (0 review)
	Morning Concert: Kermit Lynch: Adventures on the Wine Route Take a journey through the vineyards of France to the honky-tonks of America. Charles Amirkhanian talks with Kermit Lynch, Berkeley California based, wine importer extraordinaire, on the subject of French wines and the adventures in finding them. Mr. Lynch has documented his experiences in the book, “Adventures on the Wine Route: A Winebuyer’s Tour of France”. This book, which reads like a prose fantasy in parts, is a most engaging compilation of stories on the subject, and it has received... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Morning Concert Series; Interview and Music; Popular Music; Kermit Lynch Downloads: 8 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: An Interview with Martin Koenig Charles Amirkhanian interviews Martin Koenig, a collector and publisher of Balkan folk music about his work as an ethnomusicologist specializing in Eastern European folk music and dances. Koenig also introduces a number of recordings from his collection. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; World Music; Martin Koenig Downloads: 102 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)
	Ode to Gravity: 15th Anniversary Program On March 4, 1970 Charles Amirkhanian broadcast the first in a series of ongoing programs called Ode to Gravity. The focus of the program has been avant-garde and contemporary music, with forays into the realms of experimental literature as well as visual and performance art. Initially inspired by a live theater piece by Amirkhanian, in which assorted objects ranging from a marble to a mattress to a car fender were dropped from a balcony into a circle of spectators, the radio program, Ode to Grav... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Avant-Garde; Sound Poetry Downloads: 245 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: The Environmental Songs of Phyllis Addison Charles Amirkhanian talks with composer Phyllis Addison, who introduces a selection of her “environmental songs”. Addison studied at Mills College where she received a BA in composition and environmental science and an MFA in electronic music and recording media. Her background as a classical pianist and a rock keyboardist and singer inform her own pieces. In this program she presents a selection of commercially unavailable songs, composed using the first generation of digital samplers and s... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Popular Music Downloads: 66 Average rating: (0 review)
	Speaking of Music: Henry Brant Charles Amirkhanian interviews avant-garde composer Henry Brant about his life and music. Brant is perhaps best known for his work with spacial music, that is music for spatially distinct groups of instruments, with many of his compositions calling for multiple ensembles performing in different parts of a concert hall. (Note: original recording starts in mid-speech) Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Orchestral Music; New Music; Henry Brant; Speaking of Music series Downloads: 97 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: 66 Average rating: (0 review)
	Speaking of Music: Maggi Payne Recorded on March 16, 1989 as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series, Charles Amirkhanian interviews Maggi Payne about her electronic music which is created by layering sounds and extensive multi track recording. Born in 1945 Payne began her musical career as a flutist but later studied composition and electronic music with Gordon Mumma, Ben Johnson, and Robert Ashley among others... Keywords: Speaking of Music Series at the Exploratorium; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Maggi Payne Downloads: 17 Average rating: (0 review)
	Speaking of Music: Jai Uttal Charles Amirkhanian interviews Jai Uttal on Novemeber 11, 1991 as part of the Speaking of Music series. Uttal talks about his trips to India and what types of music he encountered there, including temple singers from Northern India, Gypsy singers, and the Bauls of Bengals. India is a country where music permeates the air be it chants of the names of the Gods coming out of the temples, street musicians, or the pop songs of Bollywood, and Uttal made sure to sample it all... Keywords: Speaking of Music Series at the Exploratorium; Interview and Music; World Music; Jai Uttal Downloads: 65 Average rating: (0 review)
	Worldwide Music: An Interview with Joan La Barbara This program begins with Charles Amirkhanian playing the first three musical selections simultaneously. After this stimulating experiment with multi-tasking, Charles interviews avant-garde vocalist Joan La Barbara about her work with extended vocal techniques. She describe the various methods she employs and then plays two of her own 1975 compositions, WARP and Vocal Techniques. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Avant-Garde; Joan La Barbara Downloads: 29 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)
	An Evening with Vladimir Pleshakov Charles Amirkhanian talks to noted pianist, Vladimir Pleshakov, about his interest in rare and forgotten pieces of music. Pleshakov describes his work with Orion Records to record and publish obscure work for the piano. Pleshakov also talks about his own experience as a young musician growing up in Shanghai, China and Sydney, Australia, as well as his current work as a student at Stanford University, piano teacher, and touring concert pianist... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Classical Music; 20th Century Classical; Vladimir Pleshakov Downloads: 201 Average rating: (0 review)
	Moondog: the Man on the Street Gordon Spencer of WBAI in New York presents a program about Louis Hardin, more popularly known as Moondog. From the 1940s up until 1974 Moondog made his living as a street musician and poet in New York City and was typically found near the jazz clubs on 52nd Street. Blind since an accident when he was 16 years old, Moondog was always recognizable in his Viking helmet playing a variety of instruments, some of his own design... Keywords: KPFA-FM; WBAI; Interview and Music; Jazz; Avant-Garde; Louis Hardin; Moondog Downloads: 719 Average rating: (0 review)
	An Interview with Carlos Chavez Charles Amirkhanian and George Cleve talk with noted Maestro, Carlos Chávez, just before his appearance as conductor/musical director of the 1971 Cabrillo Music Festival in Aptos California. Chavez talks about his musical careers, as a composer, conductor, and founder of the Mexico City Symphony. He tells about the time he conducted a work by Varese in Mexico in 1924. And he talks about his work as music director of the Cabrillo Music Festival... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; New Music; 20th Century Classical; Carlos Chavez Downloads: 170 Average rating: (0 review)
	Benjamin Lees at KPFA Charles Amirkhanian interviews the visiting New York composer whose Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra has been recorded for RCA, and whose larger works are finding their places in the repertories of major orchestras the country over. Lees discusses his childhood in San Francisco, and the fact that none of his works have been performed in the Bay Area. Included in the program are the first movement of his Piano Sonata No... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Orchestral Music; 20th Century Classical; Benjamin Lees Downloads: 65 Average rating: (0 review)
	Soviet Composer Moisei Vainberg Bennett Tarshish presents a program of music by Moisei Vainberg, a Polish-born, Russian-Jewish composer born in 1919 who’s work is virtually unknown in the United States. His music is tonal, quite serious, and well worth investigating. (from KPFA Folio) Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Orchestral Music; 20th Century Classical; Moisei Vainberg Downloads: 295 Average rating: (0 review)
	The Late Piano Sonatas of George Antheil In December 1970, Charles visited Böske Antheil (widow of the late composer) at her home in Los Angeles. During a search of the family archives two acetate private recordings of the Third (1947) and Fifth Piano Sonata (1950) were discovered. The performances were by Frederick Marvin who also performs the Fourth Sonata (1948) on an early LP recording (Alco ALP 1007). The program begins with a performance of the Second Sonata, "Airplane," composed in 1922... Keywords: Interview and Music; New Music; 20th Century Classical; George Antheil Downloads: 312 Average rating: (0 review)