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	O Promise Me - Edward Franklin Courtesy of Archeophone Records; 2244 Jeffery Dr.; St.. Joseph, IL Downloads: 771 Average rating: (0 review)
	O Promise Me - Jessie Bartlett Davis Downloads: 1,200 Average rating: (0 review)
	O! O! O! - Nap de la Mar A very rare Dutch selection from Edison Blue Amberol cylinder #9662, performed by Napoleon Christiaan (Nap) de la Mar (1878-1930), a Dutch actor and director. To have recorded something like this in this within the USA at the time of around 1912 would have caused nothing short of a scandal. Isadora Duncan was an American dancer who scandalized America with her modern dance interpretations, dancing her "Dance of the Seven Veils" in a flesh colored bodysuit, which gave the audience the distinct im... Keywords: cylinder record; dutch; nederlands; cabaret Downloads: 1,797 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	O'Brien is Tryin' to Learn to Talk Hawaiian - Horace Wright Downloads: 834 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: 146 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: 255 Average rating: (0 review)
	Oakland Museum Concerts: Chamber Music Concert This is the third 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 third concert, recorded on April 16, 1971, includes works by William Byrd, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Carl Ruggles, Andrew Imbrie, Joseph Haydn, and Henry Cowell... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; 20th Century Classical; Classical Music Downloads: 193 Average rating: (0 review)
	Obed Pickard - Sally Goodin - Obed Pickard Great mouth harp work on this 1929 recording of the traditional folk tune "Sally Goodin" by Obed "Dad" Pickard, one of the first "Grand Old Opry" performers. From original 78rpm disk. Source: Original 78rpm disk digitized by old78collector Keywords: Music; Country; Folk; Old-Time Appalachian; 78rpm; Oldtime Downloads: 13,116 Average rating: (8 reviews)
	Ochone! When I Used to Be Young - Joseph O' Mara Downloads: 326 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: A Concert from Hilversum Charles Amirkhanian introduces a program of music that he originally produced in 1973, in Hilversum, Holland, during his exchange program with the Dutch radio station, VPRO. This radio concert features music generally not well known in the United States, and includes works by Carl Maria von Weber, Henri Rabaud, Tristen Keuris, Jean Absil, Willem Kersters, and Maurice Duruflé. The works range from a traditional orchestral overture to an adventurous modern saxophone quartet... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; 20th Century Classical; Classical Music Downloads: 143 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: A Concert from Hilversum Charles Amirkhanian introduces a program of music that he originally produced in 1973, in Hilversum, Holland, during his exchange program with the Dutch radio station, VPRO. This radio concert features an orchestral overture by George Antheil, two works for strings by Darius Milhaud, a string quartet by Germaine Tailleferre, and a symphony by Willem Pijper. The last two pieces are little known in the United States and serve as a reminder that many composer’s works, no matter how good, seldom g... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; 20th Century Classical; Chamber Music Downloads: 159 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: A Concert from Pier 2 with Stuart Dempster and Bill Fontana Trombonist Stuart Dempster, master of the sewer pipe didjeridu, performs live from San Francisco's Fort Mason's Pier 2, where the sound installation of Bill Fontana, "Landscape Sculpture with Foghorns", created for the 1981 New Music America Festival, was still sounding. Dempster's earlier performance at the Japan Center was a Festival hit, and when Stu went to Pier 2 and heard his alter egos performing across the Bay, he decided then and there to play in concert with the live foghorn feeding fr... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Music; Avant Garde; Soundscapes; Stewart Dempster; Bill Fontana Downloads: 159 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: A Residents10 Year Retrospective One of the most dynamic groups in avant-garde rock music is San Francisco's own The Residents; an underground ensemble which has been composing anonymously and on tape since 1970. KPFA celebrates a decade of music by The Residents with this special three hour extravaganza hosted by Charles Amirkhanian and featuring Snakefinger (frequent guest artist with The Residents) and Jay Clem (promotion director for the group's label, Ralph Records)... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Popular Music; The Residents Downloads: 842 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: A Visit with Lars Gunnar Bodin On a live broadcast recorded February 25, 1971, Charles Amirkhanian talked with Lars-Gunner Bodin, Music Director of the Swedish Center for Technological Art, Fylkingen, regarding activities of the institution. Recent works produced there were also heard, including "Traces "(1970) by Bodin, "Don't Hesitate" by Sten Hanson, "Cybo II" (1967) by Bodin, and "Mr. Smith in Rhodesia" by Ake Hodell. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview; Sound Poetry; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Lars Gunnar Bodin Downloads: 137 Average rating: (0 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)
	Ode to Gravity: Amuck Amuck A appreciation of selected verbal activities. From Dial-A-Prayer and Gertrude Stein to the Ketjak, Harry Partch, the Congo and world champion bowler Don Carter this program is a aural collage of sound poetry, excerpts from literature, ephemeral programs, and televised sound bites. Included is a complete performance of Steve Reich's It's Gonna Rain. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Spoken Word; Sound Poetry; Poetry Downloads: 158 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: An Indelible Admixture Sped up host Sparky, presents an indelible admixture of organ music, jazz, and sound poetry. First heard is “Liberation Waltz” by (or from) the Berkeley, California based Felicity Facility. This is followed by a selection of musical settings by David Durrah and his jazz band poems of poems by Edward Mycue. The program then concludes with two word-tape pieces by Selrahc Nimajneb Nainahkrima, (a.k.a... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; Jazz; Sound Poetry Downloads: 89 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: An Interview with Charlemagne Palestine Charles Amirkhanian talks with the noted avant-garde composer Charlemagne Palestine on the subject of the latter's experiments with hearing subtle overtone images in music tones. Palestine had recently returned from performing in Europe and describes the concerts he gave there. He has also taught at Cal Arts and was a noted carillon performer in New York City for 6 years. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Charlemagne Palestine Downloads: 116 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: An Interview with Robbie Basho An interview with Berkeley guitarist and composer Robbie Basho, one of the most innovative performers playing acoustically at the time of this recording. Robbie introduces music from his Vanguard record album "Zarthus" (1974) and talks with Charles Amirkhanian about world music influences in his recent work and his interest in American Indian music. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; World Music; Folk Music; Robbie Basho Downloads: 522 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Annea Lockwood On December 20, 1972, composer Annea Lockwood appeared live on Ode To Gravity. She was interviewed by Pauline Oliveros, who begins the discussion by reading a number of dreams that she has had involving Annea, although they had not actually met until this day. They go on to discuss their mutual interest in meditation, and in particular sonic meditation. Later a gathering of 30 composers and performers executed Annea's serenity-inducing event for multiple hummers... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Avant-Garde; Soundscapes; Annea Lockwood; Pauline Oliveros Downloads: 398 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: Aspects of the Visionary Charles Amirkhanian talks with David Graham, Gerry Duncan, and Christopher & Teresa Venne about their publication “Attitudes 1”, a futuristic thought collection issued in mid-1971. The publication grew out of the groups interest in the work of British economist, Robert Theobald, but evolved past his theories of a guaranteed annual income, to embrace more Utopian and Spiritual theories, including reincarnation... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Lecture; Panel Discussion Downloads: 51 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Avant-Garde Music and Art Festivals in Europe A program produced by Charles Amirkhanian, while he was in the Netherlands as part of an exchange program with VPRO (Holland Radio). Amirkhanian reviews a number of European musical festivals, including a concert of Letterist music. In addition Charles interviews Pierre Boulez after a recent performance of his works. Also interviewed is composer Mauricio Kagel in Cologne, Germany as he prepares for the premiere of his work, Zwei-Mann Orchester, a work scored for homemade instruments, crudely ope... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Avant-Garde; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic Downloads: 344
	Ode to Gravity: Bill Fontana Sound sculptor Bill Fontana visits Charles Amirkhanian in the KPFA studio and brings with him, three recently recorded CDs of his ambient sound extravaganzas. The first “Australian sound sculptures”, issued by Edition René Block, includes Fontana’s 1976 8-track recording of the Kirribilli Wharf in Sydney, Australia. The second, “Landscape Soundings” is from an installation piece in the center of Vienna, Austria, comprised of sounds from natural wetlands along the Danube... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Soundscapes; Bill Fontana Downloads: 162 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Bob Cobbing One of the best known sound poets in the world is Bob Cobbing, a dynamic gentleman who is active as a concrete (visual) poet, a performer of sound poetry, and a composer of taped poems. Cobbing talks about his activities as a book store operator (he ran Better Books in London for many years, turning it into a leading distribution point for avant-garde poets) and as a publisher of visual poetry. You will hear a selection of his sound poems and an engaging interview recorded in Cobbing’s home as... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Sound Poetry; Bob Cobbing Downloads: 77 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Bruce Hale, John Bischoff, and the Center for Contemporary Art The Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College is well known for it ambitious schedule of activities. John Bischoff and Bruce Hale talk with Charles Amirkhanian about their new activity, a Center for Contemporary Art, which is proposed to operate out of Mills and will emphasize video works and instruction. Hale describes the difficulties video artists have in getting their work distributed, due to the fact that most artist can only afford to work with half inch tape while TV only broadcasts ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Modern Art; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic Downloads: 63 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: CalArts Text-Sound Concert Charles Amirkhanian introduces an evening of text-sound pieces, recorded live in concert at the California Institute of the Arts on February 13, 1972,. Pieces heard were mostly composed by students of Ingram Marshall's, first in the world seminar on text sound compositions at Cal Arts. Also heard is a tape of a piece composed by the Swedo-Finish composer Tex Sound (E. Thogrim Baesjehode) as well as a piece (Moonbeams for Bedfellows) composed by Anne Mazonson based on a poem by Larry Eigner. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Spoken Word; Sound Poetry; CalArts Downloads: 42 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Charles Dodge Charles Amirkhanian interviews composer Charles Dodge. Dodge specializes in composing computer speech music. He discusses how he composes and the pieces played on the program. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Sound Poetry; Charles Dodge Downloads: 53 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Chas Smith and Paul Dresher Charles Amirkhanian interviews two virtuoso guitarists, Paul Dresher and Chas Smith. Chas Smith is from Los Angeles, and at the time of this recording had just released a new album of music for pedal steel guitar which was one of the most explosive LP releases of the 1980s. It features the composer with Bob Fernandez, John Fitzgerald, M. B. Gordy, and Theresa Knight, in performances of Nakadai, Hollister, and A Judas Within... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Music Theatre; Paul Dresher; Chas Smith Downloads: 203 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Desert Equations - The Music of Richard Horowitz & Sussan Deyhim Composer Richard Horowitz and Iranian vocalist Sussan Deyhim combined the sounds of new wave electronica, percussion, and Middle Eastern modal music in their 1987 album, “Desert Equation: Azax Attra”. Charles Amirkhanian plays selections from the album and interviews Horowitz about how he and Deyhim constructed these enchanting blends of modern technology and ancient sounds. The music is scored for voice, nāy flute, percussion and electronic keyboards and has been described by some as an �... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Popular Music; World Music Downloads: 210 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode To Gravity: Early Music of Roger Sessions Charles Amirkhanian presents three works from the early period of the American composer, Roger Sessions. These include two works for solo piano, “From My Diary” and “Sonata No. 1”. The program concludes with Session’s “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra” performed by Paul Zukofsky with Gunther Schuller conducting the ORTF Orchestra. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; 20th Century Classical; Roger Sessions Downloads: 130 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Fur Augun und Ohren The program begins with excerpts from a 1980 recording titled "Word of Mouth” which features prepared talks by artists given on the island of Ponape in the Pacific Ocean. You will hear segments by Laurie Anderson, Joan Jonas, William T. Wiley, & John Cage. From Micronesia Charles Amirkhanian then takes us to West Berlin to participate in “Fur Augen und Ohren", a spectacular exhibition of mechanical and electronic music making devices dating from the past four centuries... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Mechanical Music; Modern Art Downloads: 222 Average rating: (1 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Henry Kaiser, 1981 Henry Kaiser joins Charles Amirkhanian in the KPFA-FM studios for the second half of Ode to Gravity on September 14, 1981. The program begins with Kaiser's "The Shadow Line", from the then-to-bereleased album "Aloha" on Metalanguage Records. The two discuss Kaiser's new album, his approach to the guitar and use of electronics, free music vs. free improvisation, and their gripes with digital technology of the early eighties... Keywords: Henry Kaiser; KPFA-FM; interviews; free improvisation; John French; Scott Colby; Charles K. Noyes Downloads: 383 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Integral Instant (Four Situations) by Hammond Guthrie An evening of experimental literature, poetry, and music by the San Francisco based writer and inter-media artist, Hammond Guthrie, in collaboration with his colleagues, Peter Cosgrove, Max Crosley, and others. Heard are a number of poems, written and performed in the style of the Beat Generation, a spattering of electronic music, and an experimental auditory collage of free association. This program is dedicated to Tristan Tzara and William S... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Spoken Word; Sound Poetry; Experimental Literature Downloads: 79 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Interspecies Music For many years, Jim Nollman has explored the limits of human-animal communication. Along the way he has made some highly provocative tapes. In this program he talks with Charles Amirkhanian and introduces his recordings, including his now famous “Turkey Song”, in which human slide whistlers perform a call-and-response improvisation with the flock of gobblers at the Willy Bird Farm. Also heard is a recording of a colony of kangaroo rats and wild burros, made during a recent visit to Death Val... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Other Finds; Jim Nollman Downloads: 147
	Ode to Gravity: Interview with Bob Sheff Robert Sheff (aka Blue Gene Tyranny) interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian. Sheff discusses his career as a composer, performer and recording artist, including early activities growing up in Texas, his involvement with the ONCE festivals, his work at Mills College Center for New Music and his interest in composing for film. Compositions included (and discussed) include Black Forest Trading Post; Country Boy, Country Dog; L'Invasion Printainiere; and The Flow of Body and Mind (becomes Music for Any ... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Music and Interview; Electro-Acoustic/Electronic; KPFA-FM; Bob Sheff; Blue Gene Tyranny Downloads: 1,120
	Ode to Gravity: Interview with Daniel Kobialka Violinist Daniel Kobialka is interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian after having recently returned from Atlanta, GA, where he gave the world premiere of the Ben Weber Violin Concerto, . Kobialka, who is on the faculty at Hayward State, talks about his many performances of scores by living composers including Lou Harrison, Henry Brant, Leonard Bernstein, & many more. In addition Kobialka describes his first forays into composition, including a collaboration with a rock band... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; New Music; 20th Century Classical; Daniel Kobialka Downloads: 61 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Interview with Jacques Bekaert The radical Belgian political reporter Jacques Bekaert, a star of that country’s free-swinging national radio program, King Kong, is surreptitiously a prolific and talented avant-garde composer. While in the States to cover the 1972 presidential race he talked with Charles Amirkhanian about his music in this informal interview. Bekaert gives his impressions of the Nixon presidential campaign and then introduces four of his pieces, including a work utilizing the election eve speech of American ... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; Avant-Garde; Jacques Bekaert Downloads: 48
	Ode To Gravity: Interview with Jochen Gerz A visit with German publisher Jochen Gerz, whose Agentzia Editions were designed to explore the medium of the book in new ways. Gerz, who was residing in Paris when this interview took place in June of 1972, talks with Charles Amirkhanian about his idea that books are too slow for most modern minds. Therefore his Agentzia books were designed to be read in about 5-10 minutes. How is this possible? Listen and see... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview; Experimental Literature; Modern Art; Jochen Gerz Downloads: 134 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Interview with Marin Alsop Charles Amirkhanian interviews Marin Alsop, conductor of the Eugene Symphony Orchestra, Long Island Symphony, and her own group Concordia, which has commissioned a number of contemporary works. At the time of this interview she had just become the new director of the Cabrillo Music Festival. Marin Alsop studied under Leonard Bernstein about whom she shares some of her memories. Although born in New York, she has worked on the West Coast for many years and is very sympathetic to West Coast compos... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; 20th Century Classical; Orchestral Music Downloads: 66 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Interview with Ned Rorem Ned Rorem reflects on his work and being an American composer in this re-broadcast of an Ode To Gravity program from November 16, 1987. Interviewers Charles Amirkhanian and Fleur Paysour refer to Rorem's writings in The Nantucket Diary and The Paris Diary to discuss various topics, from setting poems and the decline of the art song to gender and race politics in music. Rorem gives reviews of a number of 20th-Century poets and composers, and registers his distaste for "specialization" in American... Keywords: Ned Rorem; composers; performers; poets; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 798 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Jean-Claude Eloy in Paris Charles Amirkhanian interviews French composer Jean-Claude Éloy in Paris, France, in June of 1972. Éloy was born in Rouen in 1938, and has studied with Darius Milhaud and Pierre Boulez, becoming one of the latter’s best known protégés in the early 1960s. Éloy discusses his recent travels, including a trip to the United States. He also talks about his interest in non-Western music, especially Asian music, and how it differs from traditional European music... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; 20th Century Classical; New Music; Jean-Claude Eloy Downloads: 258 Average rating: (1 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Joanna Brouk interviews Steve Reich Steve Reich, noted musician and contemporary composer, plays his music and talks about his sounds and dimensions with Joanna Brouk. The program begins with Reich’s piece “Six Pianos”, and after listening to it he describes how his experience as a percussionist influenced this composition. The next piece played is “Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ” which is also in the minimalist style, and features the delicate vocals of three women blended with an instrumental ensemble... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; New Music; Minimalism Downloads: 164 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: John Dinwiddie vs. the Future of Music Berkeley composer John Dinwiddie presents a concert of live music in minimal formats with nine performers. The works include Quiver (a piece for prepared piano), Music for Eight Point Eight Piano Players, The Tomb of Alexander Scriabin, My Triple Fingerrrring, The Raven's Revenge, Mouth Music, another version of Quiver, and a group improvisation based on the elements of all the forgoing. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Music; New Music; John Dinwiddie Downloads: 39 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Luc Ferrari Host of KPFA-FM's Ode to Gravity series Charles Amirkhanian, interviewed French composer Luc Ferrari at his home in Paris in June of 1972. The night before the interview, Ferrari had a world premiere performance of his "Monologos I" at the Opera Comique. Ferrari discusses his compositional practices and experiments in voice and tape delay that developed into Monologos I. The two also talk about Ferrari's activities since 1970 which included the writing of his book "Les réalisable et le journal ... Keywords: Electro-Acoustic/Electronic; Avant-Garde; Luc Ferrari; Interview and Music; KPFA-FM Downloads: 384 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: 161 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Music & Interviews with Daniel Caux, John Oswald, Cecil Taylor, Banda Polyphony, et al. In this edition of Ode to Gravity, Charles Amirkhanian plays a selection of music by Banda Polyphony, Cecil Taylor Unit, Dollar Brand, Daniel Lentz, Philip Glass, and others. He then interviews French music critic Daniel Caux (with his wife translating) about their first trip to visit West Coast new music composers and performers. The program concludes with an interview with Canadian sound poet John Oswald who presents some of his recent compositions. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; New Music; Sound Poetry Downloads: 125
	Ode to Gravity: Music by Edward MacDowell, Irving Fine, & André Jolivet Charles Amirkhanian plays two works for solo piano and then a piano concerto. The first piece is by the American composer, Edward MacDowell, whose estate in Petersboro, NH was later converted by his widow into a sanctuary named the MacDowell Colony, where to this day artists can go to spend several months in peaceful surroundings and work on their art. The second piece, by Irving Fine, was actually composed while he was a resident of the Colony... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; 20th Century Classical; Classical Music Downloads: 161 Average rating: (0 review)
	Ode to Gravity: Music for Oud, a Raga, and a String Quartet Charles Amirkhanian introduces music for the oud, an Indian raga, and a string quartet. First up is a work for classical oud, performed by Khamis El Fino and recorded during a concert at Asia House, Dec. 1, 1963. This is followed by a midnight raga for shenai, violin, and tabla, performed by Bismillah Khan, V. G. Jog, and Mahapurush Misra, respectively. This hour of extraordinary music from around the world is concluded with a recording of Maurice Ravel’s “String Quartet in F” performed he... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Music; World Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 347 Average rating: (0 review)