KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: The Music of Peter Michael Hamel, 1 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
OTG.1973.12.XX.AProgram Series
Ode To GravityProgram Length
85 minPart
1 of 2Dates
| broadcast| 402 | created
Description
Peter Michael Hamel is a young German composer working outside the realm of traditional Central European avant-garde music. His “Dharana”, for solo group, orchestra and tape, was played at the 1973 Donaueschingen Music Festival, under the direction of Ernest Bour, and a recording of it is heard here. Also included in this 1973 program are some selections from Hamel’s solo album of electronic meditation music, as well as a personal visit with the composer, recorded in Donaueschingen.Genres
Avant-gardeMusical Selections
Storm Over Asia & Calm [excerpt] -- [unidentified piece for oboe] -- Dharana (1972)Performers
Between: (Dharana)Robert Eliscu, oboe, oboe da̕more (Dharana)
Roberto Détrée, guitar, bass guitar (Dharana)
Peter Michael Hamel, voice, keyboards (Dharana)
Cotch Black, drums (Dharana)
Charles Campbell, drums (Dharana)
Symphony Orchestra of the Southwest German Radio (Dharana)
Ernest Bour, conductor (Dharana)
Subjects
Avant-garde (Music)Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble
Music for meditation
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.Related places
Hilversum (Netherlands) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Between (Musical Group)Symphony Orchestra of the Southwest German Radio
Südwestfunk (Baden-Baden, Germany). Orchester
Amirkhanian, Charles
Hamel, Peter Michael, 1947-
Bour, Ernest
Eliscu, Robert
Détrée, Roberto C, 1940-
Black, Cotch
Campbell, Charles