KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: The Music of Peter Michael Hamel, 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1973.12.XX.B

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

85 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

| 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

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic

Musical Selections

Baaleeava II (sp?) -- Song of the Dolphins -- Cathedral on C

Subjects

Electronic music
Piano music
Electric organ music
Percussion music
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

Amirkhanian, Charles
Hamel, Peter Michael, 1947-