KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: The Music of Richard Felciano, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1976.05.17.A

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

129 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1976-05-17 | broadcast
| 1976-05-17 | created

Description

Charles Amirkhanian interviews Richard Felciano, who at the time of this recording was a member of the faculty at U. C. Berkeley, and whose album “The Music of Richard Felciano”, had been issued by Composers Recordings, Inc. Felciano introduces a number of his works including a December 1975 live performance of a piece for 14 carillons located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area all playing simultaneously. Felciano also discusses the challenges facing contemporary composers of new music.

Genres

20th century classical
New music

Musical Selections

Crasis, for 7 instruments and electronic sounds (1967) -- Spectra, for piccolo, flute, alto flute, and contrabass (1967) -- Gravities, for piano four hands (1965) -- Chöd, for six players and electronics [start of piece] (1975)

Performers

David Subke, flute (Crasis)
Donald O’Brien, clarinet (Crasis)
Robert Bloch, violin (Crasis)
Bonnie Hampton, cello (Crasis)
Beverly Bellows, harp (Crasis)
Naomi Sparrow, piano (Crasis)
Lawrence Blackshere, percussion (Crasis)
Richard Felciano, conductor (Crasis)
Nancy Turetzky, flutes (Spectra)
Bertram Turetzky, contrabass (Spectra)
Milton Salkind, piano (Gravities)
Peggy Salkind, piano (Gravities)
Philadelphia Composers’ Forum: (Chöd)
Eric Rosenblith, violin (Chöd)
Marcie DeCou (sp?), cello (Chöd)
Jack Kulowitch, contrabass (Chöd)
Arthur Maddox, piano (Chöd)
Michael Sirotta, percussion (Chöd)
David Woodhill, percussion (Chöd)
Joel Thome, conductor (Chöd)

Subjects

20th century classical
New music
Octets (Piano, clarinet, flute, harp, electronics, percussion, violin, cello)
Flute and double bass music
Piano music (4 hands)
Sextets (Piano, percussion, violin, cello, double bass)
Electronic music

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.

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