Errollyn Wallen, António Pinho Vargas, and Mary Ellen Childs at KPFA-FM, Berkeley CA, (1999)

Other Minds Festivals ➔ Other Minds Festival: Ears Wide Open, OM 5

Digital Audio


Event Type
Interview and Music
Origin
Other Minds
Identifier
OMF.1999.03.29
Program Series
Other Minds Festival
Program Length
121 min
Dates
1999-03-21 | broadcast
| 1999-03-21 | created
Description
Ears Wide Open was a program broadcast on KPFA-FM in Berkeley, and every year for several years, the show would preview the upcoming Other Minds Festival, highlighting works of the featured composers. For this special program previewing OM 5, Other Minds' Executive and Artistic Director, Charles Amirkhanian hosts. Guests interviewed include several of the composers participating that year: Errollyn Wallen (U.K.), António Pinho Vargas (Portugal), Mary Ellen Childs (USA) and Julian Priester (USA).
Genres
New music
Musical Selections
Don’t Panic [excerpt] (1998) (01:10) / Errollyn Wallen -- Heads of the People [excerpt] (1997) (2:36) / Julian Priester & Sam Rivers -- Breath (1993) (6:50) / Julian Priester -- Thelonius Schizo Sketch (1989) (6:53) -- Mirrors, 3rd movement (1994) (1:48) -- Dinky Toys (1983) (5:18) -- Vilas Morenas (1987) (6:49) / António Pinho Vargas -- Rain (1998) (10:02) -- Concerto for percussion and orchestra, 2nd movement (1994) (8:43) / Errollyn Wallen -- Kilter (1996) (8:35) / Mary Ellen Childs
Performers
Byron Wallen, trumpet (Don’t Panic, Rain)
Tim Harries, bass (Don’t Panic)
Simon Pearson, drums (Don’t Panic)
John Ramm, voice (Don’t Panic)
Graham Kearns guitar (Don’t Panic)
Errollyn Wallen, vocals and piano (Don’t Panic, Rain)
Mike Henry, backup vocals (Don’t Panic)
Julian Priester, trombone (Heads, Breath)
Sam Rivers, piano and saxophones (Heads, Breath)
Tucker Martine, electronics (Heads)
Andrew Hill, piano (Breath)
Reggie Workman, bass (Breath)
Pheeroan akLaff, drums (Breath)
António Pinho Vargas, piano (Thelonius)
José Nogueira, saxophones (Thelonius, Dinky Toys, Vilas)
Francisco José Monteiro, piano (Mirrors, Dinky Toys, Vilas)
Maria João, vocals (Vilas)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Paul Daniel, conductor
Colin Currie, percussion soloist
Anthony de Mare, piano (Kilter)
Kathleen Supové, piano (Kilter)
Subjects
Music festivals
Interviews
Composers
Music
Radio broadcasts
Acknowledgment
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