Charles Amirkhanian Collection ➔ Composer-to-Composer Festival: Concert 2, Pt. 1 (August 18, 2020), 1 of 2
Digital Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
C AmirkhanianIdentifier
CTC.1988.08.20.2.AProgram Series
Composer-to-Composer FestivalProgram Length
190 minPart
1 of 2Dates
| broadcast| 1988-08-20 | created
Description
A recording of the second concert of the 1988 Composer to Composer Festival. Recorded live August 20, 1988, 8pm in Telluride, Colorado.The first half begins with Sarah Hopkins performing two of her works for cello, Cello Chi for voice and electronics, and New Journey for cello, electronics, whirly, and voice.
After Hopkins’ performances, Charles Amirkhanian and Brian Eno talk about Eno’s then new record label, Opal Records, and play excerpts from the catalogue. Also in this interview Eno talks about Soviet rock music, his recent projects, his philosophy on lyrics in music, world music’s influence on him, and his recording techniques. He then takes questions from the audience.
After the intermission announcement, we hear Pas de Voix (Portrait of Samuel Beckett) by Charles Amirkhanian followed by Stephen Scott’s introduction of the collaborative work for 13-limit just intonation for bowed piano.
Concert Program:
Sarah Hopkins
Cello Chi
Sarah Hopkins, cello and voice
New Journey (replacing Ring)
Sarah Hopkins, cello, voice, whirly, and electronics
Brian Eno and Charles Amirkhanian In Conversation
INTERMISSION
Charles Amirkhanian
Pas De Voix (without voice) for Samuel Beckett
Charles Amirkhanian, tape
Terry Riley and Stephen Scott
Work for Bowed Piano Ensemble [Movement 1]
Terry Riley, Stephen Scott, and the Bowed Piano Ensemble (Ann Riley, Jason Rainier, Vincent Plush, Sarah Hopkins, Kyle Gann, and Charles Amirkhanian)
Genres
New musicElectro-Acoustic / Electronic
Musical Selections
Cello Chi (1987) (13:25) / Sarah Hopkins -- New Journey (1987) (6:10) / Sarah Hopkins and Alan Lamb -- [unidentified piece for harmonic whirlies] (2:35) / Sarah Hopkins -- I Will Not Be Sad In This World (1983) (5:20) / Djivan Gasparyan -- Tension Block (1988) (1:45) / Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois -- Pas de Voix (Portrait of Samuel Beckett) (1987) (14:40) / Charles Amirkhanian -- Work for Bowed Piano Ensemble [1st movement] (1988) (9:20) / Terry Riley and Stephen ScottPerformers
Sarah Hopkins, cello and voice (Cello Chi) ; cello, voice, whirly and electronics (New Journey) ; bowed piano (Work for Bowed Piano)Djivan Gasparyan, duduk (I Will Not Be Sad...)
Brian Eno, (Tension Block)
Daniel Lanois, (Tension Block)
Charles Amirkhanian, tape (Pas de Voix) ; bowed piano (Bowed Piano Ensemble)
Ann Riley, bowed piano (Work for Bowed Piano)
Jason Rainier, bowed piano (Work for Bowed Piano)
Vincent Plush, bowed piano (Work for Bowed Piano)
Kyle Gann, bowed piano (Work for Bowed Piano)
Subjects
Cello and electronic musicCello solos
Duduk music
Ambient music
Rock music
Tape music
Musique concrète
Bowed Piano Ensemble
Acknowledgment
Digitized with support from the National Recording Preservation Foundation, The Copland Fund, and the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.Related Event
Composer-to-Composer Festival, 1988Related place
Telluride (Colo.) (was recorded at)Related Entities
Composer-to-Composer FestivalTelluride Institute
Hopkins, Sarah, 1958-
Amirkhanian, Charles
Eno, Brian, 1948-
Gasparyan, Djivan
Lanois, Daniel
Scott, Stephen, 1944-2021
Riley, Terry, 1935-
Riley, Ann
Rainier, Jason
Plush, Vincent, 1950-
Gann, Kyle