Charles Amirkhanian Collection ➔ Composer-to-Composer Festival: Public Panels: Panel 1 (August 21, 1988), 1 of 3
Digital Audio
Event Type
Lectures and Panel DiscussionsOrigin
C AmirkhanianIdentifier
CTC.1988.08.21.AProgram Series
Composer-to-Composer FestivalProgram Length
153 minPart
1 of 3Dates
| broadcast| 1988-08-21 | created
Description
A recording of the morning public panel on August 21, 1988 during the Composer to Composer Festival in Telluride, Colorado. The panelists include Sarah Hopkins, Brian Eno, Terry Riley, Stephen Scott and Lepo Sumera. The composers discuss why they make music among other topics and share samples of their work.Sarah Hopkins is in mid conversation about her current projects, and the healing effects of music and answers the question “Is your music New Age music”? That leads to an extended discussion about healing music to which Brian Eno and other members of the audience comment on. Terry Riley joins the discussion when addressing one of the audience questions about consonance and dissonance. Stephen Scott then responds to the question about why make music and what one gets out of it.
The focus eventually comes back to Lepo Sumera in the effort to allow time to play some of his music which is little known in the United States. Sumera prepares to play an Estonian folk tune for female choir and gives a little background about the vast amount of Estonian folk melodies and songs and demonstrates a common structure.
Next, the last movement of Sumera’s 2nd Symphony is played. Afterwards, Charles Amirkhanian credits Jack Briece for introducing him to Sumera’s work. Stephen Scott then talks a bit about his work “Minerva’s Web” for bowed piano ensemble before playing a recording of the piece made in Sydney, Australia. The group takes questions from the audience and address the impact of the extended interaction the composers had with each other during the festival.
Charles Amirkhanian makes a few announcements and closing remarks before asking Brian Eno to offer some observances. The panel closes with an excerpt from Terry Riley’s “Salome Dances for Peace”. The recording ends abruptly.
Genres
New musicMusical Selections
Symphony No. 2 [excerpt] (1984) (8:30) / Lepo Sumera -- Minerva’s Web [excerpt] (1985) (9:10) / Stephen Scott -- Salome Dances for Peace (1985-87) [excerpt] (5:30) / Terry RileyPerformers
Kronos Quartet (Salome)David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Joan Jeanrenaud, violoncello
Subjects
New Age musicMusic therapy
Folk songs, Estonian
Symphonies
20th century classical
Bowed Piano Ensemble
String quartets
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
Kronos Quartet
Hopkins, Sarah, 1958-
Amirkhanian, Charles
Eno, Brian, 1948-
Sumera, Lepo, 1950-2000
Riley, Terry, 1935-
Scott, Stephen, 1944-2021