KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: The Djerassi Artist in Residence 10th Anniversary, 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1992.11.05.B

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

118 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

1992-11-05 | broadcast
| 1992-11-05 | created

Description

The Djerassi Artist in Residence program was founded by the inventor of the birth control pill, Dr. Carl Djerassi. Like the McDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, the Djerassi Foundation, situated in the Santa Cruz Mountains above the town of Woodside CA, is a place where artists are invited to stay for a month or more to work in peaceful and supportive surroundings. In this program Charles Amirkhanian discusses the Djerassi Artist in Residence program with its Director, Charles Boone, as well as with a number of composers who have participated in the program during its first 10 years of operation. Also heard are a number of compositions that were created in part during the composers stay at Djerassi.

Genres

New music
20th century classical

Musical Selections

A City Called Heaven (1988-89) (21:00) / Olly Wilson -- Barbara Allen [from “Mountain Songs”] (1988) / Robert Beaser -- The House Carpenter [from “Mountain Songs”] (1988) / Robert Beaser -- An Air of Gathering Pipers (1988) (7:02) / Guy Klucevsek -- Elan (1990) / Linda Bouchard -- Chorus of Exiled Palestinians [from “The Death of Klinghoffer”, libretto by Alice Goodman] (1989-91) / John Adams

Performers

Boston Musica Viva (City)
Richard Pittman, director (City)
Paula Robison, flute (Barbara ; House)
Eliot Fisk, guitar (Barbara ; House)
Guy Klucevsek, accordion (Air)
Orchestre Métropolitain (Elan)
Walter Boudreau, conductor (Elan)
The London Opera Chorus (Chorus)
Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon (Chorus)
Kent Nagano, conductor (Chorus)

Subjects

New music
20th century classical
Septets (Piano, clarinet, flute, percussion, violin, viola, cello)
Flute and guitar music
Folk music, English
Accordion music
Orchestral music
Operas -- Excerpts

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