KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Charles Amirkhanian's Last Morning Concert as KPFA Music Director, 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interviews

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1992.11.13.B

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

122 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

1992-11-13 | broadcast
| 1992-11-13 | created

Description

The last Morning Concert with Charles Amirkhanian at the helm kicks off with an interview with David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet. This interview was recorded just prior to a concert by the Quartet at the Theater Artaud that was to feature new compositions by Mr. Bungle and Thomas Mapfumo written for the Kronos Quartet. The various roles individual players have within the Quartet is described. The second half of the program is dedicated to taking phone calls from listeners reminiscing with Charles about his time at the station.

Genres

20th century classical

Musical Selections

Little Beige Sambo (1985) / Frank Zappa -- Decentre (1992) / Brian Eno

Subjects

20th century classical
Rock music
Radio audiences

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Zappa, Frank
Eno, Brian, 1948-