KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Bon Bonn Bon
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
OTG.1970.12.16Program Series
Ode To GravityProgram Length
52 minDates
1970-12-16 | broadcast| 1970-12-15 | created
Description
Originally broadcast on the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, this program would have had the deaf composer holding his head in amazement. An energetic mix of assorted musical genres, this program combines the madness one would associate with the Fugs with the elegance reminiscent of a Chopin nocturne, and with a healthy dose of jazz and a little bit of poetry by Ezra Pound thrown in for seasoning. The show concludes with a work for piano by the Maestro himself. A stunning tour de force of free-form avant-garde radio. Produced by Charles Amirkhanian and Richard Friedman this show also introduces the Harvey Shaw Ensemble of Florida in their West Coast premiere broadcast.Genres
Classical musicPoetry
Musical Selections
[unidentified mix] -- [an improvisation] / Harvey Shaw Ensemble -- [unidentified piece] / Django Reinhardt -- Nocturne in C Major Op. 54 No. 4 (1889-91) / Edvard Grieg -- Three Spanish Songs and Dance / Carlos Surinach -- Cantico del Sole / Ezra Pound -- Canto 84 / Ezra Pound -- [unidentified piano piece] -- Eight Variations in C Major on a theme by Count Waldstein (1791-92) / Ludwig van BeethovenPerformers
Alicia de Larrocha, piano (Nocturne ; Spanish)Subjects
20th century classical19th century classical
18th century classical
Piano music
Guitar music
Poetry
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Harvey Shaw EnsembleAmirkhanian, Charles
Friedman, Richard
Reinhardt, Django, 1910-1953
Surinach, Carlos
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907
Larrocha, Alicia de
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827