KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Avant-Garde Music in the Netherlands, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1974.04.10.A

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

114 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1974-04-10 | broadcast
| 1974-01-15 | created

Description

A fascinating visit with pianist Ton Hartsuiker and composer David Porcelijn, two prominent avant-garde figures in Holland and producers of that country’s nationwide weekly radio program, Musica Nova. Recorded January 15, 1974, in Hartsuiker’s home in The Hague, here is a lighthearted glimpse into the bowels of the obscure and little publicized aspects of experimental music in the Netherlands. Some of the most fascinating examples of Dutch composing are heard as well as Hartsuiker’s fishbowl and his Bechstein piano. (from KPFA Folio)

Genres

Avant-garde
Sound poetry

Musical Selections

Plastic-Elastic (1970) (1:04) / Herman Damen -- Cocon [a.k.a. “Voices”] (1970) (8:56) / Herman Damen -- Monologue Machine (ca.1970) (5:47) / Herman Damen -- Hommage a Orff (1968) (6:00) / Herman Damen -- Sonatas and Interludes [excerpts] (1946-48) / John Cage -- Amoeba for X flutes (1968) / David Porcelijn -- [unidentified excerpt with soprano and piano] -- Anathema [excerpt] (1969) / Peter Schat

Performers

Ton Hartsuiker, prepared piano ; piano (Sonatas ; Anathema)

Subjects

Avant-garde (Music)
New music
Sound poetry
Text-sound compositions
Electro-acoustic
Prepared piano music
Flute music
Piano music

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 place

Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Hartsuiker, Ton
Porcelijn, David
Damen, Herman, 1945-
Cage, John
Schat, Peter, 1935-