KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Electronic Music Special: Allen Strange & Bernie Krause, 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1981.09.10.B

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

127 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

1981-09-10 | broadcast
| 1981-09-10 | created

Description

Charles Amirkhanian is joined by composer Allen Strange, author of the definitive college teaching textbook, “Electronic Music”, and Bernie Krause, producer of the educational “New Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music” instructional manual and accompanying album. The program starts with recordings of works by Allen Strange, beginning with “The Second Book of Angels (The Thrones)” for string quartet and tape. His collaboration in the realm of children’s theater with Robert Jenkins is also represented with “Boogie and the Beejeez Man”, a children’s story with electronic music accompaniment. Later in the program Bernie Krause joins Strange and Jenkins for a discussion of the “Nonesuch Guide”, replete with examples of different electronic sounds. We also hear Mr. Krause’s music from the New Age jazz album “Citadels of Mystery”. (from KPFA Folio)

Genres

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic

Musical Selections

Heart of Gold (ca. 1981) (20:39) / Allen Strange -- Once Below A Time [excerpt] / Bernie Krause & C. Poehler -- Triangle Wave [excerpt] (2:18) / Bernie Krause -- Sawtooth Over San Onofre [excerpt] (1:38) / Bernie Krause -- Twist of Fate [lyrics by Lee Hayes] (1:49) / Bernie Krause -- V. Gates (1:38) / Bernie Krause -- Machu Picchu Suite: Festival of the Sun (ca. 1975) (6:00) / Bernie Krause -- Stonehenge, A Midsummer’s Daydream (ca. 1975) (2:54) / Bernie Krause -- Citadel, Ay Bobo (ca. 1975) (5:04) / Bernie Krause

Performers

Mel Martin, flute, (Festival ; Stonehenge)
Kenneth Nash, percussion ; vocals (Festival ; Citadels)
George Marsh, drums ; waterphone (Festival ; Stonehenge)
Bernie Krause, synthesizer (Festival ; Stonehenge ; Citadels)
Peter Maunu, guitar (Festival)
Dave Dunnaway, bass (Festival ; Citadels)
Andy Narell, keyboards (Festival ; Stonehenge ; Citadels)
Mark Isham, flugelhorn (Festival)
Glenn Cronkhite, bird whistle, waterphone (Stonehenge)
Nathan Rubin, violin (Stonehenge)
Daniel Kobialka, violin (Stonehenge)
Myra Buckey, violin (Stonehenge)
Judiyaba, cello (Stonehenge)
Chris Michie, guitar (Stonehenge)
Jeff Narell, steel drums (Citadels)

Subjects

Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Jazz
New Age music

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.

Related places

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

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Strange, Allen
Jenkins, Robert
Krause, Bernard L.
Poehler, C.
Hays, Lee, 1914-1981
Martin, Mel, 1942-
Nash, Kenneth
Marsh, George, 1941-
Maunu, Peter
Dunaway, David
Narell, Andy
Isham, Mark
Cronkhite, Glenn
Rubin, Nathan, 1929-
Kobialka, Daniel
Buckey, Myra
Judiyaba
Michie, Chris
Narell, Jeff