KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Ivan Wyschnegradsky: A Memorial Tribute, 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1979.12.14.B

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

130 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

1979-12-14 | broadcast
| 1976-06-04 | created

Description

On September 29, 1979, Ivan Wyschnegradsky died in Paris at the age of 86. Only in the last two years of his life did he become widely recognized in Europe for his contributions to the repertoire. Since the early 1920s he had composed in various microtonal systems in an attempt to expand the possibilities of musical expression. Presented in this program is the first American broadcast of Wyschnegradsky’s early (1916-17) mystical work “La Journee de l’Existence”. The performance, commissioned and recorded by Radio France, is stirring and extremely beautiful. In addition Charles Amirkhanian presents the first radio broadcast of his last interview with Wyschnegradsky, recorded at the composer’s Paris studio on June 4, 1976. (from KPFA Folio)

Genres

Microtonal music
Orchestral music

Musical Selections

La Journée de l’Existence (”The Day of Existence”) [part 2] (1916-17, rev. 1927, 1939)

Performers

Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique (La Journee)
Alexandre Myrat, conductor (La Journee)
Mario Haniotis, narrator (La Journee)

Subjects

Monologues with music (Orchestra)

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

Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique
Amirkhanian, Charles
Wyschnegradsky, Ivan, 1893-1979
Myrat, Alexandre
Haniotis, Mario