KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ New Sounds San Jose: The Fourth Annual Festival: Concert Three

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

NS.1982.05.08.2.A

Program Series

New Sounds San Jose

Program Length

41 min

Dates

| broadcast
| 1982-05-08 | created

Description

Recorded on May 8, 1982, the third concert of the 4th annual New Sounds San Jose Festival featured works by famed minimalist composer Steve Reich, performed by the composer and an ensemble of San Jose State University students and faculty. The concert commenced with “Clapping Music” in which two performers produce a pattern of hand claps that is reminiscent of Reich’s works for organ and percussion in which various rhythmic patterns go in and out of phase with each other. This is followed by one of Reich’s early experimentations with tape music, “Come Out,” in which two tape loops of words are played first in unison, but then slowly allowed to go out of phase and become increasingly electronically processed, until the words them selves become unintelligible. The program then concludes with “Drumming: Part I” for percussion ensemble.

Genres

New music
Minimalism

Musical Selections

Clapping Music, for two performers (1972) (4:20) / Steve Reich -- Come Out, for tape (1966) (12:31) / Steve Reich -- Drumming: Part I, for small tuned drums (1970-71) (15:21) / Steve Reich

Performers

Russ Greilick (sp?), performer (Clapping)
Steve Reich, performer ; drums (Clapping ; Drumming)
Daniel Hamm, voice (Come)
Steve Alvarez, drums (Drumming)
Jim Munzenrider, drums (Drumming)
Joe Hodge, drums (Drumming)

Subjects

New music
Minimal music
Hand-clapping music
Electronic music
Percussion ensembles

Related place

San Jose (Calif.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

Reich, Steve, 1936-
Greilich, Russ
Greilick, Russ
Alvarez, Steve
Munzenrider, Jim
Hodge, Joe