KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Music by Henry Brant, Nicolay Medtner, & Bonifazio Asioli

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1970.07.08.c2

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Dates

1970-07-08 | broadcast
| 1970-07-08 | created

Description

Charles Amirkhanian introduces works by Henry Brant, Nicolay Medtner, & Bonifazio Asioli. The first work, “Millennium IV” by Henry Brant, is a piece of spatial music for brass quintet. Next are two piano sonatas performed by Vladimir Pleshakov. The first is the “Sonata-Ballada” by Russian composer Nicolay Medtner, followed by the “Sonata in C Major” by Bonifazio Asioli. Henry Brant is considered to be one of the principal pioneers of 20th Century spatial music, writing work in which the planned positioning of the performers throughout the hall, as well as on stage, is an essential factor in the composing scheme. Nicolay Medtner was both a composer and pianist, and all of his many compositions include a part for the piano. Born in 1769, Bonifazio Asioli was an Italian composer, as well as a musical theorist and playwright.

Genres

20th century classical
Classical music

Musical Selections

Millennium IV (1963) (9:14) / Henry Brant -- Sonata-Ballada in F Sharp, Op. 27 (1912-14) (24:42) / Nicolay Medtner -- Sonata in C Major, Op. 8, No. 2 (1803) (15:26) / Bonifazio Asioli

Performers

American Brass Quintet (Milennium)
Vladimir Pleshakov, piano (Sonatas)

Subjects

20th century classical
19th century classical
Quintets (Trumpets (2), Horn, Tuba, Euphonium)
Spatial music
Sonatas (Piano)

Related places

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

Related Entities

American Brass Quintet
Amirkhanian, Charles
Brant, Henry, 1913-2008
Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich, 1880-1951
Asioli, Bonifazio, 1769-1832
Pleshakov, Vladimir