KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Open Evening: Program Highlights and Current Events, Aug. 19, 1970

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1970.08.19

Program Series

Open Evening

Program Length

69 min

Dates

1970-08-19 | broadcast
| 1970-08-19 | created

Description

In a program recorded on August 19, 1970, Charles Amirkhanian and Bill Northwood highlight upcoming shows on KPFA and current events in the San Francisco Bay Area. After a couple of brief musical selections by Amirkhanian and the Ba-Benzele Pygmies of the Central African Republic, the two are joined in the studio by Richard Friedman who talks about KPFA’s foray into ambient field recordings with the new series, “The World Ear Project”. This is followed by an excerpt of a interview with sculptor and political activist, Beniamino Bufano, originally recorded on February 11, 1957, in which the artist describes his work with Chinese potters and his memories of Mahatma Gandhi, including the Indian leader’s famous Salt March and subsequent imprisonment. Charles then plays two excerpts by 20th century composers, Carlos Chávez and Lou Harrison. The program concludes with an excerpt from the funeral service for Jonathan Jackson and William Christmas, two members of the Black Panther Party, who had been shot just days before during an attempted jail break and kidnapping.

Genres

20th century classical
Modern Art

Musical Selections

Radii (1970) (1:20) / Charles Amirkhanian -- Hindewhu, whistle solo (1:52) / The Ba-Benzele Pygmies -- [drumming in Sproul Plaza, U.C. Berkeley] -- Symphony No. 2 “Sinfonía India” [excerpt] (1935-36) (1:57) / Carlos Chávez -- Canticle No. 1 [excerpt] (1939-40) (3:26) / Lou Harrison -- [funeral service for Jonathan Jackson & William Christmas] -- Here and Now for Bobby Seale [excerpt from an essay] / Jean Genet

Subjects

Sound poetry
Text-sound compositions
World music
Music -- Central African Republic
Pygmies Central African Republic Music
Ba-Benzele (African people)
Benjelle (African people)
Pottery
Ceramic sculpture
Field recordings
Ambient sounds
Symphonies
Percussion ensembles

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

Black Panther Party
Amirkhanian, Charles
Northwood, Bill
Bryant, Byron
Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970
Friedman, Richard
Chávez, Carlos, 1899-1978
Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003
Hilliard, David
Newton, Huey P.
Genet, Jean, 1910-1986