KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Music from Sudan and Armenia

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1971.08.04

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

59 min

Dates

1971-08-04 | broadcast
| 1971-08-04 | created

Description

In this program, host Charles Amirkhanian introduces music performed by Sudanese virtuoso Hamza El Din, as well as a selection of Armenian folk music, and an interview with Dikran Karagueuzian, editor of the San Francisco based newspaper, the “Armenian Guardian”.

Genres

World music

Musical Selections

Song with Tar / Hamza El Din -- Escalay (Water Wheel) / Hamza El Din -- Yes Siretzi / G. Alemshah -- Gali Yerk / Vardapet Komitas -- Kh'ntrtrestsook Havadov / Alan Hovhaness -- Toi Negriz (Hey Narcissus) / T. Altunian

Performers

Armenian National Choral Society of Boston (Gali ; Kh'ntrtrestsook)

Subjects

Music -- Sudan
World music
Ethnic music
Folk music, Armenian
Oud 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

Armenian National Choral Society of Boston
Amirkhanian, Charles
El Din, Hamza
Komitas, Vardapet, 1869-1935
Hovhaness, Alan, 1911-2000
Altounian, Tatoul
Alt’unyan, T’at’ul, 1901-1974