KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ A Concert In Honor of Terry Riley on his 50th Birthday, 6 of 6
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
AM.1985.06.24.02.FProgram Length
125 minPart
6 of 6Dates
1985-06-24 | broadcast| 1985-06-24 | created
Description
In San Francisco in 1964, the world premiere of Terry Riley's "In C" spawned a movement that literally changed the face of modern music. "In C" was the first popular piece of what has come to be known as minimalist music, which typically consists of slowly evolving repetitive patterns. Since then, Riley's compositional style has gone through several incarnations. His contribution to modern music has always been a source of stimulation. In 1985, on Riley’s 50th birthday, KPFA honored this important composer with a live broadcast of a concert at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, by the Kronos Quartet, featuring all of Riley's music for string quartet, as well as an improvised keyboard performance in just intonation by the composer himself.Genres
New musicMinimalism
Musical Selections
[an improvisation in just intonation for piano] (28:30)Performers
Terry Riley, pianoSubjects
New musicMinimal music
Piano music
Just intonation
Microtonal music
Related places
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Jennings, RussRiley, Terry, 1935-