KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Vincent Plush (1986), 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1986.09.04.B

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

141 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

1986-09-04 | broadcast
| 1986-09-04 | created

Description

In 1986 composer Vincent Plush, whose music in his native Australia enjoys a popularity akin to that of our own John Adams here, visited the KPFA studios to discuss his orchestra piece, "Pacifica", which was premiered June 14, 1986 by the Sydney Symphony under the direction of Zdeněk Mácal, at the Sydney Opera House on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of ABC-FM radio. Plush, born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1950, also introduces important music by other Australians and talks about the plans for the celebration of the bicentennial of his country. Plush's music, incorporating Australian themes in the collage fashion of the American composer Charles Ives, has taken an internationalist turn in "Pacifica", a 25 minute work which celebrates the music of those cultures and countries in Latin America which border the Pacific Basin. The piece contains references to the mariachi musicians of Mexico City, and to Victor Jara, the Chilean folk singer martyred in the military coup of 1973.

Genres

20th century classical

Musical Selections

Red Earth (1985) / Colin Bright -- Pacifica [excerpts] / Vincent Plush -- Herminda de la Victoria (1972) / Victor Jara -- Pacifica [excerpt] / Vincent Plush -- Double Concerto: Southern Cross [first two movements] (1981) / Barry Conyngham -- Wakefield Chronicles [last movement] (1986) / Vincent Plush

Performers

Magpie Musicians (Red)
Vincent Plush, conductor (Red)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Pacifica ; Southern)
Zdenek Macal, conductor (Pacifica)
Niklaus Wyss, conductor (Southern)
Richard Woodward, piano (Southern)
Wanda Wilkomirska, violin (Southern)

Subjects

20th century classical
Music -- Australia
Composers -- Australia
Aboriginal Australians
Instrumental ensembles
Orchestral music
Folk music -- Chile
Concertos (Violin and piano)

Related places

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

Related Entities

Magpie Musicians
Amirkhanian, Charles
Plush, Vincent, 1950-
Bright, Colin
Jara, Víctor, 1938-1973
Mácal, Zdeněk
Conyngham, Barry
Wyss, Niklaus
Woodward, Richard (Pianist)
Wiłkomirska, Wanda, 1929-