KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Jack Briece: On Finnish Music , 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1988.03.11.A

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

134 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1988-03-11 | broadcast
| 1988-02-04 | created

Description

From a recording made on February 4, 1988, Charles Amirkhanian talks with composer, performer, and video artist, Jack Briece about contemporary Finnish music. Works heard include compositions by Harri Wessman, Jarmo Sermilä, Paavo Heininen, Lepo Sumera, Usko Meriläinen, and other talented Finnish composers who’s works remain relatively unknown in the United States. Having become interested in the music of Finland he traveled to the country in 1985 and then again in 1987, after which he wrote about his experiences and spearheaded an effort to facilitate communication and cooperation between Finnish and Western composers and artists.

Note: composer Briece died of AIDS shortly after this program was made in 1988.

Genres

20th century classical
Orchestral music

Musical Selections

Water's weary under snow / Harri Wessman -- Labor! (1982) / Jarmo Sermilä -- Symphony No. 3, Op. 20 [two movements] (1969, rev. 1977) / Paavo Heininen

Performers

Tapiola Choir (Water's)
Erkki Pohjola, conductor (Water's)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Labor ; Symphony No. 3)
Ulf Söderblom, conductor (Symphony No. 3)

Subjects

20th century classical
Music -- Finland
Choruses, Secular (Children’s voices)
Orchestral music
Symphonies

Related places

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

Related Entities

Tapiola Choir
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Briece, Jack
Amirkhanian, Charles
Wessman, Harri
Pohjola, Erkki
Sermilä, Jarmo, 1939-
Heininen, Paavo, 1938-2022
Söderblom, Ulf