KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Michael Mantler
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
OTG.1988.06.27Program Series
Ode To GravityProgram Length
31 minDates
1988-06-27 | broadcast| 1988-06-27 | created
Description
Charles Amirkhanian introduces an unsettling composition by a musician whose work lies between jazz and classical music. Michael Mantler’s piece, “Many Have No Speech” (1988), which was 18 months in the making, consists of settings of texts by Samuel Beckett, Ernst Meister, and Philippe Soupault. The vocalists include Jack Bruce, Marianne Faithfull, and Robert Wyatt. Amirkhanian talks with the composer and samples his work. (from KPFA Folio)Genres
Art songsJazz
Musical Selections
Alien [excerpt] / Michael Mantler -- Many Have No Speech [excerpts, texts by Samuel Beckett, Ernst Meister, & Philippe Soupault] (1988) / Michael MantlerPerformers
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra (Many)Peder Kragerup, conductor (Many)
Rick Fenn, guitar (Many)
Michael Mantler, trumpet (Many)
Marianne Faithfull, voice (Many)
Jack Bruce, voice (Many)
Robert Wyatt, voice (Many)
Subjects
JazzArt songs
Trumpet and synthesizer music
Song cycles
Songs with orchestra
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
Danish Radio Concert OrchestraDanmarks radio. Underholdningsorkester
Amirkhanian, Charles
Mantler, Michael
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
Meister, Ernst, 1911-
Soupault, Philippe, 1897-1990
Kragerup, Peder
Fenn, Rick
Bruce, Jack
Wyatt, Robert
Faithfull, Marianne