KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Evening Concert: KPFA’s Best CDs of 1990, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

EC.1991.01.03.A

Program Series

Evening Concert

Program Length

64 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1991-01-03 | broadcast
| 1991-01-03 | created

Description

Some members of KPFA’s Music Department gather to present their choices for the best classical and new music recordings of 1990. This blue-ribbon panel of judges include Charles Amirkhanian, Sarah Cahill, and Richard Friedman, all of whom offer their personal opinions on much of the music heard in this program. (from KPFA Folio)

Genres

20th century classical
New music

Musical Selections

Channel Identification (1990) / Sam Tellig and Ralph the Christmas Dog -- Channel Phasing (1990) / Sam Tellig and Ralph the Christmas Dog -- Pink Noise at -20db (1990) -- Why Hi-Fi Experts Disagree, a reading from Stereophile Vol. 1, No. 4 / J. Gordon Holt -- National Emblem March [excerpt] / Edwin Eugene Bagley -- Symphony No. 3, Op. 33 [excerpt of 1st movement] (1937-38) / Howard Hanson -- Three places in New England [excerpt] (1912-21) / Charles Ives -- Tango Angèle (1927) / Kurt Weill -- Alabama Song (1927) / Kurt Weill -- Le sacre du printemps (”The rites of spring’) [excerpt] (1911-13, rev 1943) / Igor Stravinsky -- Corale (1981) / Luciano Berio -- Mantra [excerpt] (1969-70) / Karlheinz Stockhausen

Performers

Nether Providence High School Band (National Emblem March)
Seattle Symphony (Symphony No. 3)
Gerard Schwarz, conductor (Symphony No. 3)
Orchestra New England (Three places)
James Sinclair, conductor (Three places)
Saxophon-Orchester Dobbri (Tango Angèle)
Lotte Lenya, vocals (Alabama-Song)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Rites of Spring)
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Rites of Spring)
London Sinfonietta (Corale)
Luciano Berio, conductor (Corale)
Carlo Chiarappa, violin (Corale)
Yvar Mikashoff, piano (Mantra)
Rosalind Bevan, piano (Mantra)
Ole Ørstad, electronics (Mantra)

Subjects

20th century classical
New music
Sound -- Equipment and supplies -- Testing
Stereophonic sound systems -- Periodicals
Marches (Band)
Symphonies
Orchestral music
Musicals
Songs with piano
Ballets
Horns (2), violin with string orchestra
Trios (Pianos (2), electronics)
Electronic music

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.