KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: The Music of the Hurdy-Gurdy, plus selections by Ralph Vaughan Williams & David Byrne, 2 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
MC.1991.09.27.BProgram Series
Morning ConcertProgram Length
129 minPart
2 of 2Dates
| broadcast| 1991-09-27 | created
Description
From 1991, the first Morning Concert broadcast from the then newly built KPFA studios, Charles Amirkhanian interviews composer and conductor Howard Hersh about his music and plays a selection of his compositions. Amirkhanian then devotes the rest of the show to selections of music for the hurdy-gurdy, as well as works by Ralph Vaughan Williams and David Byrne.Genres
20th century classicalUnconventional instruments
Musical Selections
Scottish -- Gloryflower -- Bourrees (3), Book 1, No. 3 -- Serenade to Music [text by William Shakespeare] (1938) / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- The Forest: Asuka / David ByrnePerformers
Nigel Eaton, hurdy-gurdy (hurdy-gurdy music)Cliff Stapleton, hurdy-gurdy (hurdy-gurdy music)
Lisa Povey, harpsichord, keyboards, synthesizer (hurdy-gurdy music)
Ian Luff, bass guitar (hurdy-gurdy music)
Paul James, bagpipes, saxophone synthesizers (hurdy-gurdy music)
New York Virtuosi: (Serenade)
Kenneth Klein conductor (Serenade)
Grayson Hirst, tenor solo (Serenade
Joel Pitchon, violin solo (Serenade)
L. William Kuyper, horn solo (Serenade)
Jimmie Haskel, conductor (The Forest)
Subjects
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra20th century classical
Songs (High voice) with orchestra
Unconventional instruments
New Age music
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
New York VirtuosiAmirkhanian, Charles
Eaton, Nigel
Stapleton, Cliff
Povey, Lisa
Luff, Ian
James, Paul (Musician)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Haskel, Jimmie
Klein, Kenneth, 1939-
Hirst, Grayson
Pitchon, Joel
Kuyper, L. William
Byrne, David, 1952-