KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Speaking of Music: Vincent Plush, Sept. 4, 1986, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

SOM.1986.09.04.A

Program Series

Speaking of Music

Program Length

109 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

| broadcast
| 1986-09-04 | created

Description

Composer Vincent Plush is interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian on September 4, 1986, as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series. Plush is a protégé of Australia's most important living composer Peter Sculthorpe, and could be described as a down under counterpart to the U. S. composer John Adams. Plush's orchestral work "Pacifica" is cut from the same cloth as Adams' "Harmonium" and his work often treats historical Australian figures.

Genres

Orchestral music
20th century classical

Musical Selections

Pacifica [1st movement] (1986) / Vincent Plush -- Herminda de La Victoria / Victor Jara -- Pacifica [2nd movement] (1986) / Vincent Plush -- Pacifica [3rd movement] (1986) / Vincent Plush

Performers

Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Pacifica)

Subjects

Orchestral music
20th century classical
Composers -- Australia
Folk music, Chilean

Related places

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

Related Entities

Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Amirkhanian, Charles
Plush, Vincent, 1950-
Jara, Víctor, 1938-1973