KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Speaking of Music: Shulamit Ran, 1983

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

SOM.1983.12.01

Program Series

Speaking of Music

Program Length

76 min

Dates

1985-01-07 | broadcast
| 1983-12-01 | created

Description

Shulamit Ran is an Israeli-American composer and long time member of the faculty at the University of Chicago. Her music’s expansive and dramatic nature make her a very interesting composer. In this program, recorded on December 1, 1983, as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series, Ran presents recordings of her “Apprehensions” a setting for a text by Sylvia Plath, and “Fanfare” for two multi-tracked sopranos. In addition clarinetist Laurel Hall and cellist Daniel Reiter perform a new work, “Private Game.” Before each piece Ran provides an explanation of her intent and then after hearing the music she goes into technical detail about how she composed the pieces. The host of this live event was Charles Amirkhanian, and it was produced for radio by Russ Jennings. (from KPFA Folio)

Genres

20th century classical

Musical Selections

Apprehensions, for voice, clarinet, and piano [text by Sylvia Plath] (1979) (20:02) -- Fanfare, for two multi-tracked sopranos (1981) (3:00) -- Private Game, for clarinet and cello (1979) (4:00)

Performers

Judith Nicosia, soprano (Apprehensions)
Laura Flax, clarinet (Apprehensions)
Alan Feinberg, piano (Apprehensions)
Elsa Charlston, soprano (Fanfare)
Diana Ragains, soprano (Fanfare)
Laurel Hall, clarinet (Private)
Daniel Reiter, cello (Private)

Subjects

20th century classical
Composition (Music)
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
Fanfares
Vocal duets, Unaccompanied
Clarinet and cello 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.

Related places

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

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Ran, Shulamit, 1949-
Plath, Sylvia
Nicosia, Judith
Flax, Laura
Feinberg, Alan
Charlston, Elsa
Ragains, Diane
Hall, Laurel
Reiter, Dan