KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Speaking of Music: Bernard Heidsieck, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

SOM.1991.05.31.A

Program Series

Speaking of Music

Program Length

115 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

| broadcast
| 1991-05-31 | created

Description

As part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series, Charles Amirkhanian interviews one of the best known French sound poets, Bernard Heidsieck. In addition to reading some of his poetry he also plays a number of taped sound-text composition including six pieces from his series “Breaths and Brief Encounters” in which he combines his poetry with recordings of famous authors breathing. Heidsieck also talks about his life as the son of a famous champagne making family, his experiences during and directly after World War II, and his career as a banker.

Genres

Sound poetry

Musical Selections

La poinçonneuse -- Sisyphe (1977) -- Deriche Le Robert “K”

Subjects

Sound poetry
Text-sound compositions

Related places

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

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Heidsieck, Bernard, 1928-2014