New Music America: 1982: Program No. 3, 1 of 3

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

WFMT

Identifier

NMA.1982.07.08.2.A

Program Series

New Music America

Program Length

179 min

Part

1 of 3

Dates

1982-07-08 | broadcast
| 1982-07-08 | created

Description

Radio station WFMT in Chicago presents the third of six broadcasts from Navy Pier, as part of the fourth New Music America Festival. Charles Amirkhanian hosts, assisted by composer and vocalist, Joan La Barbara. Included in this concert are works by Don Malone, Kyle Gann, Ben Johnston, Jay Clayton, and Michael Byron. Intermission features include a roundup of events from earlier in the day, including a noontime concert of Percy Grainger’s music with pianists Dennis Russell Davies, Yvar Mikhashoff, and Neely Bruce, At the end of the program are segments on microtonal composer Harry Partch, pianist and conductor Dennis Russell Davies, and a brief excerpt from an interview with the “bad boy of music”, George Antheil. (from KPFA Folio)

Genres

New music
20th century classical

Musical Selections

Soggetto Cavato, for three solo voices [excerpt] (8:51) / Don Malone -- Long Night, for three pianos (1980-81) (19:23) / Kyle Gann -- String Quartet No. 3 “Vergings” (1966-73) (11:06) / Ben Johnston

Performers

Darlene Cowles, vocals (Soggetto)
Sheldon Atovsky, voice (Soggetto)
Don Malone, voice (Soggetto)
Kyle Gann, piano (Long)
Salvatore Spina, piano (Long)
Katie Hildebrandt (sp?), piano (Long)
Cordier String Quartet: (Quartet)
Shem Guibbory, violin (Quartet)
Richard Rood, violin (Quartet)
Linda Alasco (sp?), viola (Quartet)
Jeanne LeBlanc, cello (Quartet)

Subjects

New music
20th century classical
Vocalises (Voices (3)), Unaccompanied
Piano ensembles
String quartets
Just intonation
Microtonal 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

Chicago (Ill.) (was recorded at)
Chicago (Ill.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

New Music America (Festival)
Cordier String Quartet
Amirkhanian, Charles
La Barbara, Joan, 1947-
Malone, Don
Cowles, Darlene
Atovsky, Sheldon
Gann, Kyle
Spina, Salvatore
Hildebrandt, Katie
Johnston, Ben
Guibbory, Shem
Rood, Richard (Violinist)
LeBlanc, Jeanne