KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ New Music America: 1982: Program No. 5, 1 of 3
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
NMA.1982.07.10.2.AProgram Series
New Music AmericaProgram Length
178 minPart
1 of 3Dates
1982-07-10 | broadcast| 1982-07-10 | created
Description
Radio station WFMT in Chicago presents the fifth 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. This concert features the “Clarinet Quartet” by Douglas Ewart, the world premiere of Christian Wolff’s “Preludes for Piano” and Phi Winsor’s “Same Tired Old Changes”, and a work for solo shakuhachi (Japanese flute) and tape by Dary John Mizelle. Also included is a performance by Peter Gordon and the Love of Life Orchestra. Intermission features include a profile of composer and pianist Leo Ornstein, a look at the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, an interview with John Cage, and concludes with a profile on Conlon Nancarrow.Genres
New music20th century classical
Musical Selections
Clarinet Quartet (23:08) / Douglas Ewart -- Preludes for Piano: 1-11 (1980-81) (31:50) / Christian Wolff [world premiere]Performers
Edward Wilkerson, clarinet (Quartet)J. D. Parran clarinet (Quartet)
Mwata Bowden, clarinet (Quartet)
Douglas Ewart, clarinet (Quartet)
Yvar Mikhashoff, piano (Preludes)
Anthony De Mare, piano (Prelude No. 10)
Subjects
New music20th century classical
Quartets (Clarinets (4))
Piano 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)Amirkhanian, Charles
La Barbara, Joan, 1947-
Ewart, Douglas
Wilkerson, Edward
Bowden, Mwata
Parran, J. D.
Wolff, Christian, 1934-
Mikhashoff, Yvar
De Mare, Anthony