KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ New Music America: 1982: Program No. 5, 2 of 3

Analog Audio


Event Type
Interview and Music
Origin
KPFA
Identifier
NMA.1982.07.10.2.B
Program Series
New Music America
Program Length
178 min
Part
2 of 3
Dates
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 music
20th century classical
Musical Selections
S.T.O.C. “Same Tired Old Changes” (1982) (6:38) / Phil Winsor [world premiere] -- Imaginary Landscape No. 4 [excerpt] / John Cage -- Polyphonies I, for shakuhachi and tape (1975-78) (20:30) / Dary John Mizelle -- Birth of the Poet [excerpt] / Peter Gordon -- Roses on Bond Street [excerpt] / Peter Gordon
Performers
Mark Graf (sp?), flute (S.T.O.C.)
Mary Beth Skaggs, clarinet (S.T.O.C.)
Gregory Barrett, clarinet (S.T.O.C.)
Paul Martens, soprano sax (S.T.O.C.)
Roger Burkland (sp?), alto sax (S.T.O.C.)
Chuck Haws, tenor sax (S.T.O.C.)
Mary Ann Mumm, violin (S.T.O.C.)
Susan Dickstein (sp?), viola (S.T.O.C.)
John Schaefer (sp?), cello (S.T.O.C.)
Neely Bruce, organ (S.T.O.C.)
Steve Elkins (sp?), percussion (S.T.O.C.)
Dary John Mizelle, shakuhachi (Polyphonies)
Subjects
New music
20th century classical
Instrumental ensembles
Aleatory music
Electro-acoustic
Flute and electronic 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.