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KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Music by Fredric Rzewski and Garrett List, 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1974.07.03.B

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

89 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

1974-07-03 | broadcast
| 1974-07-03 | created

Description

In a program, first broadcast on July 3, 1974, host Charles Amirkhanian introduces music by American composers, Frederic Rzewski and Garrett List, both of whom have set political texts against vibrant electro-acoustic instrumental backdrops featuring strongly rhythmic repetition. The program begins with “Coming Together,” a 1972 composition by Rzewski that takes as its text words by Sam Melville, a prisoner who was killed during the riots at Attica Correctional Facility in New York State. Rzewski, a founding member of the trailblazing improvisational electro-acoustic ensemble, Musica Elettronica Viva, is as well known for his leftist politics as he is for his brilliant piano playing and his remarkable compositions. Other works by Rzewski heard in this program include “Les Moutons de Panurge,” an aleatoric piece scored for any number of instruments of any type, and performed here by four members of the Blackearth Percussion Group; as well as “Attica,” which takes as its text a quote by Richard X. Clark, made when he was released from the infamous prison. Also included in this program is a long piece by trumpeter and composer, Garrett List, entitled “Your Own Self” which takes as it text words by the famous Abolitionist, Frederick Douglass.

Genres

20th century classical
Chamber music

Musical Selections

Your Own Self [text by Frederick Douglass] (1972) (35:42) / Garrett List -- Attica, for speaker and instrumental ensemble [text by Richard X. Clark] (1972) (6:26) / Frederic Rzewski

Performers

Mike Willens, bass (Your)
David Jolley, French horn (Your)
Gordon Gottlieb, percussion (Your)
Gregory Reeves, percussion (Your)
Frederic Rzewski, piano (Your)
Rick Cutler, piano (Your)
Jon Gibson, saxophone (Your)
Garrett List, trombone (Your)
Lou Ranger, trumpet (Your)
Mark Gould, trumpet (Your)
Barry Jekowsky, vibraphone (Your)
Roy Pennington, vibraphone (Your)
Jay Clayton, voice (Your)
Jerry Kaplan, voice (Your)
Joan La Barbara, voice (Your)
Frederic Rzewski, pianos (Attica)
Steve ben Israel, speaker (Attica)
Karl Berger, vibraphone (Attica)
Alvin Curran, trumpet, piccolo (Attica)
Jon Gibson, alto saxophone (Attica)
Joan Kalisch, viola (Attica)
Garrett List, trombone (Attica)
Richard Youngstein, bass (Attica)

Subjects

20th century classical
New music
Monologues with music (Vocal trio with instrumental ensemble)
Monologues with music (Instrumental ensemble)