KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: A Visit with Composer Philip Corner, 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1979.05.10.B

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

126 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

1979-05-10 | broadcast
| 1979-05-10 | created

Description

In this program, recorded in May of 1979, New York composer Philip Corner is the guest of Charles Amirkhanian. He discusses his music in preparation for his appearance at the Exploratorium in San Francisco as part of the Speaking of Music series of lecture/performances. As a member of the faculty of Livingston College (Rutgers University), Corner continued his provocative, improvisation-oriented, music making based on highly original, open-ended, beautifully handwritten, performance notations which have become a trademark of his style. In this program he talks about his association with such artists as Carlos Santos and Elaine Sommers, international audiences response to new music, and music as a form of meditation. A number of compositions are heard including several pieces for gamelan, performed by the Gamelan Son of Lion ensemble of which Corner was a member along with fellow composers Daniel Goode and Barbara Benary.

Genres

New music

Musical Selections

Circular Thoughts (1974, arr. for gamelan 1977) (15:09) / Daniel Goode -- Long Slide, for keys dragged on a board / Philip Corner -- Short Slide, for keys dragged on a board / Philip Corner -- Gamelan No. 2: “Number Measure Increase Downwards”, for gamelan and voices (7:19) / Philip Corner -- Braid [excerpt] (5:12) / Barbara Benary -- Uhhm (after a deep and Tibetan image), for amplified voice and tape [excerpt] (7:02) / Philip Corner

Performers

Gamelan Son of Lion (Circular ; Gamelan)
Philip corner, voice (Uhhm)

Subjects

New music
Gamelan music
Aleatory music
Conceptual art
Vocal music
Music for meditation

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.

Related places

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

Related Entities

Gamelan Son of Lion
Amirkhanian, Charles
Corner, Philip
Goode, Daniel
Benary, Barbara