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KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Guitarissimo, Part Two. Ensemble Music, 1 of 2

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Event Type
Interview and Music
Origin
KPFA
Identifier
MC.1992.09.08.A
Program Series
Morning Concert
Program Length
118 min
Part
1 of 2
Dates
1992-09-08 | broadcast
| 1992-09-08 | created
Description
From a program recorded on September 9, 1992, guitar virtuoso and professor, David Tanenbaum joins Charles Amirkhanian for a second program of contemporary guitar music, this time focusing on new works for guitar and instrumental ensemble. Works heard include two by Dutch composer, Chiel Meijering, performed by the Amsterdam Guitar Trio with additional help from violist, Esther Apituley. Also included in this program is a composition for guitar, oboe d’amore, and orchestra by Tōru Takemitsu, “Time Grids” for guitar and pre-recorded tape by Shirish Korde, and a couple of pieces by Hans Werner Henze, including an excerpt from his “El Cimarrón” which is based on the true tale of a runaway slave. In the second half of the program John Schneider plays a on a guitar that has been ingeniously tuned in just intonation so as to be able to present Lou Harrison’s “Serenade” for guitar and percussion; and guitarist Reinbert Evers is the soloist in the Russian composer Edisson Vasilʹevich Denisov’s “Guitar Concerto.” According to David Tanenbaum, this program featuring such an assortment of incredibly talented guitarists saves the very best for last, with the Sérgio and Odair Assad’s arrangement of Egberto Gismonti’s “Baião Malandro.”
Genres
20th century classical
Musical Selections
Are You Afraid Of The Dark?, Pt. I, for guitar trio (1980, rev. 1982) (3:20) / Chiel Meijering -- Vers, L’arc-en-Ciel, Palma, for guitar, oboe d’amore, and orchestra (1984) (14:31 / Tōru Takemitsu --Time Grids, for guitar and tape (1989) (12:41) / Shirish Korde -- Ode an Eine Äolsharfe, for guitar with instrumental ensemble (1985-86) (19:30) / Hans Werner Henze
Performers
Amsterdam Guitar Trio: (Are)
Johan Dorrestein, guitar (Are)
Olga Franssen, guitar (Are)
Helenus de Rijke, guitar (Are)
John Williams, guitar (Vers)
Gareth Hulse, oboe d’amore (Vers)
London Sinfonietta (Vers)
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Vers)
Allan Neave, guitar (Time)
David Tanenbaum, guitar (An Eine)
Ensemble Modern (An Eine)
Hans Werner Henze, conductor (An Eine)
Subjects
20th century classical
Plucked instrument trios (Guitars (3))
Oboe d’amore and guitar with orchestra
Electronic and guitar music
Guitar with instrumental ensemble
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Amsterdam Guitar Trio
London Sinfonietta
Ensemble Modern
Amirkhanian, Charles
Tanenbaum, David
Meijering, Chiel, 1954-
Takemitsu, Tōru
Korde, Shirish
Henze, Hans Werner, 1926-
Dorrestein, Johan
Franssen, Olga
Rijke, Helenus de
Williams, John, 1941-
Hulse, Gareth
Salonen, Esa-Pekka, 1958-
Neave, Allan