KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: An Interview with Janet Sherbourne and Mark Lockett, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1984.03.01.A

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

136 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1984-03-01 | broadcast
| 1984-03-01 | created

Description

From a program recorded on March 1, 1984, Charles Amirkhanian interviews English composer/musicians, vocalist Janet Sherbourne and pianist Mark Lockett. The two were in the San Francisco Bay Area for a concert of contemporary English music ranging from experimental, truly minimal, consonant music, by such composers as Howard Skempton, as well as a selection of more New Wave pop music. The three are joined by Paul Dresher, curator of the concert series featuring Sherbourne and Lockett for a general discussion about the contemporary classical music scene in England and what it was like to work with such luminaries as Skempton, Cornelius Cardew, and Brian Eno. The discussion is highlighted by numerous examples of the types of music including a number of tracks by Sherbourne’s and Lockett’s 1980’s style pop band, The Copy.

Genres

New music
Minimalism

Musical Selections

Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me yet [excerpt] (1971-72) (1:30) / Gavin Bryars -- Nobody but You / Janet Sherbourne -- Desert Island Dusks [excerpt] / Jan Steele -- Tree Sequence I: From the Palm Trees ; Willow ; Laburnum ; Mountain Ash ; Duet (1976, 1981-82) (7:34) / Howard Skempton -- Slower Than Molasses, for two pianos (6:02) / Janet Sherbourne -- [excerpt from a piano score to a Peter Greenway film] (1:33) / Michael Nyman -- Chian (1:24) / Glyn Bush -- My Lovesick Hours (1980) (3:30) / Glyn Bush -- Balloon Moon (3:03) / Glyn Bush -- Shape (3:11) / Pickle -- Fast and Footloose (5:04) / The Copy -- Ludo Funkatonico (8:00) / The Copy

Performers

Janet Sherbourne, piano, vocals, woodblock (Nobody ; Tree ; Slower ; Chian ; Lovesick )
The Copy (Desert ; Balloon ; Shape ; Fast ; Ludo)
Mark Lockett, piano, harmonium (Tree ; Slower ; Chian ; Lovesick )

Subjects

New music
Minimal music
Rock music
Songs (High voice) with piano
Percussion and piano music
Piano music (Pianos (2))
Motion picture music
Piano music
Songs (High voice) with harmonium

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

Copy (Musical group)
Amirkhanian, Charles
Bryars, Gavin
Sherbourne, Janet
Dresher, Paul
Lockett, Mark, 1956-
Steele, Jan
Skempton, Howard, 1947-
Nyman, Michael
Bush, Glyn