KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Interview with Jacques Bekaert
Digital Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
OTG.1973.01.17.c2Program Series
Ode To GravityProgram Length
86 minDates
1973-01-17 | broadcast| 1972-11-15 | created
Description
The radical Belgian political reporter Jacques Bekaert, a star of that country’s free-swinging national radio program, “King Kong”, is surreptitiously a prolific and talented avant-garde composer. While in the States to cover the 1972 presidential race he talked with Charles Amirkhanian about his music in this informal interview. Bekaert gives his impressions of the Nixon presidential campaign and then introduces four of his pieces, including a work utilizing the election eve speech of American Independent presidential hopeful John Schmitz in a quadraphonic sound poem.Genres
Avant-gardeMusical Selections
Henry David Thoreau Thinks That, Like Soil, Silence Is of Various Depths and Fertility (1972) -- Summer Music: Nos. 9, 10, & 11 (1970) -- A Summer Day at Stony Point (1968-69) -- John Schmitz Is the Message (1972)Performers
Mills Center Contemporary Players (Thoreau ; Summer)Subjects
Avant-garde (Music)Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Presidential campaigns
Politics and culture
Radio programs -- Belgium
Aleatory music
Poetry -- Readings with music
Instrumental ensembles
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
Mills Center Contemporary PlayersAmirkhanian, Charles
Bekaert, Jacques