KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Interview with John Adams, 1973, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1973.04.18.A

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

97 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1973-04-18 | broadcast
| 1973-04-18 | created

Description

With host Charles Amirkhanian, composer/conductor/clarinet player John Adams, the newly appointed Director of the New Music Ensemble at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, discuss his academic and music background; the Ensemble; conducting; contemporary music; and the prospects of having new music performed by symphony orchestras. Recordings of Adams’‚ compositions “Heavy Metal” (set to words by William Burroughs), “American Standard” (including the three sections comprised of a march, a hymn and a jazz tune) and “Hockey Scene, Period 1”, an electronic piece composed for a multimedia performance that included dancers and multiple projection screens, are heard. In addition, there is a recording of Sections 5 and 7 of Christian Wolff's “Burdocks” performed by the Conservator's New Music Ensemble.

Genres

New music
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic

Musical Selections

Heavy Metal [text by William S. Burroughs] (1970) / John Adams -- Burdocks: [parts 5 & 7] (1970-71) / Christian Wolff

Performers

San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble (Burdocks)

Subjects

New music
Electronic music
Instrumental ensembles
Aleatory music
Graphic notation (Music)
Conductors (Music)

Related places

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

Related Entities

San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble
Amirkhanian, Charles
Adams, John, 1947-
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997
Wolff, Christian, 1934-