KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Composer Jim Tenney, 2 of 2

Analog Audio


Event Type
Interview and Music
Origin
KPFA
Identifier
MC.1976.01.12.B
Program Series
Morning Concert
Program Length
123 min
Part
2 of 2
Dates
1976-01-12 | broadcast
| 1976-01-12 | created
Description
Composer James Tenney visits Charles Amirkhanian in the KPFA studio and introduces recorded performances of his unusual and very beautiful compositions. These include pieces of traditional chamber music as well as several electronic and tape works. In addition to his work as a composer, Tenney is also an academic, and was at the time of this recording on the faculty of U. C. at Santa Cruz. His students include Peter Garland, the composer and editor of Soundings magazine. Tenney was also a good friend of Edgard Varèse, to which he has dedicated a number of his compositions, and he describes his informal studies with the French composer in this program.
Genres
20th century classical
Chamber music
Musical Selections
Quiet Fan: for Erik Satie (1970) -- Quintext [parts, IV: Parabalas & Hyperbolas for Edgard Varèse & V: Apectra for Charlemagne Palestine] (1972) -- Chorales for orchestra (1974)
Performers
Cal Arts Orchestra (Quiet)
Gerhard Samuel, conductor (Quiet)
Sequoia String Quartet (Quintext)
Edward Meares, string bass (Quintext)
Subjects
20th century classical
Chamber music
Chamber orchestra music
String quintets (Violins (2), viola, cello, double bass)
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.