KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ An Evening of Music with Steve Reich & Musicians at the UC Berkeley Museum, (Nov. 7, 1970)
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
AM.1971.03.14Program Length
60 minDates
1971-03-14 | broadcast| 1970-11-07 | created
Description
A live performance of four early works by Steve Reich: "Four Organs", "My Name Is", "Piano Phase", and "Phase Patterns." This performance marked an important moment in San Francisco Bay Area new music history with the triumphant return to the East Bay by Reich, who studied at Mills College with Luciano Berio, and who performed the 1964 world premiere of Terry Riley's seminal work, “In C", at the San Francisco Tape Music Center. The resonant acoustics of the University of California at Berkeley Museum’s concrete interior were especially appropriate for “Four Organs”, with its long additive sustained chords over a maraca pulse. The capacity crowd occupied every conceivable area of the interior space, including walkway ramps suspended over gallery spaces. It was an electrifying evening!Genres
MinimalismNew music
Musical Selections
Four Organs (1970) -- My Name Is (1967) -- Piano Phase (1967) -- Phase Patterns (1970)Performers
Steve Reich, electric organ (Organs ; Patterns)Art Murphy, electric organ (Organs ; Patterns)
Steve Chambers, electric organ (Organs ; Patterns)
Warner Jepson, electric organ (Organs)
Jon Gibson, maracas ; electric organ (Organs ; Patterns)
Steve Reich, piano (Piano)
Art Murphy, piano (Piano)
Subjects
Minimal musicNew music
Electronic organ ensembles
Quintets (Organs (4), maracas)
Aleatory music
Electronic music
Piano music (Pianos (2))
Quartets (Organs (4)
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Steve Reich and MusiciansSan Francisco Tape Music Center
Friedman, Richard
Reich, Steve, 1936-
Murphy, Art
Chambers, Steve
Jepson, Warner
Gibson, Jon