KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Nicolas Slonimsky at 97, (June 1991)

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1991.06.17

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

59 min

Dates

| broadcast
| 1991-06-17 | created

Description

A program in honor of Nicolas Slonimsky in celebration of his 97th birthday. Charles Amirkhanian plays a number of pieces by and for Slonimsky, including a couple of his own compositions written for his old friend. Also heard is a telephone conversation between Slonimsky and Charles Amirkhanian in which they discuss the latest edition of “Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians” of which Slonimsky is the editor. Slonimsky also discusses the advances in musical composition during the last century including Schoenberg's 12 tone system, the use of dissonance, as well as his own revolutionary developments in piano playing.

Genres

20th century classical

Musical Selections

Heavy Aspirations [excerpt] (1973) / Charles Amirkhanian -- A Berkelium Canon (1991) / Charles Amirkhanian & Henry Kaiser -- [unidentified piece] / Nicolas Slonimsky -- [unidentified piece] / Nicolas Slonimsky

Subjects

20th century classical
Piano music
Composers
Musicians
Musicologists
Music -- Bio-bibliography
Music -- History and criticism
Composition (Music)

Related places

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

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995
Kaiser, Henry