KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Armenian Music, 2 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
MC.1991.04.25.BProgram Series
Morning ConcertProgram Length
119 minPart
2 of 2Dates
1991-04-25 | broadcast| 1991-04-25 | created
Description
A selection of Armenian music, including folk, popular and classical forms, presented by Hratch Nargizian, a native of Armenia SSR, who later emigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area. Included among recorded examples are selections from Vatche Hovsepian (duduk), Datevik Hovhanesian, Sayat Nova, Maratook, Ensemble Sassoonik, the Men's Choir of St. Gayane Cathedral and Avet Terteryan. Charles Amirkhanian is the co-host. (from KPFA Folio)Genres
World musicOrchestral music
Musical Selections
[a lullaby] / Vatche Hovsepian -- [unidentified piece] / Sayat Nova -- Let’s go back to our land -- [song about a rainy day] -- Symphony No. 3 / Avet Terteryan -- [unidentified piece] / MaratookPerformers
Vatche Hovsepian, duduk (Lullaby)Flora Martirosian, vocals (Back to our land)
Datevik Hovhannisyan, vocals (Rainy day song)
Armenian SSR State Symphony Orchestra (Symphony
David Khandjan, conductor (Symphony)
Djivan Gasparyan, duduk (Symphony)
Gegam Grigoryan, zurna (Symphony)
Subjects
Music -- ArmeniaArmenia -- History
World music
Folk music, Armenian
Symphonies
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Armenian SSR State Symphony OrchestraHayastani Petakan Simfonik Nvagakhumb
Maratook
Amirkhanian, Charles
Nargizian, Hratch
Hovsepian, Vatche
Sayatʻ-Nova, 1712-1795
Martirosian, Flora
Hovhannisyan, Datevik
Hovhanesian, Tatevik
Terteryan, A. (Avet), 1929-1994
Khandjan, David
Gasparian, Djivan
Gasparyan, Djivan
Grigoryan, Gegam, 1951-
Grigoryan, Gegham, 1951-