New Music America: 1982, Program No. 4, 1 of 3

Analog Audio


Event Type
Interview and Music
Origin
WFMT
Identifier
NMA.1982.07.09.A
Program Series
New Music America
Program Length
180 min
Part
1 of 3
Dates
1982-07-09 | broadcast
| 1982-07-09 | created
Description
Radio station WFMT in Chicago presents the fourth of six broadcasts from Navy Pier, as part of the fourth New Music America Festival. Charles Amirkhanian hosts, assisted by composer and vocalist, Joan La Barbara, with additional commentary by Neil Tesser. After beginning with a rendition of the “Star Spangled Banner” sung by various unidentified and not necessarily professional singers and assembled by Anthony Gnazzo, the actual concert gets underway with Harold Budd performing a number of his works for solo piano. This is followed by two songs performed by a jazz trio led by Roscoe Mitchell on saxophone joined by tenor Tom Buckner. Other pieces heard include a tape piece by Annea Lockwood that features an interview she had with sculptor Walter Wincha, just days before his death, a work by Peter Gena inspired by two moons orbiting Saturn. Intermission features include a profile of Lockwood and an interview with Robert Ashley about his opera “Perfect Lives (Private Parts)”, and a look at the work of Richard Maxfield.
Genres
New music
20th century classical
Musical Selections
Star Spangled Banner [excerpt] / Francis Scott Key -- [improvisation for solo piano] (22:24) / Harold Budd -- Sound [excerpt] (1966) / Roscoe Mitchell -- Variations on Sketches from Bamboo (ca. 1981) (8:30) / Roscoe Mitchell -- Prelude (ca. 1981) (6:42) / Roscoe Mitchell
Performers
Harold Budd, piano (Unidentified)
Gerald Oshita, Conn-o-sax ; contrabass sarrusaphone (Variations ; Prelude)
Thomas Buckner, voice (Variations ; Prelude)
Subjects
New music
20th century classical
Piano music
Jazz
Songs with instrumental ensemble
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.