KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: A Live Piano Recital by Klaus Billing (Nov. 5, 1984)

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1984.11.05

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

74 min

Dates

1984-11-05 | broadcast
| 1984-11-05 | created

Description

Pianist Klaus Billing, a West German virtuoso specializing in the 20th Century repertoire, visited the KPFA studio on November 5, 1984, for this live recital. Billing plays a selection of Sonatinas by Ferruccio Busoni as well as George Antheil’s “Airplane Sonata,” and the “Etude Sur le Catte Magique Sonore, Op. 40” by Ivan Wyschnegradsky. Mr. Billing also briefly discusses each piece with program host Charles Amirkhanian, who, along with a select group of KPFA staffers, is clearly relishing this opportunity to hear an exclusive recital by one of the great interpreters of modern piano music.

Genres

20th century classical
New music

Musical Selections

Sonatina No. 1, K. 257 (1910) (11:22) / Ferruccio Busoni -- Sonatina No. 4 “In Diem Nativitatis Christi MCMXVII” K. 274 (1917) (7:20) / Ferruccio Busoni -- Sonatina Seconda, K. 259 (1912) (8:21) / Ferruccio Busoni -- Sonatina No. 6 “Super Carmen (Kammerfantasie)” K. 284(1920) (7:50) / Ferruccio Busoni -- Airplane Sonata (1922) (4:44) / George Antheil -- Etude Sur le Catte Magique Sonore, Op. 40 (1956) (8:27) / Ivan Wyschnegradsky -- Indian Diary, K. 267 [first movement] (1915) (2:44) / Ferruccio Busoni

Performers

Klaus Billing, piano

Subjects

20th century classical
New music
Sonatas (Piano)
Piano music

Related places

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

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Billing, Klaus
Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924
Antheil, George, 1900-1959
Wyschnegradsky, Ivan, 1893-1979