KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ The Well-Prepared Piano by Richard Bunger

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1973.05.17

Program Length

81 min

Dates

1973-05-17 | broadcast
| 1973-05-17 | created

Description

Charles Amirkhanian introduces the American pianist Richard Bunger who has written a book titled “The Well Prepared Piano” and has released a fine album of new music for prepared and unprepared piano on Avant (AV 1008). Bunger plays music by John Cage, Henry Cowell, Harold Budd, and E. T. Paull live in the studio, and we hear other pieces from recordings, including “The Perilous Night” by John Cage, “Prelude No. 4 for Piano and Tape” by Morton Subotnick, and “Chorale for Quarter Tone Piano” by Charles Ives. Bunger also gives a very complete demonstration on how to prepare the piano for a performance of “A Valentine Out of Season” by John Cage, and then performs the entire piece.

Genres

New music
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic

Musical Selections

The Perilous Night (1944) / John Cage -- Paul Revere’s Ride: march twostep (1905) / E. T. Paull -- The Dragonfly Cymbal / Harold Budd -- The Banshee (1925) / Henry Cowell -- Prelude No. 4 for Piano and Tape (1966) / Morton Subotnick -- A Valentine Out of Season (1944) / John Cage -- Chorale for Quarter Tone Piano (1923-24) / Charles Ives -- The Aeolian Harp (1923) / Henry Cowell

Performers

Richard Bunger, piano

Subjects

New music
20th century classical
Prepared piano music
Marches (Piano)
Piano music
Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Microtonal music

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.

Related places

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

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Bunger, Richard
Cage, John
Paull, E. T., 1858-1924
Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
Subotnick, Morton
Ives, Charles, 1874-1954